September 25 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Free Join us and Tour Inspiration Farm! Offering a lively Conversation / Tour and Fall Harvest as a part of the Pacific Northwest Permaculture Convergence (PNWPC) happening later this month. As part of the ongoing Whatcom…
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Happy to share some of the things we are doing by working with natural systems here in wonderful Whatcom Watershed
We still have some garlic available for planting! Well it is that time of the year again, when the weather gets cool and the rains start moistening the hard dry earth. Mother natures way of preparing to plant one of…
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In the spirit of fall planting we are having our Permaculture nursery plant sale in hopes that you will find something to add to your perennial food security system. Here we are at Fall…. oh so fast, Summer has passed!…
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First week of SummerInside Scoop This week at the farm we have gotten mostly cloudy weather which the fresh lettuce and leafy greens have reveled in but our cucumbers and squashes have been slow to take off. Brian saw a…
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Time and time again as I reflect and observe nature on the farm, I am awed and excited by the way it interacts with us. The blessing of being in one place for more than 20 years gives me a real…
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A sudden farewell to a beloved farm friend came yesterday unexpectedly. I came down to the house from the studio as I entered I let Pouncer our retired barn, now house cat and Copper (our dog) into the house. Pouncer…
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So we had a big blow last night and it was more intense then I expected, I didn’t sleep after 4 AM, as the power was surging. I finally got up when it went out for good, about 4:10 to go…
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The weather is getting warmer and the buds are starting to burst on the fruit trees about 3 weeks earlier than last year. So the other day I went to gather cherry and plum scion wood for grafting in a…
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We had a great gathering of people yesterday for Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski’s Earth Repair workshop. The swales were full and the weather cooperated. Thanks to all those who attended and are now endowed with super powers to help heal the Mother…
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