We are located on headlands near the Coquille River of the Oregon coast, at 160 feet elevation, within a mile of the beach. Our soil is poor for agriculture, mostly sand and clay with low pH from conifer litter. The summer temperatures are generally around 70°. It is generally windy, and it rarely frosts or freezes. Throughout the winter the garden has arugula, lettuce, carrots, parsley, thyme, sage, oregano, lemon balm, peppermints, and calendula.

We started Rogue Wave Farm as a 'modern homesteading' experiment, an action response to our times, our era. How much of our food can we produce and what can we do on our own with what we already have? How can we moderate our needs and expectations to lower the energy and products we require from a global supply chain? While Rogue Wave Farm LLC started as a modern homesteading experiment, we devolved into a lifestyle where our substantial harvests eliminate a need for the packing, processing, transporting, and retailing of food. Here, we connect with the seasons and nature and find peace. That's the successful part of this lifestyle.

As teachers in the public schools, we also intended Rogue Wave Farm LLC to be a learning center for early teens where survival and life skills anchor activities in a 'hand, heart, and head' approach to individualized education. However, we are not able to purchase insurance for these participants at this location, and we are not organizing this learning center.

Sustainability represents a goal that we are far from achieving. Managing our production and consumption of energy and products is what we can do locally.

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