Live Wild or Die!

2011-08-24T12:58:00.000-07:00

We're hosting a neat event over labor day weekend--visit their site for more information and to register.

http://radicalmycology.wordpress.com/radical-mycology-convergence-2011/

2011-08-01T12:47:00.000-07:00

We are finally having summer!!! This season has been completely bizarre--until last week we've had almost no warm (70+) days and the rain keeps coming down. Some crops have loved the weather including the cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, and peas and we've had some of the biggest plants ever. But nearly everything is 1-2 weeks behind. It's August 1st and I've eaten less than 10 ripe blueberries! Sometimes the blueberry orchard is ready to pick at the Southside Social which happens on the 2nd weekend in July-it's been three weeks since the event and we haven't even picked one basket of berries yet.

But we can't really complain. The garden looks super great and we've had a wonderful time with our dedicated WWOOF crew. This current bunch are really fun and we've had a blast getting to know each other. They did some weeding this weekend and I took some photos after they were finished.

See you soon!

2011-07-06T07:22:00.000-07:00

For those of you who need directions: I-5 North to the Sedro Woolley Cook Rd Exit, take a right onto Cook Rd and continue 5 miles through farmland into town (B'hamsters take same exit, but make a left onto Cook). At the stop light, take a right on Hwy 20, then take the next left at the light onto Hwy 9. Continue for a mile, first right after the bridge onto the South Skagit Hwy. We're the first driveway past the Finney Creek Bridge, between mile markers 20 and 21.

2011-07-02T16:39:00.000-07:00

Southside Social and Barn Dance!
Just right around the corner...t-shirt design is just about complete (hint: owl!), farm is looking good, Brad made ALL of the beer this year, coffee cart will be expanding the menu to include burritos, pizza bread, and more baked goods, we have a great lineup with a variety of genres--from Irish music to punk. Please help us keep this event free by planning to buy a shirt, make a donation, or purchase some yummy food. Don't forget--no dogs, and please carpool!

2011-06-25T13:00:00.000-07:00

July 8th and 9th

The Southside Social is a yearly gathering of performers, families, craftspeople, musicians, artists, friends, anarchists, teachers, rural clans, urban escapees, and freaks of all kinds. Festivities begin Friday at 3pm. The Social also hosts a variety of workshops, a potluck kitchen, a bake sale/burrito bar/espresso stand, creek side swimming, musical and theatrical entertainment, and more. We encourage you to arrive on Friday and camp through the weekend. Please carpool, onsite parking is very limited!

The Southside Social and Barn Dance is offered free of charge. We need your help to keep this event going by purchasing a t-shirt, making a donation, attending a work party, etc. So please plan to buy some shirts, coffee, or make a donation based on what you can afford to contribute. Thanks!

Yes!: Carpooling, camping, families, volunteers, community, fun.
No!: DOGS! campfires, underage drinking, or jerks.

Please be a good guest and leave the pooch at home for this event. Because of past issues and too many people ignoring our request, we’re going to have to turn people with dogs away this year. Also, this is old news.. but as we prefer not to have cops attend our little soiree, we request that minors refrain from imbibing. Please be respectful.

Friday:
SmokeWagon (www.facebook.com/pages/SmokeWagon)
Hammertrain (http://www.hs.facebook.com/pages/Hammertrain)
Steel Beans (www.myspace.com/officialsteelbeans )
Lead Pusher (http://www.myspace.com/leadpusher)
DJ Fish's Karaoke Superstar Dance Parteee!

Saturday:
Zach Michaud (http://www.myspace.com/zachmichaud)
Lindsay Street (http://www.lindsaystreet.com/)
Junkyard Amy Lee (www.myspace.com/junkyardamylee)
Jesus Chords (www.jesuschords.com)
Repo Man ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Repomen)
White Trash Compactor (www.myspace.com/whitetrashcompactor)
Anarchists Union (www.facebook.com/pages/anarchistsunion)
Howlin' Hobbit (www.howlinhobbit.com)
Freak Show (https://www.facebook.com/noelaustins.phreaks.)

Please contact us at info@finneyfarm.org with questions!

2011-06-13T12:55:00.000-07:00

Things are definitely moving along on the farm... We've hosted 4 WWOOFers in the past month, two of whom will be here through the Southside Social. Four more WWOOFers will arrive in the coming weeks and we'll have six of them to help during the Social which will be great.

We have been installing the annual garden and it's almost finished. A few more miscellaneous beds and we should be done. We had some extra space after moving the duck coop..Brandy spontaneously decided to install some beds for bush beans and then we added another 6 beds next to them. That makes approximately 45 or so 4 foot beds 10-12 feet long.

Our 16x50 greenhouse space is looking good, and I think our decision to reduce the number of tomato plants from 6 per bed to 4 will work well. Better airflow and healthier plants are what we're hoping for. Other than one experimental outdoor bed with about 12 plants, all of our tomatoes are grown in the greenhouse. Some of this year's varieties include: Brandywine, Gold Nugget, Gold Medal, High Carotene, Cuore di Bue, Persimmon, Mortgage Lifter, Costoluto Genovese, Cherokee Purple, Black Russian, Black Krim, Sun Gold, and many more. Aside from a couple of the cherry tomato varieties, all are open pollinated heirlooms which means that they breed true from seed. All are indeterminate, which produce throughout the season (unlike determinates which all ripen at the same time) and require a support system. We provide support from above, using twine and ropes. We're also growing basil, peppers, eggplant, and melons in the greenhouse.

We also have the lower field which includes about 100 feet of potatoes, a bed of onions (4 feet x 100 feet), nearly 600 feet of pole beans in four varieties, 2oo feet of open pollinated corn, and 50 feet of black sorghum. We're testing out the sorghum to see how it does in this climate--after meeting some cool sorghum farmers in Appalachia last fall who assured me "If youn's grow corn, ya'll can grow sorghum" I was inspired. Nearly half the field though, is taken up with our squash. Planted in the three sisters tradition with a squash plant, corn or sunflower, and pole bean in each mound, we have increased our space by nearly 30% and have about 250 mounds this year. Summer squash varieties include Giambo hybrid, yellow crookneck, Sunburst, Bennings Green Tint, Black Beauty, Tromboncino, and more. Winter squash includes Uncle David's Dakota Dessert, Acorn, Bush Delicata, Red Kuri, Long Island Cheese, and many more. We used a selection of different sunflower varieties, but the corn was Golden Bantam (open pollinated) and the beans were the traditional Cherokee Trail of Tears variety which is great for climbing corn as it has fairly light foliage and narrow beans.

But the project I'm particularly excited about is the herb garden expansion. We installed the reclaimed cedar posts for the living fence--wine grape vines (a selection of locally grown varieties) planted every 3 feet and a 50 foot section of the fence will include espalier fruit trees. This will provide a border to our new herb garden area--maybe I'll try to scan the layout design and upload it... We installed a wide variety of herbs this weekend-all grown from seed except the 40 or so lavender plants who were gifted to us from our friend Rick and his girlfriend (thanks!). Some of the herbs included Rue, Mad Dog Skullcap, Valerian, Echinacea, Catnip, Lemon Mint, Pennyroyal, Anise Hyssop, many more.

Please checkout our photos!http://s1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd485/finneyfarm/

It's coming up!

2011-05-31T12:19:00.001-07:00

Mark your calendars! The Southside Social and Barn Dance will be held July 8-10, 2011. We're just finalizing the lineup, details to follow!!!

Southside Social and Barn Dance 2010

2010-06-16T16:03:00.000-07:00

It's that time of year once again...The Southside Social and Barn Dance is nearly upon us.

You are cordially invited to attend

The Southside Social And Barn Dance

July 9th and 10th, 2010

The Southside Social is a yearly gathering of performers, families, craftspeople, musicians, artists, friends, anarchists, teachers, rural clans, urban escapees, and freaks of all kinds. Festivities begin Friday at 3pm. The Social also hosts a variety of workshops, a potluck kitchen, a bake sale/burrito bar/espresso stand, creek side swimming, musical and theatrical entertainment, and more. We encourage you to arrive on Friday and camp through the weekend. Please carpool, onsite parking is very limited!

The Southside Social and Barn Dance is offered free of charge. We need your help to keep this event going by purchasing a t-shirt, making a donation, attending a work party, etc. So please plan to buy some shirts, coffee, or make a donation based on what you can afford to contribute. Thanks!

Yes!: Carpooling, camping, families, volunteers, community, fun.
No!: DOGS! campfires, underage drinking, or jerks.

Festivities to include:
Junkyard Amy Lee
Bare Feet
Rifle Breath
The Hilltones
Anarchists’ Union
Dead Uncle Steamer
Blandow C.
Jesus Chords
White Trash Compactor
The Kings
Lucky Devil Girly Show
And more TBA!!

If you’re interested in volunteering, please contact us ASAP! We love help! Info can be found at www.finneyfarm.blogspot.com or info@finneyfarm.org or by calling 360-826-3734.

PLEASE NOTE!!!!! A few changes this year: we've expanded our annual garden space so our parking area as well as field camping is greatly reduced. Please carpool. We like to get everyone inside the gate as cars parked alongside the highway may be vandalized and/or towed but we have very limited parking. Also, be prepared to camp in wooded areas. We will not be able to allow people to tent camp alongside their vehicle due to space constraints. Thanks for planning ahead, and understanding.

Skill Share Sept 26th and 27th

2009-09-09T16:38:00.000-07:00

Finney Farm will be hosting our second annual

SKILLSHARE!

September 26th-27th, 2009.
41638 S Skagit Hwy, Concrete
Free to all!

Bring camping gear and some food to share. Kids are welcome but please leave dogs at home. There is space available to offer a workshop--if you let us know ahead of time, we'll add it to the list.

Workshops and Classes held Saturday and Sunday to include:
Roadkill 101--how to skin, clean, butcher, and process road kill or other meats
Fiber Arts--spinning, fiber processing
Soapmaking
Homebrew
Unskool Forum
Anarchy and Community
Food preservation
Permaculture
Plant ID
Chainsaw use and maintenance
Flamenco
Cheesemaking

SUNDAY!!! In addition to other workshops, we will also have a full day construction workshop. Learn basic framing, installing windows, shingle siding, interior and exterior trim etc... while working on our barn addition (which will house our school and Valhalla-great eating hall) with recycled/reclaimed materials. Come for all or part of the workshop.

and more TBA....

Also--kids classes (taught by kids) including:
How to Care for Animals
Fiber Arts for Kids
Wild Foods
Nettle Cordage
Fire Building
Primitive Shelters
and more to be announced...

Southside Social and Barn Dance July 10-11, 2009

2009-06-23T22:51:00.000-07:00

The Southside Social and Barn Dance is a yearly gathering of performers, families, craftspeople, musicians, artists, friends, anarchists, teachers, rural clans, urban escapees, and freaks of all kinds. Festivities begin Friday at 3pm. The Social hosts a variety of workshops, performances, a vendors area, a potluck kitchen, a bake sale/burrito bar/espresso stand, creek side swimming, and much more. We encourage you to arrive on Friday and camp through the weekend.

The Southside Social and Barn Dance is offered free of charge. However, hosting an event of this magnitude costs a pretty penny and we’re only able to afford it with your help. We need everyone to help offset the expenses by purchasing a t-shirt, making a donation, attending a work party, etc. All of the performers and instructors are here on a volunteer basis-purchasing a cd or t-shirt will help them with transportation costs. So…please oh please, plan to buy some shirts, coffee, or make a donation based on what you can afford to contribute. Thanks!

Yes!: Carpooling, camping, families, volunteers, community, fun.
No!: NO DOGS! campfires, or jerks.
Seriously, leave your pup at home. We have too many kids, too many crushable plants, and too many of our own animals to deal with your pet. Last year brought dog fights, dug up plants, stressed out ducks, and way too much dog poop. Please be a good guest and leave the pooch at home for this event. Because of past issues and too many people ignoring our request, we’re going to have to turn people with dogs away this year.

Friday, begins at 3pm: Wild Plant Walk, Homebrew 101, Farm Tour, Anarchists’ Union, Go Slowpoke , White Trash Compactor.

Saturday, begins at noon: Open Mic, Kid’s Circus, Plant Walk, Farm Tour, Flamenco, Bellydancing, Zach Michaud, Junkyard Amy Lee, Moonshine Missile, Sidestreet Reny, Jesus Chords, Post Apocalyptic Sideshow, Dandelion Junk Queens, Sandman the Rappin’ Cowboy, Lucky Devil Girly Show.

If you’re interested in volunteering, please contact us ASAP! Info can be found at info@finneyfarm.org or by calling 360-826-3734.

Finney Farm 41638 South Skagit Hwy, Concrete 98237

Another Event!

2008-09-06T09:32:00.000-07:00

Finney Farm will be hosting a

SKILLSHARE!

September 26th-28th, 2008.
41638 S Skagit Hwy, Concrete
Free to all!

Bring camping gear and some food to share. Kids are welcome but please leave dogs at home. There is space available to offer a workshop--if you let us know ahead of time, we'll add it to the list.

Workshops and Classes held Saturday and Sunday to include:
Roadkill 101--how to skin, clean, butcher, and process road kill or other meats
Fiber Arts--spinning, fiber processing, knitting, felting, crochet, whatever...
Soapmaking
Homebrew
Framing/basic post and beam construction AND Construction Forum-ask and ye shall receive
Unskool Forum
Anarchy and Community
Food preservation
Permaculture
Plant ID
Basic clothing construction
Silkscreening
Bum Drum-heat your home with recycled veggie oil!
Evaporative Cooler
Welding
Zine Making
Woodblocking
Bicycle Maintenance
Circuit Bending
and more to be announced....

Also--kids classes including:
How to Care for Animals
Fiber Arts for Kids
Wild Foods
Vegan Cooking for Kids
and more to be announced...

Email info@finneyfarm.org for more info.

Southside Social and Barn Dance!

2008-06-29T21:09:00.000-07:00

You are cordially invited to attend

The Southside Social and Barn Dance aka The Freak Creek Jamboree July 11th-13th, 2008

at Finney Farm 41638 S Skagit Hwy, Concrete WA 360-826-4004 or info@finneyfarm.org Please note: this is a TWO DAY EVENT

Things you should know if this is your first Social
(and should review even if you’re a veteran):

Leave your dogs at home, no violence or lame attitudes, no campfires, and we don’t like cops. Really. We do not like them in the house, we do not like them with the mouse. We do not like them here or there. We do not like them anywhere. Underage drinkers have been the primary reason for cops crashing this shindig in years past.....ergo, we strongly discourage underage drinking at this event.

We encourage folks to arrive early on Friday (first workshop at noon ) and camp through the weekend if possible. Parking is limited so carpooling is a must. In addition to performers and workshops we also have a creek for swimming, kids playground area, sauna, and a lovely wood for camping. This event is mostly kid-friendly (including special circus classes/performance) but as Saturday evening progresses our entertainment gets a bit rowdier-ending with burlesque. We may have childcare available, please contact us for more info and to reserve a spot. We have potlucks on Friday and Saturday evenings. Check www.myspace.com/southsidesocial or this site for lineup and workshop schedule the week before the event.

Please remember This is a free event which means....we rely on donations, t-shirt sales, and our bake sale to offset our costs. Bands rely on CD sales to pay for transportation costs. We’re only able to host 250-400 folks for the weekend with your help—please keep this event free by planning to drop a few bucks in the donation jar, buy a t-shirt and a CD, and maybe a nice vegan cupcake. Thanks-

Interested in volunteering? Let us know!

Friday

Workshops from 12-7pm
Soap Making Forest Gardening
Anarchy and Community Homebrew 101
Climb Training with Cascadia Rising Tide Native Plant Walk
and more TBA...

Entertainment
Evening Music by Pirates R Us and David Rovics Dance party to follow...

Saturday
Workshops from 12-7
Life Drawing Flamenco
Bellydancing Homebrew 101
Native Psychotropic Plants of the NW and more TBA...

Entertainment
From 12-11pm including: Troupe Habiba, Jackie Mitchell, Emily Herring, Jesus Chords, White Trash Compactor, Dead Uncle Steamer, Cirque de Risque featuring the Lucky Devil Girly Show Burlesque, Sir Mark the Poet, Go Slowpoke, The King, Anarchists’ Union, and more.

Kid’s Events Circus performance, workshop, and parade beginning at 2pm. David Rovics to perform at the kids’s area.
Vendors Trollup Hut, Wicked Wench, Massage, plus the Finney Disinformation booth (with free store-bring interesting items to donate ), more.

Contact us 360-826-4004 or info@finneyfarm.org
Directions: From Seattle, take I-5 N to the Sedro Woolley/Cook Rd exit. Right onto Cook Rd, 5 miles into town. Take a right onto Hwy 20, then next left onto Hwy 9. Go about a mile, then take the first right after the bridge onto the South Skagit Hwy. We’re past mile marker 20, the first drive on the right after the Finney Creek Bridge. Note: this is not the mapquest route but it’s the one we use.
See you at the Farm

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2008-02-17T19:58:00.000-08:00

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