Happy May, everyone! Here’s a story from the field. Last Friday, we were out harvesting some radishes. Now, this is a pretty enjoyable, pretty typical group activity to do around here. You look for the big ones and bunch them together, and someone runs them to the edge of the field to spray them off every dozen bunches or so. You get into a rhythm, finish your...
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The end of April marks the end of my first month as a member of the Red Dog Farm field crew, and my first month farming in Washington. As a recent transplant from western Montana, this spring has been a time of discovery and learning for me. I find myself in several new communities at once: the Red Dog community, the larger local community of Port Townsend and the...
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Living on the Olympic Peninsula, the arrival of springtime can feel like a very gradual process, almost sneaking up on you. The months of February, March and April generally show little differences in temperature and rainfall, yet there are subtle and not so subtle signs all around us. Just a few weeks ago, while picking tulips, a coworker rose from the ground and...
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It’s springtime at Red Dog! For me, springtime is filled with excitement and anticipation and working on the farm only highlights these emotions. It feels as though we get a front row seat to the changing of the seasons. It is important that we are ever-aware of the weather; the windows of dry sunshine and the pockets of precipitation, for field planning, greenhouse...
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Welcome to a new CSA season here at Red Dog Farm! For those who are long-time members- we’re so happy you’re continuing on! And for those new to our CSA, welcome! We hope everyone will be happy to join in on some delicious seasonal, farm eating! The season feels off to a strong start with these gorgeous sunny days and blue skies. Our fields are drying out fast and...
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And here we are, at the end of the CSA season and the farm season; another cycle complete. It is always hard to imagine in the spring, when all our good plans are starting in motion, the greenhouse is full of tiny plants, the abundance of crops to come just a twinkle in our eyes, and a new crop of crew members enlisted and showing up week-by-week, that we will ever...
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