WELCOME TO COMMON GROUND ALASKA!
We are a teaching farmstead
that feeds Alaskans!
Our Mission: To build a community that can achieve food freedom through sustainable, simple, and traditional living.
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INTERESTED IN U-PICK FRUITS & BERRIES?
We'd LOVE to have you visit! U-PICK is done by appointment only (our supply is limited and we don't always have ripe fruit). The best way to find out when we are opening next is to join our email list.
Where would you like to start?
Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat. In our mad rush for progress and modern improvements, let's be sure we take along with us all the old-fashioned things worthwhile.
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
THE FARM
Whether you're planning a u-pick visit, picking up plants from the nursery, or attending classes, we want you to feel like part of the family.
We have four fenced acres of orchard, a large greenhouse (usually full of cantaloupe), and plenty of grassy areas to leisurely enjoy.
We grow apples, currants (red and black), honeyberries, saskatoons (serviceberries), cherries, and more!
“We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist.”
- Wendell Berry
The Forge
In the winter months, the farmer doesn't like to just sit around so he spends most of his time in his forge making knives, jewelry, homestead tools, and more!
“When people learn to preserve the richness of the land that God has given them and the rights to enjoy the fruits of their own labors then will be the time when all shall have meat in the smokehouse corn in the crib and time to go to the election.”
- "W.C." of Rural Neck KY in a letter to Farmers Home Journal - 1892
THE ACADEMY
Want to join a community where you can learn traditional skills, have fellowship with like-minded Alaskans, and share your knowledge?
Then check out Alaska Homestead Academy!
“The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.”
– Abraham Lincoln
The Tour
Coming Soon ... The Great Alaskan Farm Tour
Hear the stories of producers right here in Alaska!
“For the true measure of agriculture is not the sophistication of its equipment the size of its income or even the statistics of its productivity but the good health of the land.”
- Wendell Berry
Resources from the Farm
Podcast
Youtube
Common Mistakes Alaskans Make When Buying Orchard Plants