Angus O AngusBig black dogWhen he crossesYour pathHarvest will beMost plentiful ~Sky
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When I arrived in Port Townsend in December 2022, I planned to spend five weeks here before moving to Oregon. In a serendipitous exchange at the Madrona dance on New Year’s Day, a community member told me, verbatim, “Oh, you’re a farmer? You should apply for a job at Red Dog Farm.” And I thought, “Okay Universe, I know how to listen.” The very next day I applied for...
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It’s full-on fruit time on the farm! Alongside harvesting, eating and sharing berries, I have also been listening to a book called The Service Berry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World written by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The author is a mother, scientist, professor and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. This book invites the reader/...
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I don’t know about you, but I’m always looking for cooking inspiration during the week to keep my meals fresh and interesting. It’s easy to get in a rut and feel intimidated by all the produce in the fridge, staring you down while you struggle to know what to do with it. The beauty of a weekly veggie share is that it can inspire us to try new dishes, cooking...
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Fruit season is upon us! Although most of our produce is referred to as vegetables, a lot of the bounty of this time of year comes from the fruiting part of the plant. In fact, “vegetable” isn’t a biological term – biologists say that plants have roots, shoots, flowers, and fruits. The fruit is the mature, ripened ovary of a plant that develops from the flower after...
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Kyla offers the above drawing of this week’s CSA share as a coloring page, which you can download here! In these golden valleysthe days have arrived,when the sun illuminates the worldlong before I open my eyes. When the air is filled with promisesof abundance in all things;the fruit hangs low,and the birds live to sing. Fields fill with ripening bountiesand...
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