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06/04/2024

06/02/2024

Our Peonies finally got kissed by the sun. Pick yours up at The Port Townsend Food Co-op.

01/15/2024

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01/12/2024

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01/02/2024

Today we reach perihelion - the point of the Earth’s orbit that is nearest to the Sun. This always happens in early January, about two weeks after the winter solstice. . . so what then is Aphelion? Find out! Almanac.com/Content/What-Aphelion-and-Perihelion

10/23/2023

We would like to thank all of our customer friends who trust us to raise their pork for their families!

Know your Farmer
Know your Food
Hope you are enjoying it!!

10/23/2023

Apple harvest 2023

10/23/2023

Wishing everyone a blessed and beautiful Fall Season 🍁🍂

03/04/2023

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03/01/2023

Don’t forget tomorrow starts the new Facebook rule where they can use your photos. Don't forget Deadline today!!! It can be used in court cases in litigation against you. Everything you've ever posted becomes public from today Even messages that have been deleted or the photos not allowed. It costs nothing for a simple copy and paste, better safe than sorry. Channel 13 News talked about the change in Facebook's privacy policy. NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. All members must post a note like this. If you prefer, you can copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tacitly allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates. DO NOT SHARE. Copy and paste.
Their new algorithm chooses the same few people - about 25 - who will read your posts. Therefore,
Hold your finger down anywhere in this post and "copy" will pop up. Click "copy". Then go your page, start a new post and put your finger anywhere in the blank field. "Paste" will pop up and click paste
This will bypass the system.
I DO NOT GIVE FACEBOOK PERMISSION TO SHARE ANYTHING OF MINE., THAT I HAVE PUT ON THEIR SITE, . PICTURES, CURRENT OR PAST POSTS, PHONE NUMBERS OR EMAILS.. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CAN YOU USE IN ANY DESIRED MANNER WITHOUT MY WRITTEN PERMISSION OR VERBAL CONSENT.

11/24/2022

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! l am feeling blessed by all of you.

10/23/2022

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10/14/2022

Hard cider is a tradition that's as old as the craft of orcharding itself.  Some of the first apple trees produced sour, bitter apples that aren't great fresh but ferment into a spectacular alcoholic cider.

10/11/2022

Read this Mary Brackney

OCTOBER IS GARLIC PLANTING MONTH

You usually plant Garlic during the second to last week of October, depending on where you live, and then cover in at least 6 inches of a good mulch of shredded leaves or grass clippings, and harvest the following July.

Getting the soil ready is an important and often neglected prerequisite for successful garlic growing. Although garlic evolved in poor soils (most likely in the desert regions of Siberia), application of organic matter to the soil prior to planting will definitely increase your yield. Summer is the best time to add compost or well-rotted manure to the site where you intend to plant.

To prevent w**d growth between when you are finished with preparations and when you plant, cover the bed with black plastic or heavy mulch. You can add a little more nitrogen to your garlic bed in the spring in the form of compost or rotted manure, but lay off after that; too much nitrogen may cause premature yellowing of the leaves.

When you’re ready to plant, it’s best to divide your garlic bulbs into cloves before starting. Plant the cloves 6-8 inches apart, in rows or double rows with room to w**d in between. You may have to remove some of the mulch in the spring if it is compacted and impedes your plants’ growth. Often, though, the mulch breaks down enough over the winter to allow the garlic to push through.

Planting garlic is a joy because the days are crisp and cool and there are few pests that bother garlic. In fact, it is often used in companion plantings to protect other plants from pests.

Selecting the type of garlic you want to plant is a matter of individual taste, but be aware that there are many species of garlic out there other than the California white you usually see at the supermarket. There are dozens of exotic varieties available with names like Russian Red, Purple Stripe Porcelain, Rosewood, Kabar and on and on.

So-called “hardneck” varieties develop a flowerhead on the stem called a “scape,” which curls and then extends upward, eventually becoming woody (hence the name “hardneck”).

Garlic scapes are considered a delicacy in their own right.

They are harvested soon after they appear, and are often sold in bunches at farmers’ markets. Cutting the flower heads off of garlic when they appear also allows more of the plant’s energy to go into producing larger bulbs. Many commercial operations “pop the tops” off of their garlic for this reason.

You will find the Garlic Seed Bulbs in many of the Garden Centers this time of year, or many people buy from good companies online. If you have issues getting them, you can always go to your Neighborhood Grocery store, but make sure only to buy the Organic Garlic Bulbs. Then just plant the cloves from the bulbs. Good Luck.

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