Margaret Johnson of Spit Sisters Farm is born and bred Alaskan growing up in Anchorage with grandparents who homesteaded in Wrangell, located in Southeast Alaska. Growing up, she would come to Homer often with her dad who was in the fish business and would drive down to the Homer Spit to buy fish. When her sister, Dottie, moved to Homer, it was only time before Margaret made her way to the end of the road.
She tends her peonies and berries East of Homer proper, out East End Road. Spit Sisters Farm is known for their corals which typically are the first to bloom in their high tunnels. They have had such success with their corals that they built a second high tunnel in 2022. This second high tunnel also houses early-season red and yellow peonies.
On the berry end of things, Margaret has 75 black currant plants, which are earmarked for Sweetgale Meadworks and Cider House and Odin Meadery in Homer. She also has an abundance of nagoonberries, which get sold to Sweetgale as well for their delectable seasonal meads and wines!
Spit Sisters employs organic practices such as the planting of red clover between rows, which provides a green manure to nourish the plants and attract beneficial insects.
Margaret standing proudly in her high tunnel post coral harvest
