Weslie and Saul’s Vegan Garden
My thirty-fourth farm was Weslie and Saul’s Vegan Garden on Vashon Island, near Seattle. The Farm The farmers are Saul and Weslie. Saul is from New York and came to Seattle in 1977. He met Weslie at a food co-op in Seattle. Both of them are vegan. Saul has a business selling vegan supplements. Their […]
Maury Hill Farm
My thirty-third farm was Maury Hill Farm on Vashon Island, right next to my hometown of Seattle, Washington. The Farm The farmers are Holly and Harley. Harley grew up on a cattle ranch in South Dakota. His ancestors are Dutch and many Dutch immigrants settled in South Dakota, possibly because it’s flat and looks like […]
Annie’s Flower Farm
My eighteenth farm was Annie’s Flower Farm in Sequim, Washington. The Farm Annie’s first name is Sid; she uses her middle name for the flower farm. Sid grew up on a 350-acre farm by Coos Bay, Oregon. Her father milled lumber. Growing up, Sid learned flower arranging from her mother who liked to grow and […]
Granny’s Farm
My seventeenth farm was Granny’s Farm in Raymond, Washington. The Farm The farmers are Sandy and Larry. They both grew up in Western Washington. Larry harvested oysters in Willapa Bay for twenty-five years. He devised a way to raise oysters on pvc pipes which kept them away from the burrowing shrimp which feed on baby […]
Left Foot Farm
My ninth farm was Left Foot Farm in Eatonville, Washington. The Farm The farmer is Jeremy. In December 2010, he fulfilled a dream and bought twenty-five acres in an area only five minutes from where he grew up in Eatonville, Washington. At that time he was living with a girlfriend who wanted a few goats. […]