Posts Tagged ‘farmer don’
Farmer Don: Ode to a Small Family Farmer
January 8, 2012, Sherwood, Oregon. A packed crowd of friends and family gathered for the ceremony at the local Lutheran church where Don Wachlin (to us, Farmer Don) was to be buried in the small cemetery lot, a mere few hundred yards from the church his ancestors helped to build. We had come to know [...]
Farmer Don: Sunflower Seeds Forever (video)
A field of shimmering sunflowers; a flock of hungry birds feeding , and a farmer who shares some of his stories about his sunflower fields. I have a soft spot for flowers. Years ago I took some painting classes from a great watercolorist, Susan St. Thomas. The subject I always picked to paint was flowers. [...]
Halloween Fun: Shooting Pumpkins at an Old School Bus (video)
Farmer Don Wachlin draws scores of kids who delight in firing their grapefruit size pumpkins at the old bus.
Farmer Don-In His Own Words
Part of the reason pesticides are widely used in agriculture comes down to the general preferences of the average American consumer. Farmer Don, a local Portland farmer who grows and sells a variety of fresh foods explains the fussiness some people exhibit toward fruits and vegetables—they won’t buy if something is blemished or has any [...]
Getting Fresh Pumpkin Meat from the Source (video)
How do you turn raw pumpkin meat into ingredients for making delicious home made pumpkin pie?
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Check out the related video story: Sunflower Seeds Forever A field of shimmering sunflowers; a flock of hungry birds feeding , and a farmer who shares some of his stories about his sunflower fields.


