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Lessons from Homesteading (and Everest)

This weekend I had the honor of speaking at Muhammad Ayub’s beautiful, environmental and regenerative farm on the Everest to “Homesteading” (farming/sustainability) journey of learning from others. I’ve been so fortunate to present in many diverse locations - but never in a greenhouse and totally analog… no screen, mike, videos, pics or PowerPoint (!!) But I got to read to the kiddos there a portion from The Mother Mountain and that was cool! We had a super interactive discussion and got to meet some new friends and the full farm tour. Then … Farmer Ayub and his loving [...]

By |2025-01-22T20:01:00+00:00January 22, 2025|Updates|0 Comments

10 Hacks to Grow Hot Peppers in the PNW

My wife, Michelle, and I got a real love of tasty, spicy dishes from our living in Singapore and traveling to most countries in Asia – an informal food-tour from places like Tibet to Bhutan. For us, there is nothing better than making salsa from our own ingredients; from the over-wintered garlic and the naturally grown tomatoes or tomatillos and the main ingredient, the variety of hot and sweet peppers we farm. Growing up in California, we just [...]

By |2025-01-10T21:02:32+00:00December 28, 2024|Updates|0 Comments

Top Ten Reasons to Have Your Wedding at Summit Farms

Location, Location, Location! We are located about an hour south of Seattle International Airport (SeaTac), and less than ten minutes from Interstate 5 (I5); yet the 28 acres of natural beauty will transport you and your party to a rural, rustic environment including a century-old homestead and working farm, a heritage-listed big red barn and multiple locations for your ceremony and reception. Stress-Free Logistics We’d love to work with the wedding planning or day-of coordinator or yourself to organize every aspect for your group from transportation to local hotels, to on-site RV, glamping or tent camping and once on the [...]

By |2024-10-01T22:45:50+00:00October 1, 2024|Updates|0 Comments

WWOOF Reflections from Josephine

I spent a month at Summit Farms and felt inspired to start my own homestead! I originally reached out to Summit Farms in May 2024, after being accepted to WWOOF’s Future Farmer Program. I arrived in late June with my partner and my friend, and we quickly settled into a weekly schedule of routine farm maintenance, some exciting special projects, and local adventures. In our first week, we became very familiar with planting, growing, and harvesting carrots, shallots, and garlic, participating in every step of the process from prepping beds and planting seeds to harvesting produce and selling it at [...]

By |2024-08-13T22:01:37+00:00August 13, 2024|Updates|0 Comments

Full Moon Movie Night: August 19th

Join us at Summit Farms for a magical Full Moon Movie Night in the Big Red Barn! 🌕✨ Date: August 19 Time: 7-9 PM Location: 11815 Whitehall Lane SE, Off 113th We're screening "The Dark Side of the Rainbow," an iconic mashup of The Wizard of Oz and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. Immerse yourself in a unique cinematic experience under the glowing full moon in our historic barn. 🎥🌈 Bring your own beverages (BYOB) and enjoy a cozy evening with friends and fellow Hipcampers. A $10 barn donation is appreciated. RSVP now on our website here. [...]

By |2024-08-09T19:43:31+00:00August 9, 2024|Updates|0 Comments

HipCamp Update for Summer 2024

We invite you and your out-of-town guests to stay at our turn-of-the century farm via our HipCamp program. We have three RV full hook-up sites for rent (a fourth one is available by request, if you are camping with a large group or family-otherwise we like to space them out for added privacy), with easy back or front in-and-out access, able to accommodate up to 30ft+ rigs. For our guests looking for a more natural and rugged experience, there are also five “dry camp sites” all chosen for their unique beauty, and well-spaced out, so you get that “away from [...]

By |2024-07-17T20:39:10+00:00July 17, 2024|Updates|0 Comments

Growing Update: July 2024

It’s been a very busy time of year for us growers, while Mother Nature and weather have been fickle at best so far. Our 2024 growing season really began in October of last year with the planting of hundreds of garlic and red shallot so that they could “over-winter” and be ready for scapes in June, with harvest and curing in July. It’s going to be a banner year for the garlic as some of them are so large that some of the visiting school kids (below), thought they were corn stalks! We started early this year in mid-February for [...]

By |2024-07-17T20:31:21+00:00June 28, 2024|Updates|0 Comments

WWOOF (Worldwide Opportunities for Organic Farmers)

For the past couple of years, we have been hosting WWOOFers from around the U.S. who have helped us so much along with providing a safe and supportive environment for the Future Farmers of America. This organization links Farmers/Ranchers who are practicing to organic methods with folks who either have some school or first-hand experience and can learn by doing. The host farms generally provide housing and food in exchange from around 20 hours per week. Our previous WWOOFer, Jo, big project was to build a proper three-stage composting station which we inaugurated recently and been making good use of! Our [...]

By |2024-06-28T21:27:50+00:00June 28, 2024|Updates|0 Comments

WSOSFF (Washington State Organic and Sustainable Farming Fund) and U.S. NRCS (National Resource Conservation Services) Grant Updates

We are super proud and grateful to be awarded a grant from the Tilth Alliance - WA State Organic and Sustainable Farming Fund that completes more than 500’ of additional critter-resistant fencing, tractor gates, and many yards of organic soil, and mushroom compost (to build on the lime/cover crops we’ve been rehabilitating this field with).  This will give us an additional potential of 6x5000 sq.ft. future growing plots for the likes of corn, squash, pumpkins and other vegetables including two dedicated for Community/School Gardens and to benefit the Food Bank.  This is the 2nd significant dollar grant we’ve won this [...]

By |2024-06-28T22:52:33+00:00June 28, 2024|Updates|0 Comments

Olympia School District Field Trips

We were so blessed in May and June to host our five local school busloads of kindergarteners, first graders, teachers, and parents from the Olympia School District here before the end of the school year. Coming from ORLA, Centennial, Pioneer, Madison and Boston Harbor, these kids were incredibly intelligent, energetic, and oftentimes hilarious! It gave me a new, even if just a slice of appreciation for dads and moms and teachers - and seeing the students learning and running and having pure fun in nature like kiddos should do was so heartwarming. I put them to good work like farmhands, pulling [...]

By |2024-07-17T20:18:22+00:00June 28, 2024|Updates|0 Comments
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