Chad and Carston Steiner with shovels in the freshly tilled pumpkin patch at Chelan Valley Farms, plastic mulch rows and the hills above Lake Chelan behind them.
Category: Farming Education
A Saturday we didn’t want to end…
We applied for organic certification this week — a label I’m honestly not a fan of. Here’s why we did it anyway, and what it has to do with the wine in your glass.
Regenerative Farming: The Carrot, Not the Stick
It’s 5:09 AM in Pullman. I have two ag degrees from WSU, decades in agriculture, and I still didn’t understand what was happening in our soil. Tonight my 15-year-old gets honored at State FFA for what I only recently figured out.
Regenerative farming: 20 years wrong about the soil
It’s 5:09 AM in Pullman. I have two ag degrees from WSU, decades in agriculture, and I still didn’t understand what was happening in our soil. Tonight my 15-year-old gets honored at State FFA for what I only recently figured out.
Are we going to make it?
A first-generation farmer’s view of a 20-acre orchard pulled and laying on its side, Lake Chelan Valley
A Letter From a Friend to the Farm. A customers view of Lagriōth Winery.
A Letter From a Friend to the Farm. A customers view of Lagriōth Winery.
The Brutal Truth About Shepherding: Why it’s the Hardest Job
We’re still newer sheep farmers. This is our second set of lambs. We’d like to think we’ve done a good job, but the learning curve continues.
We Messed Up: Learning Forward on The Farm
We’re excited about what we’re learning – grazing our sheep regeneratively.
Winter’s Quiet Power: How Dormant Vines (and we) Prepare for a Bold 2026
Underneath the bark, bright yellow green – the tree’s are full of life in the midst of winter.
When You Hear ‘You Don’t Know Anything’-And Do It Anyway
Learning to safely connect different equipment to the back of the tractor.
