Lake Chelan | Chelan Valley Farms

Talking at Work: The Unexpected Joy of 12-Hour Conversations on the Farm

We're so grateful for the help of good friends and family visiting and helping. Vern and Chad under the harvest moon.

We’re so grateful for the help of good friends and family visiting and helping. Vern and Chad under the harvest moon.

The story of Steiner Bros Honey!

A happy and exhausted group after a day of picking our Estate Chardonnay.

The Tophouse Band's 1st visit to the farm.

The Tophouse Band’s 1st visit to the farm.

We like an early morning "alpine" start. Not only does it help harvest timing, it's nice and cool.

We like an early morning “alpine” start. Not only does it help harvest timing, it’s nice and cool.

A thorough review and explanation of how what we feed our food translates into how our food feeds us.

Regenerative farming is the inspirational direction to go. Nutrient dense food that helps heal the soil and capture carbon.

A squash beetle and the damage they cause visible on a pumpkin leaf.

Pinot Noir “itself” talks about being past the 1/2 way point… see it’s berries turning purple 🙂

Chad and Jeana embrace a new way to taste... fun, stories and disarming.

Pinot Noir “itself” talks about being past the 1/2 way point… see it’s berries turning purple 🙂

Pinot Noir's voice gets heard... as we talk about the 1/2 way point.

Pinot Noir “itself” talks about being past the 1/2 way point… see it’s berries turning purple 🙂

Triage of pumpkin's dying: Water, Sunlight, Nutrition... if not those, then potentially a pest - like gummy stem blight.

What my sons taught me about life during farm chores.