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Farm Happenings at Flat Tack Farm
Farm Happenings for June 4, 2020
We had our first round of membership deliveries this last weekend. It went great! More than 50 people received their veggies for the first share of the season. Many of you will be receiving your first share this week and we are very excited to meet you! We will be at t1 read more »
Farm Happenings for May 28, 2020
We're super excited for the start of CSA memberships (community supported agriculture) this week!!!! This is always a bit of a crazy time for farmers, making sure we've got enough produce to go around, catching up with field tasks to make sure things are planted for the season and gettin1 read more »
Farm Happenings for May 15, 2020
This last week was a hot and productive week! We got the back garden area all prepared and beds shaped for added crops. We had 2 volunteer days and with the help were able to plant out summer squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, basil, and get lots of beds ready for more crops. We also pu1 read more »
Farm Happening May 4th - 10th
Happy May and May the 4th be with you!!!
We're getting beds ready to plant like crazy! In the next couple of weeks we will be planting summer & winter squash, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, more greens (we usually plant every 2 weeks for a constant supply), edible flowers1 read more »
Farm Happenings for May 1, 2020
We hope everyone had a Happy Earth Day/Earth Month!
We're loving our spinach right now, it is gigantic and so delicious! This variety is called Space, must be because it is out of this world, haha. Corney jokes aside, this batch has really surprised us. We planted it in our1 read more »
Farm Happenings for April 24, 2020
The second round of onions is in the ground. (The first round was actually planted in November of last year as "overwintered" onions that should be ready sometime in June/early July). We prepared the onion bed with a roll out paper and then topped it with compost. The paper helps1 read more »
Farm Happening April 13th
It’s time to dusty off and install that irrigation already! We water using a drip irrigation system that runs off of the property’s well. It’s a low flow eco-friendly option. To set it up we put in a 2 inch header line at the beginning of the beds across the fields, that then hook1 read more »
Farm Happenings for April 10, 2020
Potato planting on Sunday was a great success! We got 5 x 100’ rows planted of all kinds of fun colors and varieties. Purple Majesty, 3 types of fingerlings, Mountain Rose, Red skin, Nicola, Harvest Moon, and a PCNW Heirloom- Makah Ozettes from Slow Foods Southwest Washington. Potatoes a1 read more »
Farm Happenings for April 3, 2020
Beets are in and growing! We had a very busy planting day and got kale, collard greens, kohlrabi, lettuce, broccolini & broccoli raab beds planted. We also got the pea trellis up and the peas are looking good.
The picture above is our beet bed. Last year we started transplanting the1 read more »
About the farm
Flat Tack is a small scale farm nestled within the serene vineyard setting of Heathen Estate in Vancouver, Washington. The farm was started in 2017 by co-farmers Kelly and Patrick. Flat Tack Farm specializes in growing a wide variety of produce and is working on organic certification. We grow all of our food without the use of harmful pesticides, chemicals, or synthetic fertilizers; while focusing on improving the land to a healthier state using holistic, all natural practices. The current cultivated area is around 2 acres and is farmed using intensive methods that focus on low tillage and integrating Permaculture (permanent agriculture: creating natural eco-systems designed to be sustainable and self-sufficient) practices into our gardens. Flat Tack Farm focuses on growing heirloom, rare and unique varieties of produce. https://flat-tack-farm.ueniweb.com/
We also believe in collaboration to grow a stronger food system! We partner with other local farmer friends to bring more abundance of sustainably grown food and farm products to our community!
A few of our growing partners are: Sprout and Blossom Farm, Columbia River Mushrooms, Volehalla Farm, and our neighbors. Our locally raised pastured beef share comes from Windy River Livestock in Washougal, WA. We also have locally baked bread from Bleu Door Bakery available as an add on. By combining in a cooperative effort the farmers can join forces to expand their operations and help more of our community members have access to locally grown goodness.
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We also believe in collaboration to grow a stronger food system! We partner with other local farmer friends to bring more abundance of sustainably grown food and farm products to our community!
A few of our growing partners are: Sprout and Blossom Farm, Columbia River Mushrooms, Volehalla Farm, and our neighbors. Our locally raised pastured beef share comes from Windy River Livestock in Washougal, WA. We also have locally baked bread from Bleu Door Bakery available as an add on. By combining in a cooperative effort the farmers can join forces to expand their operations and help more of our community members have access to locally grown goodness.