To most, the Red Dog Farm Stand is pretty straightforward. You drive up, park, and select your produce from the coolers. You tally your total, slip your payment into the secure box, and head out. For me though, the Farm Stand is often a source of mystery and wonder. I check on the vegetables in the morning when I arrive to work, and periodically throughout the day,...
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Autumn is here in full effect. It’s the season commonly associated with shorter days, colder nights, and colorful leaves. It’s during this time that we celebrate the successful crops of the summer and prepare for the unpredictable, harsh weather ahead. Oh, and football is back on television; however, that’s not what has gotten our attention here on the farm. We are...
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One of the things I love best about farming is that there are always surprises. Even after farming for 20 plus years, and farming this land for 10 plus years, I learn new things daily, making new discoveries and connections, and sometimes completely shifting my understanding. This happens in big ways, sometimes, but mostly it happens in small ways, on a micro-scale....
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I am ready to release my final newsletter into the world as I jump into my last week of work at Red Dog Farm. I think it’s time to get nostalgic and emotional about all of my dear friends who make up the Red Dog Farm. Farming allows the space and time for intimacy and intention within your farming community and reflection on how you work with this community....
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Early this year I had the opportunity to leave the “big city” of Seattle and return to my old stomping grounds and place I grew up, the Olympic Peninsula. I had experienced enough of the population density and I felt it was a good time to get back to my roots. I was lucky enough to find Red Dog Farm at just the right time, and was offered a summer job, for which I...
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It’s funny how time moves differently through the seasons of one’s life. At the moment, in my life, time feels like it is coming to a screeching halt. A lot of my job has to do with crops and when to harvest them. I spend time walking the fields looking at vegetables that won’t be harvested for 2-3 weeks, trying to anticipate their growth cycles. In the height of...
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