Sweet Earth Farm

I visited my aunt's farm last month. She has a 5 acre plot on San Juan Island. Her and her family helped create the farmers market for the island; where they sell produce and eggs.

Some of their squash.

I think that is swish chard

Apple Orchard

Some of their chickens. Because of the expense of living on an island they sell a dozen organic eggs for $7!

The piglets! (my favorite) My aunt bought a breeding pair and they have 6 piglets. She is having second thoughts about actually slaughtering them. I personally found them to be adorable but could imagine them being just as delicious as they are cute.

Momma and Poppa

Greenhouse is halfway done

Here is the frame before we started to roll out the plastic.

We used our truck and a ladder to have one person pull the plastic at the middle, and one person on each side of the frame. We had a few friends come help us with this step. Otherwise, even a little wind could have gotten us into some serious trouble.

Here is what it looks like with the plastic on top. We still need to install the doors, and buy more plastic to cover the sides of the greenhouse.

Even without the sides or doors, we have a lot more covered area to work with. The front half of the greenhouse will function as a workshop for now.