Food for the body and soil

EBT and SNAP good at Wild Edge Farm

June 16, 2021

We are excited to announce that we now accept EBT, P-EBT and SNAP Market Match at the farm and for all our deliveries. The Washington state Department of Health has an incentive program for all EBT and P-EBT users to encourage the purchase of food that is locally grown and…

Mulching for moisture

June 3, 2021

We are counting on straw this year as the answer to maintaining moisture and suppressing weeds. This morning I hopped out of bed at 4:30, highly motivated to cover our newly seeded beet, carrot, Hakurei turnip, pea, and arugula garden beds with a thick layer of straw. It was such…

An evening stroll

May 25, 2021

Yesterday Jacob and I were quite surprised as we arrived back home at twilight. Right in the driveway near the house was one of our sows busily grazing the edges of the driveway with a little mob of piglets all around her. She had busted through her pen in the…

Helpers

May 22, 2021

I’ll bet you wish you had helpers like these to mow your yard and improve your grasses! With the mix of sunshine and rain that we have been enjoying this month, the grasses in our pastures are shoulder high. We are grateful when we can count on our animals to…

Abundance

April 30, 2021

Last night the 48 chicks in our incubator started hatching. By morning we had about 30, and by early afternoon 40 had hatched! I am very pleased. As you can see, the diversity of chicks from our hens is strong, and they are very healthy and content. While I was…

Neighbors inspiring neighbors – Rosalie Kaune

April 29, 2021

We hope with this recognition to mark the anniversary of each month of the pandemic by highlighting a member of our local farm community whose sense of community and agri-culture and sustainability can point the way for all of us and reawaken our own commitments. We want to keep fresh the experiences…

Hog heaven

April 29, 2021

We have been letting our animals out to graze this week as the Earth warms and the rains slow. When the soil gets a chance to dry a bit it lowers the risk of compaction to the soil or damage to the grasses. We are as eager as the hogs…

Much is incubating these days

April 15, 2021

This has been a busy time of incubation at Wild Edge Farm. In addition to the 48 chicks we are hatching in our incubator, the fertile soil in the market garden has been building tilth and microbes all winter, and is now ready to generate a season worth of healthy…

Neighbors inspiring neighbors – Taz Love

March 24, 2021

We hope with this recognition to keep fresh the experiences of the past twelve months of pandemic reality, and the fragility that we feel when food security, health and safety are of real concern. We want to hold onto the resilience and connectedness and community that were created through these…

A farmer’s bread and butter

January 15, 2021

Or, In PRAISE of Poop. Call me crazy, but in my second half century of life I find I need to transform the way I look at a lot of things. A good case in point would be waste. One of Jim’s favorite things to do on a farm tour…