It may seem like we’re coming out of left field after a few months of knitting, jam making and gardening classes, but emergency preparedness is a major topic here at Seattle Farm School. It’s an awful fact of life that the world we live in experiences active shooter situations somewhere on almost a daily basis. This …
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Every week this summer we got to open a box of beautiful, luscious, out-of-this-world fruit like this from Collins Family Orchard. It was the finest flavored and perfectly textured fruit we have ever had in our lives. We discovered varieties of apples, peaches, cherries, pears and plums that we’d never before tasted and found more …
It’s our mission at Seattle Farm School to teach homesteading skills so future generations of city dwellers like ourselves have the knowledge and experience to grow, bake, create and make wholesome foods and crafts by hand. A couple that have perplexed me the past few years is baking and brewing, and more critically, what in the …
We are excited to host our 2nd annual seed swap at the West Seattle Library this year! Please register so we have a ballpark number of attendees. (thank you!!) The Great Seattle Seed Swap, West Seattle Sunday, Feb. 21, 2-3:30 p.m. Seattle Public Library, West Seattle Branch, 2306 42nd Ave SW, Seattle. Please bring seeds if you …
I visited the Farmigo warehouse here in West Seattle this week to learn about their company and was blown away. These sweet people work diligently every day to bring local farmers produce, meat, dairy, grains and products to our community. The farmers receive at least $0.60 on the $1.00 compared with grocery industry standard of $0.30-.35, there …
This is a huge milestone for me. My good friend Krista (neighbor, Farm School teacher, gardening consultant business owner, urban farmer rockstar) and I have been working for a year to make this happen and it finally is!! We are starting a free seed lending library here in West Seattle and the grand opening is Sunday, March …
We’ve been hard at work getting ready to launch the new Urban Homestead Foundation here in West Seattle and will be bringing you details on the Dakota Homestead very soon! Sign up for our newsletter at the bottom of the website to be the first to hear about it!