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‘Native plants, textiles, baskets: Inspired by traditions of the Salish Sea’
“Native Plants, Textiles, Baskets: Inspired by Traditions of the Salish Sea” is the new show opening at Chimera…
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Keeping a family cow
June is “Dairy Month,” a designation begun in 1937 by the National Dairy Council as a way to…
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Preserving farmland by farming
Those who’ve lived in the San Juan Islands for many years remember farms large enough to sustain a…
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Beans, beans and more beans!
Maybe it comes from growing up in New England eating baked beans in the winter and shell beans…
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Grow a row to share
When Lopezian Denise McIntosh heard about Grow a Row from a friend in Friday Harbor, “I got an…
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Pruning Fruit Trees
It’s time to prune fruit trees and there are many print and Internet resources for guidance if you’re…
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Why we grow vegetable gardens
For all of us who grow vegetable gardens, the New Year is a good time to pause and…
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Renewing grain farming on Lopez
Two ways to harvest grain: David Zapalac’s cradle scythe and Gary Buffum’s combine.
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Lopez School Garden: good for the kitchen and the classroom
Lorri Swanson admires the Scarlet Emperor runner beans which students will study this year in class.
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Sweetwater Shellfish: Farming the Sea
Nick Jones checks Sweetwater Shellfish oysters. In the background, Robin Minkler digs clams.
