Beacons 3/27/26: Permaculture Meetup, Seed Exchange, Nettles as Food and Medicine
ON THE FARMPlant & Seed ExchangeSunday, April 12, 3-5 PMAt Yakima Beach (210 Ehler Rd 98908)Bring your extra seeds, spare plants and your wish lists and let's get growin'!Meet the alpacas AND your neighbors!Envelopes and pens provided. ___New on the website this week, we've got fresh young yarrow and nettle leaves, perfect for tincturing. You can also get them predried. Flagpole Scallions are growing tall, and the nursery has chicory, Maltese Cross, perennial flax, sets of six Egyptian walking onions. Finally, this week we're offering Scarlet Runner Bean seeds, which
Beacons 3/20/26: Sochan, Tiny Dams & The Repair Economy
ON THE FARMNew in the shop this week we have dried comfrey root and comfrey starts, as well as native golden currant, black currant, sochan, and flowerburst fruitbowl yarrow. More on comfrey and sochan in the permaculture landscape:Green-headed Coneflower, Sochan"This sweet plant is a permaculture poster child as it is an easy to grow perennial native, beautiful, medicinal, and edible. From Steamboat Springs to New York City, the mountains of North Carolina and the banks of the Mackinaw River, I have been blessed and nourished to be in the presence
Beacons 3/6/26: 400 Meals, Spring Herbs, Alpaca Beans, Truth as a Human Right
ON THE FARMNo Fertilizer Shortage at Yakima BeachWant to dress your spring garden in alpaca beans? Bring your buckets up to the farm! Located in Naches Heights, next to Wilridge Winery.Shovels provided. Donations accepted.Shoot me an email to schedule._____ March Herbal Allies: Milky Oats & Nettle***Milky oats tincture, dried nettles and nettle plants are available in our shop. As we tumble together through shattered global norms, these two herbs are finding their way into my daily routine: Nettle (nutritional, antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, analgesic, anti-infectious, diuretic, hypotensive, and antiulcer) & Milky
Beacons 2/27/26: Healing Salve, Farm Tour, Human Rights Booklets, & a Shrub-Steppe Celebration
ON THE FARMThis week we welcomed our first guests of the year to The Cathaus. While it's not camping season quite yet the cabin has a heater, lots of blankets and hot chocolate. Give it a try if you're looking for a little getaway yourself or somewhere to put up a visitor. _____New in the shop we've got High Desert Healing Salve, dried cardinal basil, dried apple mint and passport sized copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for just $1 each. For the salve we use the above
Beacons 2/19/2026: New Plants, Mask Class, Youth Leadership Academy
ON THE FARMThis week we celebrate the return of Mo Aristegui of High Desert Composting. Mo has been in Uruguay, visiting family, and it's been fun to chat with her about her observations and adventures during her trip. Welcome back, Mo!_____New in the StoreActual size: 2" x 3" Defend Human Rights stickers. $4 each.We also have strawberries, sorrel, apricot sprite agastache, flora pearl appleblossom dianthus and autumn sunset rudbeckia. _____Rod's HouseThis week our eggs went into homemade noodles and those went into chicken soup. Nona provided garlic, ranch and bacon
Beacons 2/10/26: Strawberries, Winter Foraging Walk, Natural Building Workshop
ON THE FARMStarts are BackStrawberry starts are now available in 210 Ehler Rd farm stand. $1 each or $5 for a six pack. To pay, drop cash in the cash box or request an invoice. _____Plant of the Month: CottonwoodFebruary is the best month to gather cottonwood (or balsam poplar) buds to make a pain relieving salve called Balm of Gilead. Not sure how to find the them? join me for a winter foraging walk. (12:00 on Sunday, 2/15. Meet at Eschbach park by the chained entrance.) We'll identify and
