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Things We Do

Here is a list of some of the things we may do throughout the season…

Of course there is lots to learn about growing vegetables, seeds and seed saving, but this is a list of some of the other things we do.


  • Beekeeping
    • We run a bee rescue service.  Learn to rescue bee swarms!
    • We process honey. 15 gallons this year!
    • Keep over 16 hives on the property
    • Make candles.  They smell so good!
    • Medicine from bee products
  • Fruit Trees/Berries
    • Learn grafting and attend local grafting classes/scion exchange
    • We have most of our stock in large containers (to plant latter at our new home), but we have over 12 types of berries.   Lots of fruit trees like peaches, cherries, apples, apricots, plums, etc…
    • Make cider.  Yum!
    • Can fruits
    • Fruit drying and storage
  • Poultry
    • We have over 50 heritage breed chickens
    • Heritage turkeys
    • Learn breeding.  What to select for like egg production and breast size for meat
    • Keeping breeding records and banding
    • Diseases and herbal treatments
    • Hatching
  • Rabbits
    • Care and maintenance
    • Use of manure
  • Swine
    • Feeding and care
    • Breeding (we still have to learn!)
    • Using for composting…pigs are great composters!
    • Using manure for methane (on the books…have to build out system)
  • Herbal Medicine
    • Learn to grow many herbs
    • How to make use of them form medicine
    • Wild harvest and collection
    • Yearly lavender harvest
    • Distilling essential oil and hydrosol production
  • Food and Food Saving
    • Canning
    • Bread making…starting with the wheat you might thresh yourself!
    • Making jerky
    • Dehydrating
    • Cheese Making
    • Making Butter from scratch
    • Using foods from the garden
    • Butchering
  • Greenhouse production (we need a new one!)
    • planting seeds in flats
    • transplanting, seedling selection
    • diseases and care
  • Collecting wild edible mushrooms in the fall
  • Attending local fairs and events.  Demonstrating seed related things to the public.
  • Visiting other local farms and learning what they do.
  • Bonfires, singing, guitar, marshmallows
  • Days at the beach (14 miles away).  Using seaweed in organic farming.
  • Day hikes in the Redwoods 24 miles away.  (Boy we need to do this soon…it has been too long!)
  • Movies and Pizza out on the town.
  • Love going to local barn sales looking for old farm equipment.
  • We do lots of other things like camping trips up to the lake, local events, area workshops,etc…
We strive to sell the highest quality open pollinated and heirloom vegetable seeds. Our chief concern is empowering you, the customer, to be able to grow your own vegetables year after year by being able to save your seed. Not growing GMO seed or hybrid vegetable seed allows you to keep the seed your plants create and know you'll get the same vegetable every time. We value your input and comments and want to create a community of concerned citizens who care about the food they eat, the ground they grow their vegetables in, and the world in which we live. To protect your pollinators and bees, please limit or eliminate your pesticides use, they will thank you for it!