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Happy Earth Day
It’s a beautiful day to celebrate the beginning of spring. From our family to yours, have a wonderful and green Earth Day! Held annually...
John Latimer
Apr 19, 20231 min read
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Air Defense
Atlas defends the farm from a turkey vulture flyer a couple hundred feet high! Turkey vultures (sometimes called buzzards) are large dark...
John Latimer
Apr 13, 20231 min read
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344 Trees!
We added several new types of fruit and nut trees and now have a total of 344 trees! Check out our website at www.seagatefarm.com/shop-pr...
John Latimer
Apr 7, 20231 min read
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Spring Daffodils
We added 16 groups of two different narcissus flower bulbs a few months ago in the orchard and they are doing great. Narcissus flowers,...
John Latimer
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Native Flowers
We just planted Common Camas (Camassia quamash) bulbs in the orchard. The Camas is native to southwest Canada and the northwestern United...
John Latimer
Mar 10, 20231 min read
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Celebrate Diversity
It seems like a great day for the #americanciderassociation reminder that cider is for everyone! We stand with those who support love,...
John Latimer
Feb 25, 20231 min read
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New Trees!
We’ve just started planting more fruit trees at the farm. In addition to several new apple and pear varieties, we’re adding a couple new...
John Latimer
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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Pickle Patch
John and Ben built a new pickle patch garden next to the orchard. The enclosed garden is 9’ by 30’ and needed fencing to keep the...
John Latimer
Jan 13, 20231 min read
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Back Seat Driver
While John was busy digging drainage trenches, Atlas found a new friend in the back seat of one of Seagate Farm’s extensive “fleet” of...
John Latimer
Dec 30, 20221 min read
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Snowy Holidays!
A foot or so of snow means no work on the farm for a couple of days. Atlas enjoys it much more than John though. Great Pyrenees are...
John Latimer
Dec 23, 20221 min read
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Gravenstein Apple Pie
A wonderful way to top off the Thanksgiving feast is with an incredible Gravenstein apple pie! One of our favorites is made with...
John Latimer
Nov 22, 20222 min read
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Ready for Winter
John spent the last few days winterizing the apple orchard. He added wood mulch around all the trees and plants and got the irrigation...
John Latimer
Nov 10, 20221 min read
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Meet Atlas
He’s the newest member of the Seagate family. Atlas is a three-year-old Great Pyrenees and a gentle giant weighing 135 pounds. He needed...
John Latimer
Oct 28, 20221 min read
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Eating the profits
Roxy has acquired a taste for Pacific Crabapples and blackberries. No, she hasn’t gobbled up the profits —just the leftover fruit from...
John Latimer
Oct 14, 20221 min read
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Harvest Time
John and Ben spent the last few weeks picking the Pacific Crabapples at the farm. Even though the other apples and pears didn’t like the...
John Latimer
Oct 9, 20221 min read
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New Bee Plants
After getting the FARM Fund Grant from the Agriculture Guild in May to regenerate the San Juan Islands, John and his nephew, Shane,...
John Latimer
Oct 1, 20221 min read
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