Our family homesteaded this farm over 150 years ago. Joseph Scharffenberg arrived in the Skagit Valley in 1878.  The original homestead was in Pleasant Ridge, he began farming in the current farm location several years later.  Joseph built a small home for his family in 1904 and began the farm you see today.  The farmhouse we live in today is the same farmhouse that Joseph built so long ago!   

Originally, In 1878, our farm was a dairy farm.  Milk was processed on the hill above our farm and then delivered by horse and cart to neighboring homes and families.  Grain was grown and floated on the Skagit River to the local grain mill in Mount Vernon, there it was ground and milled into flour.  Hay and barley were grown to feed the farm horses used for field work and riding, as tractors and cars were not available at that time.  Other later crops included vegetables such as peas, broccoli, cucumbers, cauliflower and seed crops such as cabbage, spinach and mustard.   

We are now the fifth generation to farm this farmland.  In 1991, the first of the many blueberries you now see were planted.   There are now over 100,000 plants growing the perfect blueberries we harvest annually.  

This farmland is not only land and soil to us, it is our family legacy. It is where our family has lived, loved and labored.  We will continue to cherish farming, teaching the next generation to love the soil and this way of life. We promise to continue to provide nourishing products for your family for a healthy and happy way of life. Thanks for visiting, see you again soon!