Baking on the Homestead Every other week, we take time away from our regular chores to engage in the rhythm and ritual of baking bread. We feed the starter, mill the grain, mix and knead the dough, fire the cob oven. To make our sourdough rye is a comforting and...

Here’s the last word from Henning and Elizabeth about their September of local food. Check in with the Lopez Bounty Food Experiment to read other islanders’ accounts of life on a Lopez-only diet. September 22-28, 2014 (Week 4) The Daily Table: Monday: We had a visit...

Spring is here on Lopez Island, and now is the time to subscribe to this year’s CSA. Starting in mid-May, we can offer you options of fresh vegetables, fruit, eggs, meat, bread and/or cheese, all produced on our 50-acre farm. Pick up is every Thursday on the farm,...

Ashlad and his motherWatch carefully, and during spring on a farm you’ll see life express itself in all sorts of ways. Seedlings sprout overnight in the greenhouse, the peeps of chicks grow louder, grass shoots up, new ideas and projects take root, and lambing begins....

April and May on a farm like S&S Homestead mean work. Hundreds of feet of cover crop to be turned in, fields to be plowed, seeds to be planted, starts to be transplanted, grass to mow, expectant mothers and babies to keep an eye on. In the midst of this controlled...