Updates From The Farm
Notes from the Field: Week of July 15
Aronia berry beginning to ripenThis week we’re continuing Ribes harvest, summer pruning, weeding and troubleshooting dreaded midsummer irrigation pump issues (which will hopefully be followed by ample watering of all orchard zones). Fruit/Bud/Tree Development We're...
Press Release: Experience Local Fruit at Cloud Mountain Farm Center During Harvest Season
7.10.24 Everson, WA – Cloud Mountain Farm Center in Everson WA is excited to announce four Fruit Tastings on the Farm this harvest season – August 1, August 22, September 19, and October 17 from 5:30-7:00 pm. They invite you to enjoy certified organic, locally...
Plants to Programs: How Supporting Cloud Mountain’s Nursery Supports a Resilient Regional Food System
Photo: Connor HarronCloud Mountain Farm Center is an agricultural and horticultural non-profit located on 20 acres at the foot of Sumas Mountain. Our orchards and vineyards encompass about 4 acres of production and research, and our retail nursery specializes in...
Notes from the Field: Week of July 8
This week we’re harvesting currants, working on grape canopy management, continuing pest management in apples and pears, rennovating June Bearing strawberries, weeding and applying mid-season foliar and drip irrigation applied fertilizers. Fruit/Bud/Tree Development...
Press Release: Cloud Mountain Farm Center Wins Grant for Innovative, Sustainable Mulch Project
July 2, 2024, Everson WA - Cloud Mountain Farm Center is a nonprofit organic fruit production farm and nursery in Everson WA. They share knowledge and resources to build accessible and equitable regional food systems, foster land stewardship, and reduce climate...
Notes from the Field: Week of July 1
Methley plums sized and showing the very first signs of ripening.This week we’re beginning to harvest a few new crops on the farm – ribes and cherries! We’re balancing harvests with weed management (strawberry weeding post-harvest, and lots of weedwhacking and mowing...
Notes from the Field: Week of June 24th
Ripening Pink Champagne currants.This week top of mind is summer pruning on pome trees (especially apples), fungal and insect pest management, fertility management in young trees and grapes especially, and preparations for more harvests to come. While things are all a...
Featured Fruit: Ribes
Some of the more unusual and delicious fruits we grow at Cloud Mountain Farm Center are those belonging to the genus “Ribes”. Pronounced rye-bees, we use the term “Ribes” to refer to the many varieties of currants, gooseberries, and jostaberries that grow here on the...
Notes from the Field: Week of June 17th
Fruit Set on Kiwi BerriesThis week we’re coming through yet another cool wet period. There are some warm dry days in the forecast for later this week which will be much appreciated, but it looks like we will continue to have relatively rainy and cool conditions...
Notes from the Field: Week of June 10th
Kiwi berries in bloom.This week we’re keeping busy with fruit thinning, strawberry harvest, starting some summer pruning on young apples, and doing some burning of left-over stone fruit prunings before the weather turns too dry for such things. We’ll also be doing...
Top 5 Tips for Pollinator-Friendly Pest Management
Metallic green sweat bee pollinating Douglas' meadowfoam in Nursery Co-Manager Edward's Bellingham gardenPollinators are some of your greatest allies when it comes to your home garden and orchard – not to mention the essential role they play for the whole ecosystem....
Notes from the Field: Week of June 3rd
Gravenstein apples sizing quickly.This week we've got fruit set and sizing on the brain - we'll be doing our first harvest of the season (June-bearing strawberries are right on time) and working to get quickly-sizing apples and peaches fruit thinned. The wet, cool...