tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357558972011-04-21T15:00:48.787-07:00Conservation VoicesTimothynoreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-85721834216644928552008-08-10T11:42:00.000-07:002008-08-10T11:51:17.616-07:00Here is a little movie -- really little -- featuring Richard "Combine Love" Wiswall giving Kristi a quick tour of his new infatuation-- a 1954 Allys Chalmers Combine for the Oats and Rye Growing in the back 40. Having fun on the farm in Vermont.
Timothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-79607195924354791542008-04-18T10:10:00.000-07:002008-04-18T10:12:55.567-07:00Organic Prices Creating Sticker ShockStory in NYTTimothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-57402502635753903602008-04-15T06:19:00.000-07:002008-04-15T06:20:42.649-07:0021 ACRES FARM DRAFT FOR REVIEW21 Acre Farm WoodinvilleImagine starting a community supported, small organic farmer growing and teaching, green building practices model facility unique in King County. Can it be possible? Is such a synergy possible— or just a green dream?21 Acres is bringing this green dream to reality in Woodinville Washington on the north end of King County’s Agricultural Timothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-12618187757521340582008-04-15T06:14:00.000-07:002008-04-15T06:16:56.225-07:00SUMMER RUN FARM DRAFT For Jessica Editorial Review. Cathryn at Summer Run Farm: Strong smart woman who is building community and bringing pleasure to herself and birth to fields that have laid fallow for a generation. The row crops are all organic and what you'd expect from this post modern farmer. She has done her time teaching and thought-- well-- its a short life-- and I'd rather be outsideTimothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-59828616720338140182008-03-10T13:25:00.001-07:002008-03-10T13:25:48.861-07:00Happy Mountain Panda Mini CattleDick http://www.minicattle.com/index.cfm?select=developepandaTo find the last cattle ranch in Covington Washington you have to drive into — not through a huge suburban development. Happy Mountain Mini Cattle’s six acre “ranch” is surrounded-- tucking themselves in on over 30 acres, Dick and his wife Arlene and family are the last vestiges of rural farm life in Timothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-26755617230688527912008-03-10T13:16:00.001-07:002008-03-10T13:16:22.128-07:00Photo of Andrew with wife and kids. Stout has all photos we needPicture of the Snoqualmie bufferPlants growing DRAFT Full Circle Farms interview with Farmer Andy Stout.Full Circle FarmsFull Circle Farm is the first farm in Washington State to earn Salmon Safe Certification.The Farm achieved this Certification on July 9, 2004.Farmer Andy Stout has a farm and a river runs through it-- literally -Timothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-69870070376931573022008-03-10T13:08:00.001-07:002008-03-10T13:09:08.743-07:00South 47 Farm: Dr. Maze is in!Roger Calhoon 425 869 9777 runs South 47 Acre FarmCalhoon has great photos.The Doctor is in. DR. MAZE is actually Roger Calhoon, farm manager for South 47 Acres Farm. And he is a real doctor— but of biological sciences — not medicine. A former biochemist, Calhoon quit working for a high stress biotech in suburban Seattle for a new life growing a farm back in Timothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-60623068463205118022008-03-03T09:32:00.001-08:002008-03-03T09:32:48.808-08:00Pat Cosgrove43017 234th Pl SEEnumclaw WANewauken Creek's Chinook, coho, sockeye, and chum salmon as well as winter steelhead have been observed spawning through it.The Enumclaw plateau stretches below Mount Rainier's belly, a sprawling mass of rural homes on farms, and dense housing in Enumclaw and Auburn. And salmon find there way home here every year.Long before white settlers invaded Indian Timothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-43746269207533218522008-03-03T09:31:00.001-08:002008-03-03T09:31:50.032-08:00Alayne Blickle, Horses for Clean Water Maple Valley WashingtonHorses for Clean Water, now in its 8th year, offers people across our country ways to care for horses that improves the farm they live on and reduces non-point pollution. Techniques such as mud management and composting manure offer a way to care for animals that benefit the animals, the farm, the owner, the community and the Timothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-80141162910584419122008-03-03T09:24:00.001-08:002008-03-03T09:24:22.917-08:00April and Mike LaLande run a growing small business near Issaquah Washington distributing garden supplies, fertilizer, and other chemicals to nurseries and garden centers across the country.And so spray for weed management, heavy chemical pest control, and fertilizers are abundant at home on their 7 1/2 acres, barn, two horses and home sweet home on top of a hill, right?Not a chance. The LaLandesTimothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-64262656138362332008-03-03T09:23:00.001-08:002008-03-03T09:23:19.518-08:00River Valley FarmFall City WashingtonHere is your Goat Cheese making pop quiz:1. Can you name the six dairy goat breeds in the US? There are six types of dairy goats that are recognized by the American Dairy Goat Association: Nubians, LaManchas, Alpines, Oberhaslis, Togenburgs, and Saanens. Throw in a couple yaks, a few Brown Swiss Dairy cows, a small herd of sheep and you have River Valley Farm Timothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-87115234421864885562008-03-03T09:21:00.000-08:002008-03-03T09:22:11.631-08:00Mike Reynolds interview Enumclaw Cattle CompanyOut in the rolling hills of Enumclaw -- up the hill from the winding Newauken Creek lies the most efficient cattle ranch in King County.Run for over 30 years by Mike Reynolds -- attorney and cattle rancher raised 50 cattle a year for beef.Reynolds owns 30 acres all together -- and to look at his place for the first time, the well cared for house Timothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-63683202693010646602007-10-21T18:18:00.000-07:002008-01-21T15:34:01.229-08:00April and Mike LaLande run a growing small business near Issaquah Washington distributing garden supplies, fertilizer, and other chemicals to nurseries and garden centers across the country.And so spray for weed management, heavy chemical pest control, and fertilizers are abundant at home on their 7 1/2 acres, barn, two horses and home sweet home on top of a hill, right?Not a chance. The Timothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-54795457584937146462007-09-26T13:39:00.000-07:002008-03-03T09:29:29.767-08:00Noelle Richards lives near the headwaters of the Newauken Creek-- her farm tucked in the Cascade foothills on the edge of Enumclaw. She owns 10 square acres -- half forested and half pasture. The forested part is kept that way to protect the salmon bearing stream. And the pasture is lush and green with lots of grass for her horses.Noelle owns two horses that hang out in the pasture across Timothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-91752917737856207052007-09-16T05:38:00.000-07:002008-03-03T09:10:56.643-08:00Pat Cosgrove43017 234th Pl SEEnumclaw WAPat Cosgrove43017 234th Pl SEEnumclaw WANewauken Creek's Chinook, coho, sockeye, and chum salmon as well as winter steelhead have been observed spawning through it.The Enumclaw plateau stretches below Mount Rainier's belly, a sprawling mass of rural homes on farms, and dense housing in Enumclaw and Auburn. And salmon find there way home here every Timothynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35755897.post-1160417649899456962006-10-09T10:59:00.000-07:002008-03-03T09:05:01.396-08:00Alayne Blickle, Horses for Clean Water Maple Valley WashingtonHorses for Clean Water, now in its 8th year, offers people across our country ways to care for horses that improves the farm they live on and reduces non-point pollution. Techniques such as mud management and composting manure offer a way to care for animals that benefit the animals, the farm, the owner, the community and the Timothynoreply@blogger.com0