Around the Farm- 5/13

Today has been the warmest day since I have been here. The sun is shining and its 75 degrees out- beautiful! I took out my camera to snap a couple shots around the farm for you all to see how lucky I am to be here! Maybe these pictures will convince you to come visit me :)

The grape vines are finally blossoming :) 

New planting of lettuce- We start a new succession every 2 weeks to keep up 

Bok Choy 

Pretty red leaf lettuce

Broccoli is starting to appear!

Snap peas on the vines, beets below 

The first sign of the peas! 

Beets 

I have always been fascinated with vine plants 

Pea flower

Lettuce 

Garlic 

Baby Rainbow Chard 

One of my favorite views on the farm- You can see Betsey's grapevines and Brian's fields  

Betsey's Potatoes! 

Farmers Market 5/12

Some pictures from this weekend's Farmers Market:

Carrots are probably our biggest seller right now- they are so sweet and delicious! 

 Radishes 

Green onions were a a new item this week!

Betsey & Liz at the Laughing Crow Booth

Mount Walker

On May 6th I had the day off, the sun was shining so I headed toward the mountains! I had been talking to an intern from another farm about short hikes in the area, and she recommended Mt. Walker. It is a short hike- only about 2 miles up, 4 miles round trip, but steep! Elevations started at 800 ft, and is 2800 ft at the top. The view really did make it worth it though! Plus it was only a 45 minute drive there. 

View from the top

This guy cracked me up. I learned that it is in the Blue Jay family (the name is escaping me right now though). They are known for being super curious. As soon as I got to the top I brought out my lunch which happened to consist of a slice of bread. He quickly showed up and was hopping around my feet. He actually landed on my foot at one point, so I put a crumb in my hand and he hopped on and took it! 

Met a really nice couple on the trail who took my picture and gave me lots of tips on other trails in the area

I don't know if I will ever get used to the height of the trees out here- and these are young! 

Sequim, Round 2

On April 30th we took our second trip to Sequim, WA to learn more about how to drive horses and utilize them when farming. Since I am short on internet time, I am just going to let the pictures tell the story! 

Ty- John's Stud

Betsy and Ty

If you can see in the photo above, Ty has cleared a nice foot of grass all along his fence- Liz decided to give him a snack

John leading Kelly and her foal to greet us- He was only a couple of days old!

Most of the Interns & Betsey

John demonstrating how to drive the floater. The floater is what he is standing on, it is used to flatten the field so there are not a lot of soil clumps when trying to mark rows. 

Leah & Liz

Ryan & Liz

Liz & Leah

Leah & Hamilton

Ryan & Liz

Hamilton & John 

John drove the horse, while I had the opportunity to plow the field to plant potatoes

 Hamilton learning to plow

Leah

 Me

Betsey plowing the actual rows that we would be planting in (we are not quite able to make straight enough rows)  

Leah & Hamilton learning how to use the cultivator

John teaching us something important

Betsey teaching Hamilton about the cultivator 

 Beautiful view of the mountains and cows

Sun starting to set 

Planting potatoes

Really an incredible place