Staff Garden
After a long spring of planning, the staff garden is finally a reality. Based off of the local CSA model, Sokol Blosser staff members are invited to share in the produce of our employee garden in exchange for working a few hours a month to take care of it.
Below, staff members Kitri McGuire, Rodolphe Louchart and Jeff Knapp survey the land and drip irrigation before planting.
We are beginning our garden with 4 long row of produce: peppers (both sweet and hot varieties), tomatoes (including Willamette and Green Zebra heirloom varieties), watermelons, cucumbers (regular and lemon) and pole beans.
In the fall, we will be adding several varieties of fruit trees including pear, apple and fig (and perhaps experimenting with lemons and limes). We will also build trellising for blueberries, raspberries, and several varieties of hops (we have several home-brewers on staff) to be planted in Spring 2010.
Our employee garden is visible on the driveway up to our Tasting Room, on the left hand side of the road across from our compost piles. Look for more updates after we finish planting next week!