In The Garden: So what’s new?

by Chuck McClung
Every year the gardening world is tantalized with new introductions of  novel varieties and cultivars. We are dazzled with a variant color of a tried and true plant or a new leaf color of an old garden favorite. So for this year, here are a few of the newer varieties out there.
Many new [...]

Offering pollination, swarm capture, tasty honey

WHATCOM — Whatcom County has the largest per-capita crop of red raspberries in the world, and the United States gets upwards of 65 percent of its red raspberries from the area.
Honeybee colonies are an essential factor in the pollination of many of the world’s crops, and local berry crops are no different. Locally, that means [...]

Everson Farm Equipment under new ownership

by Marnie Jones
EVERSON—Nine-year-old Marques Brown is hard at work polishing a row of orange Husqvarna lawn tractors. His father, Steve Brown, has owned Everson Farm Equipment since the first of the year, and it’s clearly a family affair. Nearby, mom Karen Brown balances the books while their daughter, 12-year-old Joelle, dusts and organizes merchandise in [...]

Kendall Elementary breaks ground on new school garden

Common Threads non-profit will provide support; spring plans in the works
by Marnie Jones
KENDALL – Kendall Elementary students, teachers and families broke ground on a new garden on Saturday, Dec. 3. The garden, which is being constructed under the guidance of the Common Threads School Garden Collective, will allow students to learn about food, farming, horticulture, [...]

County offers a variety of Christmas tree farms

COUNTY – Tis the season to find your perfect Christmas tree. A number of Whatcom County tree farms are ready for the season, most of them opening the day after the Thanksgiving holiday. Many farms offer various u-cut and we-cut varieties, as well as balled trees, wreaths, handcrafted gifts, and other items. Some have wagon [...]

Whatcom County Farm Tour features 13 stops

Self-guided tour on Sept. 10 includes farms, wineries, farmers market
by the Foothills Gazette
COUNTY – The annual Whatcom County Farm Tour organized by Sustainable Connections will take place Saturday, Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and feature a total of 12 farms, two wineries and the Bellingham Farmers Market.
The tour is free and self-guided, [...]

NEIGHBORS: For the love of lavender

Local resident Peggy Parker grows lavender, heirloom tomatoes at her Deming farm
by MARNIE JONES
DEMING –  Peggy Parker remembers the moment when she decided to become a lavender farmer. She grows many varieties of the fragrant plant at RiverScent, her Deming farm that is also home to a thriving heirloom tomato operation and Ka-Bloom Nursery.
“It [...]

Local blueberry growers in full swing

by the Foothills Gazette
COUNTY – The season arrived two to three weeks late due to cool weather, but most Whatcom County blueberry growers are now in full swing, with raspberries and other berries also available or on the way. Following are some of the local berry farms and farm stands in the east county.
Alm Hill [...]

Northwest WA Farm to Table trade meeting Feb. 22

BELLINGHAM – The Northwest Washington Farm to Table Trade Meeting will be held this year in Bellingham on Tuesday, Feb. 22.
The event brings together local buyers and producers to connect and explore market opportunities, and includes an educational workshop to share and discuss solutions to barriers within the local food system. Anyone who has a [...]

Program brings fresh, local food to student classrooms

Produce, dairy products used in cooking and catering classrooms

by Brita Adkinson
EVERSON –  An initiative to supply local farm produce to schools has brought fresh fruit and vegetables into the cooking and catering classrooms of Nooksack Valley High School (NVHS).
“I discussed the idea with Cheryl Thornton at Cloud Mountain Farm and Gretchen Hoyt at Alm [...]

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