Puyallup Valley · Washington
On the ancestral lands of the Puyallup people
Growing food in the shadow of the great mountain. Rich volcanic soil, ancient salmon runs, and the wisdom of those who have tended this valley for thousands of years.
Read the Growing Journal →We grow on the ancestral homelands of the Puyallup Tribe, whose name for this place — Spuyaləpabš — means "the generous people." The Puyallup people have cared for this valley, its salmon, its prairies, and its waters since time immemorial. We grow here with gratitude and respect.
The Puyallup Valley is one of the most fertile places on earth. Fed by glacial meltwater from Tahoma (Mt. Rainier), rich with centuries of volcanic ash, this land has sustained life — human, salmon, bear, and cedar — for thousands of years.
We grow here with intention — specialty tomatoes this season, learning the rhythms of this particular piece of ground, season by season.
Mt. Rainier watches over this valley. Its glaciers feed our rivers and soil.
The Puyallup River once ran so thick with salmon you could walk across their backs. We grow in their memory.
Specialty tomatoes, started from seed. This is where it begins.
Four entries this week, all tomatoes. The specialty varieties are out of the house and learning the Puyallup sky — positioned in the driveway, hardening off before their final home in the ground.
Full entry + AI farm summary →This valley is one half of the story. The other half is a family farm in El Salvador — tropical, ancient, and full of life. Two places, growing together.
Visit the El Salvador farm →