It's all hands on deck out at the farm! Summer is truly upon us and there is transplanting, weeding, and so much harvesting to do. We hope to see you on Friday for a morning of good ole fashion fun in the dirt!

What will we be up to?  As always, tasks may change, that's just farmin, but we hope to tackle:

🌱 Weeding rows

🌱 Transplanting

🌱 Bed prepping

🌱 Seeding

🌱 Harvesting

🌱 🍪

Dress for the weather, and don’t forget your sunblock and hydration!

Need directions to the farm? Follow this link: https://www.vashonlandtrust.org/parking-directions

Look at this crew of invasive plant eradication experts! We could always use a few more hands on this stellar team. Come out to Matsuda Farm for a morning of tackling blackberry, ‘broom, and other nasties trying to set up shop in our restoration areas!

Matsuda Farm: https://www.vashonlandtrust.org/parking-directions

Be sure to dress for the weather and bring hydration. We'll have gloves, tools, and everything else you need 🍪

Vashon Bird Alliance volunteers partner with the Land Trust every week to help maintain and restore habitat in Paradise Valley.  They remove invasive plants, prepare new areas for planting, and plant native trees and shrubs that capture and store carbon and provide food and shelter for the whole array of local wildlife.  And they have a great time doing it together!  Come join the fun!

Meet at Judd Creek Loop Trail trailhead on the EAST side of 111th Ave. SW in Paradise Valley.  Parking is along the road.  [Note: This is not the Kneeshaw Trailhead parking lot, which is further north and on the west side of 111th].  Late arrivees can follow signs to the worksite.

Tasks: Removing holly, ivy, blackberries, & other invasive plants to prepare areas for planting this fall and winter.

Tools needed: Bring your own shovels and loppers, the odd weed wrench if you have one.  A few extra tools will be on hand, but bringing your own helps make sure we have enough for everybody!

Attire: Please bring your own work gloves.  Wear sturdy shoes and dress for the weather.  Long pants and long-sleeved shirts are strongly recommended.

 For more information, contact:

Jim Evans - 206-678-8914 or frangula54@centurytel.net 

Oh farm fam, we missed you last week! Hope to see your smiling faces out in the rows this Friday as we get back into our regularly scheduled programming of harvesting, weeding, and nurturing this lovely land that gives us so much.

What will we be up to?  As always, tasks may change, that's just farmin, but we hope to tackle:

🌱 Weeding rows

🌱 Transplanting

🌱 Bed prepping

🌱 Seeding

🌱 Harvesting

🌱 🍪

Dress for the weather, and don’t forget your sunblock and hydration!

Need directions to the farm? Follow this link: https://www.vashonlandtrust.org/parking-directions

While the rest of the Stew Crew is on their annual trip to the Elwha, Adrian wanted to make sure the rest of us didn’t miss out on a volunteer opportunity! Join him Tuesday for a fun filled morning of battling blackberry at Upper Shinglemill.

Upper Shinglemill Preserve: https://maps.app.goo.gl/KRxUTVcZgCEUdCRh7

Be sure to dress for the weather and bring hydration.  We'll have gloves, tools, and everything else you need 🍪

Matsuda Farm is way more than a working farm, it is also a restoration site for the Land Trust! Join the Stew Crew for invasive removal around the irrigation pond and swale to check it out for yourself. (Also, the farm is absolutely gorgeous this time of year, truly a sight to behold!)

Need directions to the farm? Follow this link: https://www.vashonlandtrust.org/parking-directions

You asked, and we heard you! The Land Trust's Stewardship Crew is now offering a monthly weekend volunteer opportunity for those who cannot make our usual Tuesday work parties. (Or, just need a little more habitat restoration in their lives!)

Join Adrian the last Saturday of the month in Paradise Valley for a morning of fun!

Meet at the Judd Creek parking lot, we'll hike in from there: https://g.co/kgs/jwxC6gy

Wake up and smell the flowers, Friday is going to be another amazing day to volunteer at Matsuda Farm! We hope you can join the crew for a morning of laughs, getting a little dirty, and treats!

What will we be up to? As always, tasks may change, that's just farmin, but we hope to tackle:

🌱 Weeding rows

🌱 Transplanting

🌱 Bed prepping

🌱 Seeding

🌱 Harvesting

🌱 🍪

Dress for the weather, and don’t forget your sunblock and hydration!

Need directions to the farm? Follow this link: https://www.vashonlandtrust.org/parking-directions

Vashon Bird Alliance volunteers partner with the Land Trust every week to help maintain and restore habitat in Paradise Valley.  They remove invasive plants, prepare new areas for planting, and plant native trees and shrubs that capture and store carbon and provide food and shelter for the whole array of local wildlife.  And they have a great time doing it together!  Come join the fun!

Meet at Judd Creek Loop Trail trailhead on the EAST side of 111th Ave. SW in Paradise Valley.  Parking is along the road.  [Note: This is not the Kneeshaw Trailhead parking lot, which is further north and on the west side of 111th].  Late arrivees can follow signs to the worksite.

Tasks: Removing holly, ivy, blackberries, & other invasive plants to prepare areas for planting this fall and winter.

Tools needed: Bring your own shovels and loppers, the odd weed wrench if you have one.  A few extra tools will be on hand, but bringing your own helps make sure we have enough for everybody!

Attire: Please bring your own work gloves.  Wear sturdy shoes and dress for the weather.  Long pants and long-sleeved shirts are strongly recommended.

 For more information, contact:

Jim Evans - 206-678-8914 or frangula54@centurytel.net 

This week the Stew Crew is focusing on Paradise Valley! We hope to see you Tuesday for invasive plant battling along Upper Judd Creek and to check on last fall’s understory planting. 

Meet at the gate on Singer Rd: https://maps.app.goo.gl/U2f8n83dvpWKtf7e9

Be sure to dress for the weather and bring hydration.  We'll have gloves, tools, and everything else you need 🍪

Flipping rows to accommodate summer crops and running irrigation to new baby transplants is part of the fun as we shift into the warmer months. Care to join the volunteers this Friday to lend our Farm team a  hand with these projects?

What will we be up to? As always, tasks may change, that's just farmin, but we hope to tackle:

🌱 Weeding rows

🌱 Transplanting

🌱 Bed prepping

🌱 Seeding

🌱 Harvesting

🌱 🍪

Dress for the weather, and don’t forget your sunblock and hydration!

Need directions to the farm? Follow this link: https://www.vashonlandtrust.org/parking-directions

Vashon Bird Alliance volunteers partner with the Land Trust every week to help maintain and restore habitat in Paradise Valley.  They remove invasive plants, prepare new areas for planting, and plant native trees and shrubs that capture and store carbon and provide food and shelter for the whole array of local wildlife.  And they have a great time doing it together!  Come join the fun!

Meet at Judd Creek Loop Trail trailhead on the EAST side of 111th Ave. SW in Paradise Valley.  Parking is along the road.  [Note: This is not the Kneeshaw Trailhead parking lot, which is further north and on the west side of 111th].  Late arrivees can follow signs to the worksite.

Tasks: Removing holly, ivy, blackberries, & other invasive plants to prepare areas for planting this fall and winter.

Tools needed: Bring your own shovels and loppers, the odd weed wrench if you have one.  A few extra tools will be on hand, but bringing your own helps make sure we have enough for everybody!

Attire: Please bring your own work gloves.  Wear sturdy shoes and dress for the weather.  Long pants and long-sleeved shirts are strongly recommended.

 For more information, contact:

Jim Evans - 206-678-8914 or frangula54@centurytel.net 

Need a dose of smiles (and flowers) in your life? Come join our incredible Matsuda volunteers this week! As we transition from spring into proper summer, there is a lot to do in the hoophouses and out in the rows. Hope to see you there!

What will we be up to? As always, tasks may change, that's just farmin, but we hope to tackle:

🌱 Weeding rows

🌱 Transplanting

🌱 Bed prepping

🌱 Seeding

🌱 Harvesting

🌱 🍪

Dress for the weather, and don’t forget your sunblock and hydration!

Need directions to the farm? Follow this link: https://www.vashonlandtrust.org/parking-directions

It’s time for some meadow maintenance out at the Judd Creek Loop! Join the Stew Crew to pull up pesky invaders like tansy ragwort and scotch broom so that our meadow plantings, like our camas patches, can thrive!

Meet at the Judd Loop Trailhead, we’ll hike in from there.

Transplanting tomatoes and peppers is one of the first signs of approaching summer! With the warmer temperatures all of our veggies are really taking off… but so are the weeds we need to keep at bay to ensure a bountiful harvest for the schools, food bank, and Farmer’s Market! Care to come lend a hand this week?

What will we be up to? As always, tasks may change, that's just farmin, but we hope to tackle:

🌱 Weeding rows

🌱 Transplanting

🌱 Bed prepping

🌱 Seeding

🌱 Harvesting

🌱 🍪

Dress for the weather, and don’t forget your sunblock and hydration!

Need directions to the farm? Follow this link: https://www.vashonlandtrust.org/parking-directions

Vashon Bird Alliance volunteers partner with the Land Trust every week to help maintain and restore habitat in Paradise Valley.  They remove invasive plants, prepare new areas for planting, and plant native trees and shrubs that capture and store carbon and provide food and shelter for the whole array of local wildlife.  And they have a great time doing it together!  Come join the fun!

Meet at Judd Creek Loop Trail trailhead on the EAST side of 111th Ave. SW in Paradise Valley.  Parking is along the road.  [Note: This is not the Kneeshaw Trailhead parking lot, which is further north and on the west side of 111th].  Late arrivees can follow signs to the worksite.

Tasks: Removing holly, ivy, blackberries, & other invasive plants to prepare areas for planting this fall and winter.

Tools needed: Bring your own shovels and loppers, the odd weed wrench if you have one.  A few extra tools will be on hand, but bringing your own helps make sure we have enough for everybody!

Attire: Please bring your own work gloves.  Wear sturdy shoes and dress for the weather.  Long pants and long-sleeved shirts are strongly recommended.

 For more information, contact:

Jim Evans - 206-678-8914 or frangula54@centurytel.net 

We have quite the exciting volunteer day in store for our Stew Crew this Tuesday! First, we have everyone’s favorite task: pulling blackberries!

Second, and even more exciting (difficult, we know), this is our first volunteer Tuesday with this year’s Conservation Interns! Come meet the new crew and welcome them to the Island!

Meet at the Judd Creek Parking lot, we’ll walk over to the worksite together: https://maps.app.goo.gl/7PVi6TKcRLiKaL7dA

Be sure to dress for the weather and bring hydration.  We'll have gloves, tools, and everything else you need 🍪

It’s that time again for all hands on (and below?) deck at Matsuda Farm! Come join Abel, Holly, and our incredible volunteers this Friday for a dose of sunshine, smiles, and so. many. salad greens.

What will we be up to? As always, tasks may change, that's just farmin, but we hope to tackle:

🌱 Weeding rows

🌱 Transplanting

🌱 Bed prepping

🌱 Seeding

🌱 Harvesting

🌱 🍪

Dress for the weather, and don’t forget your sunblock and hydration!

Need directions to the farm? Follow this link: https://www.vashonlandtrust.org/parking-directions

Vashon Bird Alliance volunteers partner with the Land Trust every week to help maintain and restore habitat in Paradise Valley.  They remove invasive plants, prepare new areas for planting, and plant native trees and shrubs that capture and store carbon and provide food and shelter for the whole array of local wildlife.  And they have a great time doing it together!  Come join the fun!

Meet at Judd Creek Loop Trail trailhead on the EAST side of 111th Ave. SW in Paradise Valley.  Parking is along the road.  [Note: This is not the Kneeshaw Trailhead parking lot, which is further north and on the west side of 111th].  Late arrivees can follow signs to the worksite.

Tasks: Removing holly, ivy, blackberries, & other invasive plants to prepare areas for planting this fall and winter.

Tools needed: Bring your own shovels and loppers, the odd weed wrench if you have one.  A few extra tools will be on hand, but bringing your own helps make sure we have enough for everybody!

Attire: Please bring your own work gloves.  Wear sturdy shoes and dress for the weather.  Long pants and long-sleeved shirts are strongly recommended.

 For more information, contact:

Jim Evans - 206-678-8914 or frangula54@centurytel.net 

The Stew Crew is back at it again this week for another installment of “pull those invasives before they go to seed!” This week, we’ll be mindfully removing undersireable understory invaders from the Kneeshaw Preserve.

Meet at the Judd Creek parking lot, we'll hike in from there: https://g.co/kgs/jwxC6gy

Be sure to dress for the weather and bring hydration.  We'll have gloves, tools, and everything else you need 🍪

You asked, and we heard you! The Land Trust's Stewardship Crew is now offering a monthly weekend volunteer opportunity for those who cannot make our usual Tuesday work parties. (Or, just need a little more habitat restoration in their lives!)

Join Adrian the last Saturday of the month in Paradise Valley for a morning of fun!

Meet at the Judd Creek parking lot, we'll hike in from there: https://g.co/kgs/jwxC6gy

What a turnout last Friday at Matsuda Farm! The Farm Team is counting down the days until we can all gather together again to make some major headway on farm tasks, laugh way too hard, and chase off the clouds with good cheer. Hope to see you there!

What will we be up to? As always, tasks may change, that's just farmin, but we hope to tackle:

🌱 Weeding rows

🌱 Transplanting

🌱 Bed prepping

🌱 Seeding

🌱 Harvesting

🌱 🍪

Dress for the weather, and don’t forget your sunblock and hydration!

Need directions to the farm? Follow this link: https://www.vashonlandtrust.org/parking-directions

Vashon Bird Alliance volunteers partner with the Land Trust every week to help maintain and restore habitat in Paradise Valley.  They remove invasive plants, prepare new areas for planting, and plant native trees and shrubs that capture and store carbon and provide food and shelter for the whole array of local wildlife.  And they have a great time doing it together!  Come join the fun!

Meet at Judd Creek Loop Trail trailhead on the EAST side of 111th Ave. SW in Paradise Valley.  Parking is along the road.  [Note: This is not the Kneeshaw Trailhead parking lot, which is further north and on the west side of 111th].  Late arrivees can follow signs to the worksite.

Tasks: Removing holly, ivy, blackberries, & other invasive plants to prepare areas for planting this fall and winter.

Tools needed: Bring your own shovels and loppers, the odd weed wrench if you have one.  A few extra tools will be on hand, but bringing your own helps make sure we have enough for everybody!

Attire: Please bring your own work gloves.  Wear sturdy shoes and dress for the weather.  Long pants and long-sleeved shirts are strongly recommended.

 For more information, contact:

Jim Evans - 206-678-8914 or frangula54@centurytel.net 

Behold — the Scotch broom World Tree our volunteers pulled up last week at Johnson Pond. Can this week’s squad dig up something bigger this 15 foot monster?! Let’s find out at Upper Shinglemill.

Need directions? Follow this link! https://maps.app.goo.gl/6wkz5q5sSoSB8FF49

Bring water and appropriate clothing, we’ll have gloves, tools, and everything else 🍪

Please join the Matsuda Farm team for an introductory class on Agroforestry.

Bring your brown bag, we will have dessert and coffee. Please RSVP (email elena@vashonlandtrust.org ) if you would like a slice of flan ;)

We will discuss agroforestry, how it is applied in the PNW, and potential applications for local farms, forestlands, and restoration. If there is interest, we will organize visits to evaluate agroforestry potential of working farms and orchards.

Our facilitator, Carrie Brausieck, is the Executive Director of Agroforestry NW and the Interim Executive Director of Kulshan Carbon Trust. Through her roles, Carrie works to advance agroforestry, biocultural restoration, and other nature-based solutions in WA State. She is passionate about agroforestry and biocultural restoration as solutions to competing land use issues, climate adaptation and mitigation, and working land resilience. Carrie’s education and specialties are in environmental management and policy, agroforestry, environmental anthropology, agroecological systems, and creative ecology. 

Our volunteers are the absolute best. Look at how lush tidy these rows of greens are! If you want to get in on this action, you should join us on Friday mornings out at Matsuda Farm!

What will we be up to? As always, tasks may change, that's just farmin, but we hope to tackle:

🌱 Weeding rows

🌱 Transplanting

🌱 Bed prepping

🌱 Seeding

🌱 Harvesting

🌱 🍪

Dress for the weather, and don’t forget your sunblock and hydration!

Need directions to the farm? Follow this link: https://www.vashonlandtrust.org/parking-directions

Vashon Bird Alliance volunteers partner with the Land Trust every week to help maintain and restore habitat in Paradise Valley.  They remove invasive plants, prepare new areas for planting, and plant native trees and shrubs that capture and store carbon and provide food and shelter for the whole array of local wildlife.  And they have a great time doing it together!  Come join the fun!

Meet at Judd Creek Loop Trail trailhead on the EAST side of 111th Ave. SW in Paradise Valley.  Parking is along the road.  [Note: This is not the Kneeshaw Trailhead parking lot, which is further north and on the west side of 111th].  Late arrivees can follow signs to the worksite.

Tasks: Removing holly, ivy, blackberries, & other invasive plants to prepare areas for planting this fall and winter.

Tools needed: Bring your own shovels and loppers, the odd weed wrench if you have one.  A few extra tools will be on hand, but bringing your own helps make sure we have enough for everybody!

Attire: Please bring your own work gloves.  Wear sturdy shoes and dress for the weather.  Long pants and long-sleeved shirts are strongly recommended.

 For more information, contact:

Jim Evans - 206-678-8914 or frangula54@centurytel.net 

We need some extra help this week in our hot houses! Join the team for a morning of tomato and pepper transplanting, laughs, and perhaps even some treats.

Dress for the weather, and don’t forget your sunblock and hydration!

Need directions to the farm? Follow this link: https://www.vashonlandtrust.org/parking-directions

Did you know that the best time to pull Scotch broom is while it is in flower? Thankfully, we have an expert team! If you would like to learn from the best, you should join the Stew Crew out at Johnson Pond!

Need directions? Follow this link! https://maps.app.goo.gl/Pna6mNwqawRQzYhi7

Bring water and appropriate clothing, we’ll have gloves, tools, and everything else 🍪