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Category: Farm life

Springtime. So much to do. So little time.

May 31, 2014 Petrina

Tomorrow is June 1st.  Originally this post began, “It’s May already.  The last few months have been a blur.”  I’ll…

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Posted in: Farm life, Farming, Growing Filed under: Farming, Growing, Planting, Skylight Farms, Small farm, Snohomish, vegetables

Season’s End

December 10, 2013 Petrina

It was a good great first season.  I didn’t have as much time to blog about the experience as I…

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Posted in: Farm life, Farming Filed under: Community supported agriculture, CSA, Farm life, Farming, Learning to farm, Organic farming, Skylight Farms, Small farm, Snohomish, Starting a farm, Success

Here today, gone tomorrow

September 5, 2013 Petrina

Our season definitely hit its crescendo over the last couple of weeks.  It’s the beginning of September and we’re still…

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Posted in: Farm life, Farming, Mother Nature, Organic farming, Plant diseases, Tomatoes Filed under: Diseases, Farm life, Farming, Growing, Mother Nature, Organic farming, Tomatoes, vegetables

The very hungry caterpillar

June 19, 2013 Petrina

One of Griffin’s favorite books is The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  He’s memorized the story and is always excited to see…

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Posted in: Farm life, Farming, Growing, Organic farming, Vegetables Filed under: Cutworms, Farming, Growing, Organic farming, Pest management, Small farm

Dirt Therapy

May 5, 2013 petrinafisher 7 Comments

A recent exchange with a friend who posted a Smithsonian magazine article about the health benefits of playing in the…

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Posted in: Farm life, Random thoughts, Rural life Filed under: Dirt, Farm life, Kids

Bee Day: The Girls Get a New Home

April 27, 2013 petrinafisher 2 Comments

Under most circumstances, I’m calm and keep my composure.  I’ve climbed long multi-pitch routes up granite faces, skied down steep…

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Posted in: Bees, Farm life Filed under: Beekeeping, Bees, Learning to farm, Starting a farm

A Milestone: Plowed Fields!

March 29, 2013 petrinafisher 1 Comment

Finally, after weeks of anticipation, we finally cut up the sod. Next steps: prepare the beds and set up the…

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Posted in: Farm life, Farming, Tractors Filed under: Farm life, Learning to farm, Planting, Plowing, Skylight Farms, Starting a farm, Tractors

It Takes a Community to Grow a Farm

March 27, 2013 petrinafisher 5 Comments

We’ve all heard the expression “it takes a village to raise a child” and as a mother of two small…

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Posted in: Farm life, Farming Filed under: community, Farm life, Learning to farm, Neighbors, Skylight Farms, Thanks

Fix First, Farm Later

March 21, 2013 petrinafisher 1 Comment

Apparently becoming a farmer isn’t as simple as buying a farm and sticking some seeds in the ground.  There’s a…

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Posted in: Barn, Farm life, Fixing Filed under: Farm life, Fixing stuff, Old farm, Skylight Farms, Starting a farm

Ready. Set. Farm.

March 16, 2013 petrinafisher 5 Comments

I’d be lying if I said that we had planned to become farmers.  When Jonathan quit lawyering everyone asked what…

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Posted in: Farm life Filed under: Family farm, Farm life, Farming, Skylight Farms, Snohomish, Starting a farm

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