in season

WSDA Local Buying Mission Tour and Business Networking Social On a recent brisk, blissfully blue sky morning, rooted went on a mission.  Meeting in the early shade of the Bale Breaker Brewery in Moxee, Washington, we fell in with the Washington State Department of Agriculture and a host of ag-producers and ag-buyers to hit the … Continued

This spring has been reminding me of a poorly cracked egg.  I just want that quick sunny side up I was expecting, but instead there has been a slow leaking of the season, slipping through the cracks a little at a time, revealing itself in a muddled and unhurried fashion.  For an area that is … Continued

If you listen very carefully, you can hear it.  The asparagus is finally popping out of the ground.  Well maybe you can’t exactly hear it, but you can certainly see it.  You don’t even have to live near an asparagus field.  It’s popping up all over town.  Boiled or steamed, quiches or frittatas, pickled, grilled, … Continued

Driving the highways and byways of the Yakima Valley, you can see it.  The trees are finally waking.  As the shiny new growth pushes its way through the tree tips, the flower buds fist up, just waiting to burst open into fat, full blooms.  Beautiful, yes; but really, it’s just a natural byproduct of development … Continued

Guest contributor Jessica Riel, back in the Valley after receiving her MBA in Seattle, shares with rooted some transitional spring photos from her family ranch in Harrah, WA. Most Yakima Valley residents were enthusiastic about the sight of their lawns following winter’s significant snowfall. Mother Nature did not hold back, and the benefit is a … Continued

A hop yard is a distinctive looking piece of agriculture.  Empty or full, a wire and pole trellis system 18 feet high and dozens of acres deep is a hard thing to miss on the roadside.  While most folks in the world are scarcely aware of how a hop is grown, anyone from the Yakima … Continued

Now that the sun has finally decided to show up, we’re hungry.  But not for the same old same, we want something with a little panache.  Something as delectable and laid back as a warm spring afternoon in the Valley.  Lucky for us, Winey Dogs has just what we are angling for.  On 6th Avenue … Continued

With the scent of spring in the air, and warm weather on our minds, we cheers to all that awaits us in the valley this season. Sport your rooted shirts and celebrate the Yakima Valley! (All shirts available for order here) Daily work shirt The Boyd shirt Beer, tacos and food trucks, (oh my!) shirt … Continued

On a chilly February day, I turn my car down the road into an ordinary middle class neighborhood and soon the origin place of Yakima’s next craft beer brewery comes into view.  Like any self-respecting Seattle band from the 90’s, Wandering Hop Brewery was born in Nathan and Whitney Cooper’s garage. Approaching the one-car-sized space, I notice … Continued