It’s that time of year! We’re harvesting the last of summer flavor in herbaceous growth around Leafhopper Farm. Our Kaffir lime Citrus hystrix recieved a little pruning and the leaves will make a great

Liz Crain of Leafhopper Farm describes how she hatches Chicks from her own Chicken's eggs using an Incubator. DTube should stream fluidly at this bitrate, but if you're experiencing issues you can also

The Meal-worms are growing exponentially here at Leafhopper Farm! We’ve doubled our output and are now in the height of growing season. Worms are plentiful by the end of summer, having all the warmth of

Liz Crain of Leafhopper Farm describes how goats can be used to clear through brush in order to clear and maintain paths. Goats are browsers as opposed to grazers and prefer to eat from bushes elevated

It’s happening! Our Ayam Cemani genes are showing up in force with the latest clutch of chicks here at Leafhopper Farm. These cute little babes are all downing out dark like their daddies and the markings

The Bullfrog population here at Leafhopper Farm has been kept in check this summer. Lithobates catesbeianus is a serious threat to our local frog populations, as well as other amphibian and reptile friends

Shifting away from grassy turf on Leafhopper Farm invites more diversity, better water retention, more fertility to the soil, and the mimicking of more natural habitat suited to a temperate rain forest.

Liz Crain of Leafhopper farm discusses the nearby forest fires which are filling our local skies with ash and smoke. Washington State is experiencing it's longest drought on record and this has allowed

The forests are burning. It’s the longest drought in Washington State history. For the past few weeks, the sky has been reminiscent of Beijing, China. I know because I was there in 2012, just after the

Liz Crain of Leafhopper Farm discusses and demonstrates how to remove metal T-Posts often used for fencing. T Posts can be difficult to remove by hand, especially when the ground is dry, so using a T Post

The young hedge plants I’ve been establishing along the zone 1 west fence line is growing up fast. Deer have been the biggest challenge, so I lay a net over the young plants to keep them safe. Now, 2 years

Liz Crain gives a tour of the Permaculture Gardens on Leafhopper Farm. She details out the plants currently growing in the garden including corn, kale, hops, peas and many more! She also discusses how

So, we broke our dry streak this summer and still, our little pond held! The “rain” we did get on August 12th was 0.02″. That’s all we’ve had and it’s now the end of August and believe me, none of the

Liz Crain of Leafhopper Farm describes how to pick and harvest the apples from your Apple Trees in order to minimize bruising to the apple and damage to the tree. Harvesting Apples Shaking a branch which

Blackberries are a staple crop at Leafhopper Farm. We pick tens of gallons throughout the season when conditions are right. This year is a very good year for berries. We got a lot of rain last winter followed

View on YouTube if you're having latency issues. Liz Crain demonstrates how to pickup and handle a Chicken: Scoop the Chicken up from the ground and hold her against your chest as quickly as possible to

The Frost Peach Prunus persica is ripe and ready for harvest here at Leafhopper Farm! We’ve been picking them for a few weeks now and I finally pruned the tree back a bit. Members of the stone fruit (drupe)

Leafhopper Farm has been growing for 5 full years now; on July 31st, we begun our sixth. It has been a wonderful unfolding of tended soil, grazing animals, and a budding community. Above is one season

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The fruits, herbs, and veggies are all ripe and ready here at Leafhopper Farm! I’ve been running around the gardens weeding and discovering all the bounty ready to harvest. Herbs like kitchen sage and