Happy New Year! We’re getting back into the swing of things after the holidays, feeling perhaps a bit plumper with more »
Waiting for La Niña
Shop Talk
As winter settles in, field maintenance comes nearly to a halt. Tractors, implements and other equipment now begin to queue more »
Night into Light
Aside from ongoing harvest and packing shed operations, the farm is quiet. As the long busy season winds down, many more »
Seeds of Hope
It’s that time of year again–glossy seed catalogs are beginning to arrive in the mail, promising the impossible with their more »
Mother Nature Smiles at Guesses
December begins with a spell of drier weather and cold, starry nights in the Snoqualmie Valley. Heavy frost covers the more »
Saying Good bye to Fall and to a Friend of the Farm
The first arctic weather event of the year is passing through from the north at about the same time as more »
The World Below Our Feet
Besides being tasty and nutritious, the plants which feed us are quite complex and beautiful from a scientific perspective. While more »
First Frost, Straggling Salmon, and Winter on its Way
Leaves are a-falling and it seems oh-so-dark when the alarm clock goes off in the morning. Brrrr! The season’s first more »
Winter Squash Harvest
November already! As daylight hours shorten, there is hardly time for a day off if we are to get the more »
Fall’s Gentle Beginnings
A pair of eagles has been visiting the old cherry trees by the farmhouse at the Griffin Farm this week, more »