Regenerative agriculture
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 the fences we can encourage…
Read MoreCrescent 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 school students were the first…
Read MorePigs 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 the pasture. Some disturbance is…
Read MoreInspiring 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 by a team from the…
Read MoreKnow 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 agriculture is an approach to…
Read More2023 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 farm products from May-December. The…
Read MoreHatched 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 few things as fun to…
Read MoreFertilizer spreaders …
as well as pest and weed control. Our chickens and rabbits are on the job! As the spring rains mix with sun, and the soils slowly warm up, we have been starting seedlings in the nursery and readying our garden plots for early season planting. This year we have enlisted the help of our rabbits…
Read MoreApple tree plantings
The 100+ year-old orchard on our farm was planted by native Klallam man Boston Charlie, likely in the late 1800’s, most likely to fulfill one of the requirements for a Federal Land Claim. When established, the orchard extended at least three times as far as it does now, toward the east across what is now riverbed. Over time, and with…
Read MoreCSA Membership – Community SupportING Agriculture
I want to highlight the participation of our CSA membership this week as the news around the annual National CSA Week draws attention to the transforming experience of CSA involvement for individual households and the broader community. At Wild Edge we seek to engage our members in the community act of growing food and tending…
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