Find a Stone that Speaks to You: The Magic of Nature in Times of Crisis
January 12, 2021
I thought to blog about Horticulture Therapy, but the topic is sizeable. Instead, I chose to highlight two well-known authors who wrote about the therapeutic benefit of stones.
Psychiatrist Harold Searles was troubled…
The Legacies of Five Pioneer Volunteers
December 1, 2020
One speaker, from a recent soil-related Conference of Hawaii Farmers Union (HFUU), declared that he wanted to leave a legacy. He aspired, during his tenure as a farmer, to create as much great soil as he could.
Volunteers…
Retirement Planning – Plants in the Spotlight
November 5, 2020
We are excited to introduce Karin Baer, our new intern. Karin is working toward a Urban Agriculture Production Certificate within the Horticulture Program at Edmonds College. She began helping in September and will be with…
FECO’s 10th Annual Cider Fest – en vivo! A COVID-unfriendly event
October 8, 2020
Friends! This year's Fest will be the best ever. Bring your raincoat, join us Saturday from 2-4pm, and enjoy the lineup:
Saturday, Oct. 10, 2-4pm
6th Ave NE, just south of NE 63rd St
rain or shine
freewayestatescommunityorchard@gmail.com
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World Premiere Video – about FECO!
September 21, 2020
FECO World Premiere! Welcome to Freeway Estates Community Orchard
Here it is friends - a video about us! We commissioned a very talented and patient producer/videographer, Carter Raaen, and we were privileged to catch…
The Tyranny of the Harvest – Looking for Honeycrisp Lovers
August 29, 2020
You can watch summer squash grow. Just have a seat. The plant explodes with six at once. You are hurriedly trying to remember who likes squash, before the fruits look like footballs.
"Would you like to take a yellow squash?",…
Figgly Wiggly – ficus carica, a plant in the Mulberry family
August 17, 2020
Here in the Northwest only certain fig varieties will produce a large quantity of ripe fruit in our short, relatively cool summers. At Freeway Estates we have two of the most appropriate varieties: Desert King and Brown…
Global Gardening With KCD
July 3, 2020
Thank you King Conservation District for helping us learn about sustainably grown vegetables from around the globe!
Last November, Clyzzel (Cly) Samson, the new Community Agriculture Program Coordinator for the King Conservation…
That would not have happened to a white girl.
June 4, 2020
Earlier this week I called a friend in to check on another friend. She and I had a conversation about the protests and about race. She told me a this story. (Names are changed):
... I always told my boys, if the cops stop…