Black Sheep Farm

We are a small 10 acre farm on Puget Island in Southern Washington. We strive to provide carefully curated fruits and vegetables to the Portland area and focus on growing things when they taste best. Being culinarily inclined ourselves, we select varieties based on their superior flavor and quality. Although not certified organic, we use beyond organic practices. Only OMRI listed amendments are applied to the land to increase the organic matter, pH and nutrient levels in the soil. We use floating row covers, and manual removal for pest control. We do not use any products that harm beneficial biota, as they are part of our beyond organic pest control regime. Instead we sow beneficial insectary borders to provide them with habitat. We incorporate Icelandic sheep, guinea fowl, ducks, and chickens in an intensive rotational grazing regime to best preserve our pastures while improving soil fertility. We use mostly hand tools and human labor to preserve the soil and biology of the land. Farming in a sustainable, ecological fashion is of the utmost importance to us. The mission to do so is what first attracted us to this field. We sow cover crops, water with drip irrigation, and rotate crops regularly. We welcome the beneficial macro and micro biota on the farm, and attempt to improve their environment with our management practices.