WELCOME TO COMMON GROUND ALASKA!
We are a teaching farmstead
that feeds Alaskans!
Our Mission: To build a community of Alaskans that can achieve food freedom through sustainable, simple, and traditional living.
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WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO START?
INTERESTED IN U-PICK FRUITS & BERRIES?
We'd LOVE to have you visit! U-Pick will start on July 25 and we will be open from noon - 6 every Saturday and Wednesday. However, we may not have fruit available every day so please join a list so you will know availability before you drive out.
TEXT LIST:
You can join the text list by texting your name to 206-759-8575. You can also text me directly to that number if you have questions.
EMAIL:
You can join our email list by filling out the form on the bottom of every page of our website.
HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED TO SUSTAINABLE ALASKA MAGAZINE?
We're so excited to launch our brand new quarterly magazine, Sustainable Alaska.
Articles are written by Alaskans with a focus on living closer to the the land.
We believe Alaska provides abundantly for its people, but we just need to learn how (and be inspired)!
You can purchase a single issue or a year subscription. Plus you can order in print or digital.
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 seven fenced acres of orchard, a large greenhouse (an indoor orchard), 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
LADY HOMESTEADERS OF ALASKA
Want to join a community where you can learn traditional skills, have fellowship with like-minded Alaskan women, and share your knowledge?
Then check out Lady Homesteaders of 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
ALASKA HOMESTEAD EXPO - MAJOR CHANGES