Food for the body and soil
A fridge full of fine food
As we approach the first harvest week for our 2024 CSA, I am pleased to begin thinking about the meals people will prepare over the next several months from the bounty of our farm. But this past weekend I had the pleasure of harvesting not for our CSA membership, but…
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Summer’s eve in the pasture
One of the great joys of working with animals is witnessing their contentment. We treasure the peacefulness and beauty of an early summer’s evening near dusk with the night song of the birds and the swishing of lush grasses underfoot as we move cattle to fresh pasture. By regularly moving…
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Introducing Port Angeles Fresh
Formerly called “Collaborative CSA,” PA Fresh is a collaborative between Wild Edge Farm, the Sawtooth Ranch, Hidden Penny Farm, Maker & Baker, and our local eating community. We are in our third season and are excited to invite you to experience community and great food with your local farms. How…
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Crescent School lunch offers Wild Edge pork/beef
Linnie Didier, Head Cook at Crescent School was all smiles as she served locally raised meat for lunch. Meatballs made with local Wild Edge pastured pork and grass fed beef were served on noodles with garlic bread and several choices of fresh vegetables and fruit. The high school and middle…
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Pigs in pasture are good for your health!
Have you every had the pleasure of pasturing a pig? Their enthusiasm is contagious. And it’s great to watch them eating thistle and other highly nutritious but often-avoided greens. The secret is to limit the time they are in the fields. This keeps them grazing only and avoids overly disturbing…
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Sweetpotato Project
We hosted a demonstration at the farm this week for propagating and planting sweetpotatoes. Clallam County WSU Extension is sponsoring a second year of sweetpotato trials to encourage production on the Olympic Peninsula. The program is funded through a grant from Western SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education). The process…
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Inspiring a love of place – Field trips to the farm
We’ve been sharing the farm with some local students this month. We hosted the environmental science classes from the Port Angeles High School one day, and Jefferson Elementary students another, with Dry Creek classrooms coming this week. Along the river the elementary students played a game of salmon survival led…
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Know farmers, know food
How much of the food we eat comes from regenerative practices? Here in Clallam County we have a growing group of small farms producing fruit, vegetables, eggs and meat regeneratively. Ask your farmers about the practices they employ to grow food. Here are 5 general principles of Regenerative Agriculture: Regenerative…
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2023 Collaborative Market-Style CSA
With this springtime rain and sunshine, our gardens and pastures are green and growing, and a new season of local food is upon us. Wild Edge Farm, The Sawtooth Ranch, and Hidden Penny Farm invite you to join us for another year worth of our Collaborative Market-Style CSA and enjoy a diversity of local…
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Hatched in the hayloft
A rogue hen from our laying flock found a nice nest in among the straw bales in the third floor hayloft of the barn. Despite the impracticality of her location, we let her set earnestly on the eggs for three weeks in the hopes that they might hatch. There are…
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Jim and Karen Weaver
Photo credits: Weaver family and Isaac Gautschi