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Indianola beach

Our annual low-tide walk and other farm joys

July 8, 2021 By Persephone

(Excerpted from our CSA subscriber weekly newsletter) The days are busier and busier, as the daylight continues to linger on, the plants have been growing at such a fast rate that it’s hard to keep up! Some of the interns just reached the halfway point in their internship, and for others, the halfway point comes in a few weeks. 

Our internships, as part of a larger Kitsap County Farm Intern program run in coordination with WSU, are all about immersive, intensive, and experiential learning. 

This time of year is special to us, of course. In many ways, the solstice marks an important moment in the life of a farmer, both with regards to the plants and spiritually. The plants get to experience an unbounded opportunity for growth, with daylight stretching outwards into the evenings and early mornings. We mark the summer solstice with gratitude, and the bittersweet knowledge that the days will grow shorter now — the inevitable end of the season likely not far away. 

The lowest tides of the year happen right around the solstice, and we always make a point to take a long lunch and explore the beach at low tide! We found a moon snail and other sea critters, identified some seaweed types, and ate lunch on the beach! There were plenty of creatures, rocks, and plants that usually spend time under the water – it was special to walk out that far on the shore.

  • woman looking at moon snail at low tide
  • low tide excursion for farm interns on Indianola Beach

The internship centers itself around learning — encompassing both the natural environment and the ways of farming sustainably. While we take classes and do learning in more structured ways, a beach walk this like is a super neat chance to connect with and experientially learn about our maritime environment! One of the most wondrous parts of the internship program is that we get to grow together while learning.

If you were around last year (or even longer!), you might already know about our low tide walk, and be familiar with the folks that were around last year! As an ode to the particular nostalgia that this time of summer tends to spark – a sort of “Keeping Up with the Persephone Interns” — I thought I’d throw in some updates! In particular, Willow and Davis from the internship program last year have started their own sustainable veggie and flower farm in South Carolina!

They’re braving much more heat and humidity than we are, and it is so fun to watch our friends and colleagues take the tools that we’ve gleaned from Persephone, get out there, and do it! Willow and Davis are just one of many of Rebecca’s interns that have gone on to start their own farms. Oh, the places you’ll go, you know?

We’ve been appreciating even more lately our ability to gather and appreciating our friends, natural spaces, and the critters that reside in them. July, July. What a wonderful word. 

Enjoy the harvest (and these cooler temperatures – phew!)

Caitlin
(she/her)

And Beets!

Freshly-washed beets, ready for bunching

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Indianola beach, Internship Program, low tide, moon snail

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We know we have been absent from the market for a We know we have been absent from the market for a bit but we have been hard at work and are back and ready to roll. We will be at the @bifarmersmarket this Saturday from 10am to 2pm with so many goodies 🌸

We will have peonies, the first basil of the year, walla walla onions, gallon size tomato starts, basil starts and more!!

If you want to get tomatoes this will be the last week we will bring the starts to the market. 🌱

Peony season is only a few short weeks long so get your peonies while you can 💐

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We finally have peonies! 💐 Tune into the @vnpla We finally have peonies! 💐 Tune into the @vnplantcast that launched this week to listen to their episode on peonies featuring our very own Rebecca Slattery. Learn all about growing peonies, the botrytis fungus, how to deal with sick plants, and more ✨

Rebecca is such a wealth of knowledge and we are so excited to see her featured on this podcast. To listen go to your streaming platform and find - valley nursery plantcast 🌱 or click on the link in our story! 
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