First Rain of the Season

October 22nd, 2012
Laughing Duck Farm | Blog

Our neck of the woods finally got the first rain of the fall.  It has been so dry and hot the pollen has blanketed everything for at least a month, and the deer have been searching for water everywhere.  I can’t wait to see how all the plants will perk up this next week.


Wacky Weather

October 5th, 2012
Laughing Duck Farm | Blog

The temperatures this week plummeted 20 degrees in two days with this cold front. I heard more sandhill cranes flying overhead while packing the car tonight for Heather and I to share a booth with Gary Liss tomorrow at the Loomis Eggplant Festival.  We will have animals, displays, info on Placer Local Food Alliance, The Art of Real Food cookbooks for sale for the school garden, and our lunch cooking in the solar oven.


First Days of Fall and Freshman Farmer

October 2nd, 2012
Laughing Duck Farm | Blog
The first days of fall have brought something different this year; we went to the Autumn Moon Festival in San Francisco’s Chinatown which marks the end of the summer harvest and gives thanks to the bounty of the land. We missed the opening parade but did get to see some of the dragons, musicians, and other festivities. This coincided perfectly with an Email I got from Autumn that my blog was set up on the Freshman Farmer site. I am excited and thankful that Peaceful Valley has this program… Read the rest of this article »

Lambs on the way!

February 29th, 2012
Daily Grace Farms | Blog
This is our Jacob ewe Mud Ranch Francine. She is set to have lambs in about a week and we are very excited! Read the rest of this article »
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Natural Weed Eaters

February 29th, 2012
Daily Grace Farms | Blog
As you can see the portable pen built to help combat winter weeds was a huge success! The beds have never been in this good of shape so early in the season.  I am loving this new system, low labor and low maintenance. Read the rest of this article »

2012 Freshman Class Application

January 23rd, 2012
Peaceful Valley
For all of you who have been eagerly awaiting the application for the 2012-2013 Freshman Farmer class, here it is! You can download the PDF here. Read the rest of this article »

Life on the farm

January 23rd, 2012
Wise Moon Farm | Blog
Its been a while since our last post, but we have been keep’n busy on the farm. We have stored some of our harvest this year like freezing strawberries, sun drying tomatoes, many seeds saved from herbs to beans. Still in production are the greens; Mustard greens, Kale, Chard, and the baby lettuce in the greenhouse.  Last year there were many additions to the property, mainly permaculture like strawberries and trees. These were investments that will only produce more as the years go on. … Read the rest of this article »
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Have your crops been VERNALIZED?

January 11th, 2012
Daily Grace Farms | Blog
  Today as the sun shines, in what has been the driest, sunniest most beautiful wind free winter in our 9 years on the northern coast of California, I feel myself wanting to get a jump start on the planting season. I am reminded however of an incident that took place this past summer, whose beginnings were rooted early in the season last year. In mid August several farms in our area were lamenting the fact that a large portion of their onion crops were bolting (going to seed) instead of bulbing.… Read the rest of this article »
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

January 2nd, 2012
Daily Grace Farms | Blog
The New Year has arrived, yes January 1, 2012, and I was outside in the SUNSHINE picking fresh PEAS for dinner. The northern coast of California has had an unusually mild winter and I am reaping the bounty of it. So very thankful! Read the rest of this article »
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Looking back on Summer

November 20th, 2011
Wise Moon Farm | Blog
The heat of Summer has passed and the chill of Fall has arrived. The last red ripe strawberries and tomatoes were picked several weeks ago. We enjoyed a great harvest of apples, grapes, blackberries, strawberries, onions, potatoes, sunchokes, tomatoes, chard, kale, cabbage, and much more. Our fig tree we ordered this year from Peacefull Valley gave us a dozen delicious figs. All the animals on the farm are doing great. All four Bee Colonies are healthy and thriving. We harvested a few jars of honeycomb… Read the rest of this article »

Two farms are starting from scratch.

They are turning the dirt and hoping to be successful enough to turn a profit, and to become a valuable part of their communities as suppliers of organically grown food.

Peaceful Valley is giving them a head start by offering them special pricing as part of this Freshman Farmer program.

The Farm Blogs

Freshman:
New Farms Coming Soon!
Sophomores:
Laughing Duck Farm
Newcastle, CA
Starbright Acres
12575 Polaris Dr, Grass Valley, CA
Graduates:
Coyote House Farm
Palermo, CA
Daily Grace Farms
Crescent City, CA
DeepSeeded Community Farm
Arcata, CA
Driftwood Farm
Fort Bragg, CA
EarthDance Farm
St. Louis, MO
Ellwood Canyon Farms
Goleta, CA
Freestone Family Farm
Vernal, UT
Hand Sown Homegrown Heritage Farm
Poulsbo, WA
Home Plate Organic Farm
Orleans, CA
Honey in the Heart Farm
Nevada City, CA
Willow Springs Farm
Penn Valley, CA
Wise Moon Farm
Redding, CA

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About the Farms

Coyote House Farm
Palermo, CA
Daily Grace Farms
Crescent City, CA
DeepSeeded Community Farm
Arcata, CA
Driftwood Farm
Fort Bragg, CA
EarthDance Farm
St. Louis, MO
Ellwood Canyon Farms
Goleta, CA
Four Frog Farm
Penn Valley, CA
Freestone Family Farm
Vernal, UT
Hand Sown Homegrown Heritage Farm
Poulsbo, WA
Home Plate Organic Farm
Orleans, CA
Honey in the Heart Farm
Nevada City, CA
Laughing Duck Farm
Newcastle, CA
Starbright Acres
12575 Polaris Dr, Grass Valley, CA
Willow Springs Farm
Penn Valley, CA
Wise Moon Farm
Redding, CA

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