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Tag: Starting a farm

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

Timing is everything

July 10, 2013 Petrina

In the farming business, timing is everything.  Well, timing and weather.  As it turns out, we’re having a great year,…

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Posted in: Farming, Growing Filed under: Farming, Learning to farm, Skylight Farms, Small farm, Spinach, Starting a farm, vegetables

First CSA deliveries – Done.

June 27, 2013 Petrina

Everything that we have been working toward over the last few months came to fruition on Wednesday.  I’m pleased to…

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Posted in: Community Supported Agriculture Filed under: Community supported agriculture, Milestones, Skylight Farms, Small farm, Starting a farm, Success

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

Pulling plastic aka Greenhouse construction, part 2

April 12, 2013 petrinafisher 3 Comments

We took advantage of the break in the weather to pull the plastic* on the greenhouse.  It’s easy to underestimate…

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Posted in: Construction, Farming, Greenhouses Filed under: community, Greenhouses, Learning to farm, Starting a farm

Greenhouse construction, part 1

April 4, 2013 petrinafisher

We made tremendous progress on the construction of our first greenhouse on Tuesday.  BIG THANKS go out to our friends…

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Posted in: Construction, Farming, Greenhouses Filed under: community, Greenhouses, 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

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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