Updates From The Farm
An old fruit most people have never tried: Quince
As autumn deepens, we're all enjoying the fall harvest; apples and pears, winter squash, cider and quince... What the heck is quince??? Quince is a very old fruit, closely related to pears. It is native to Southeast Asia, mainly Turkey and Iran, but has been grown...
Intern Projects: Working towards Sustainability, #4
Intern Profile: Chris Henderson Chris broke from an eight-year career as a wind energy engineer in Seattle to come to Cloud Mountain as a full-time farming intern. During his undergraduate years studying engineering at Michigan State University, Chris became active in...
It’s Fruit Festival Time!
Come join us for our 29th Annual Fruit Festival. Fruit Sampling Live Music Events for the Kids Julia's Pumpkin Patch Special Nursery Pricing October 6,10-5 pm October 7, 11-4 pm Admission is $5.00 per person, or $10.00 per carload. Bring the family (but please leave...
Intern Projects: Working towards Sustainability, #3
Intern Profile: Lily Morgan Lily is a student at Fairhaven College at Western Washington University. So she could commit to 40 hours a week for eight months, Lily took spring and fall quarters off from school in order to participate in Cloud Mountain’s internship...
Intern Projects: Working for Sustainability, #2
Intern Profile: Hilary Graham Hilary grew up in the suburbs of San Francisco and attended college at the University of CA, Santa Cruz getting her degree in American Studies. After college she worked for a Bay Area municipality's waste reduction program but realized...
Summer Harvest Day and Open House
Sunday, August 18 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cloud Mountain Farm Center will be hosting an Open House and Summer Harvest Day. This is an opportunity for you to come out and visit to learn about the various crop and production trials and internship program happening here....
Greens Harvesting Machine in Action
A little better view of the greens harvester in action. This was shot at the production trial growing at Cedarville Farm.
Winter Garden Varieties
We had a great turnout for our Planning and Planting your Winter Garden workshop the last weekend in June. One request I had from several attendees was for a list of my favorite hardy varieties, things you can plant now and harvest fall, winter, and spring. So here...
Intern Projects: Working for Sustainability
Intern Profile: Sean D'Agnolo Sean is a carpenter by trade. Originally from Minnesota, he moved to Seattle to be close to family. The desire to start a landscaping business with his brother lead to his discovery of Seattle Tilth, through which he connected with a...
Leafy Greens Harvesting Update
In our three year leafy greens trial, part of the grant allowed us to purchase equipment for seeding and harvesting the greens. This equipment is being used at the farms in the trial, and is housed here at Cloud Mountain....
UFO Cherries
or Upright Fruiting Offshoot Cherries An ongoing project at Cloud Mountain is 'the cherry tunnel'. In 2005, we began this growing trial in which we grow sweet cherries inside a 180' long, 32' wide high tunnel, trained to a trellis system. Why grow cherries this way?...
Leafy Greens Trials
Over the next few months, we will be reporting on Cloud Mountain Farm Center's most extensive project, a Leafy Greens Trial. In the fall of 2012, we began, in conjunction with WSU faculty, the first phase of a three year project. The goal of the first phase: Identify...