A warm and delighted thank you to everyone who came out for the open house this weekend!  We’ll try to get a few photos up soon.  Until then we’ll have to make do with sweet memories of sandaled feet traipsing the dusty driveway, little feet chasing chickens, and weary feet propped on overturned apple crates at the end of the day as their owners talked about strange summer weather, new plans for the farm, and the different sorts of things that brought us each to Wheatland that afternoon.

Thanks again — it was a wonderful time.

Happy August, everyone! Is it really going to be Labor Day soon? It’s been quite a year for all three farms here at Wheatland, and we hope you’ll come on out to the farm this Sunday, August 24, to learn more about it. The funs starts at 3pm and runs until 7pm.

We’d like to invite our market customers and friends, who make up the consuming half of the Washington area’s thriving local food system, to come see how we’re contributing to the production half.

You can wander around the farm on your own if you like, or join a guided tour. They’ll start on the hour at 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. See our crops as well as our production methods, equipment, greenhouses, ponds, irrigation system, chickens and people! Talk to farmers and workers. As our landlords Chip and Susan Planck put it, “Wheatland Vegetable Farms is now living up to its plural name.” Learn more about what it’s like for three independent farm operations – all practicing small-scale sustainable agriculture – to share a farm.

Bring a picnic, if you like. We’ll provide cool drinks. Children are very welcome. No pets.

Directions can be had here. Please get in touch if you have any questions!