Figs???

We planted a huge amount of Fig clippings (about 2 dozen or more) We hope at least 1 takes root!  Then we can have wonderful fig trees on the Farm, YEA!

Broccolli and Cabage, Lettuce are coming up and looking GREAT!!!  the Brussel Sprouts are starting to come up but not sure how well they will do.  Some look ok and some not so good!

The garden mulch is almost down we had to get another load of mulch and prob. need more before we are done!  Now to get the compost from the Mushroom Place in Maddisonville.

hope you all had a great weekend. :)

Crops coming up!!!

Alice's sunflower seeds are coming up!!! YEA for her....

The lettuce and cabbage is coming up and looking great!  The mulch in going in the garden so maybe it will be ready before the veggies need to be transplanted! 

In Master Gardening class to day we learned about cuttings and boy I am excited.  We are going to Houston on Saturday so i think i will get as many clippings off my fig trees as i can!

Success...

Success can be measured in the completion of a task the result of a task!  Some successes can be small and others large.  We are having success at the farm (yesterday sorry I didn't post then), But I wanted to share them just the same!

The milk stand is a big success!!  We milked off of the stand yesterday and it was awesome.  There are a few little tweeks that need to be done, but we milked both cows (that are in milk) at the same time! With the milk totall for the day being 3 1/2 (which is good for now) so the event did not scare them or cause them to hold back on milk!

The plants in the greenhouse are peeking out of the soil!  So I am excited to see new life coming to the farm! Things are moving ahead and we are planning on getting mulch today for the garden so we can finish getting that ready!

Letting Go...

Well, the cow we were looking at went to the vet to be checked out so that we were sure of what we were getting! We haven't done this yet, but talked about it with our Vet and others to say this is something we should be doing. I guess I have always trusted that God will lead me to what I need to do and where I need to go. Well he has. We are so glad we did have her checked out.


She was not bred, Even though she had been with a bull for 7-9 months. My vet thought she might have actually miscarried because what he felt. His opinion was that it could be hard for her to get re-bred again. She was probably a problem cow.

So the long and short of it is … not the right cow for us! So we will keep looking and anxiously awaiting Dixie to deliver. She is supposed to be due in February, but looks like it might be later, we will keep you posted.

Gardening tomorrow, more seeds to plant! Master Gardener meeting tomorrow evening, it will be my first so I am excited about that! This Thursday the MG class is at the Aggie Horticulture Garden and we actually get clippings to bring home and plant!! How cool will that be.

Good Treats to Come....

Today we went shopping and bought some cool things for the farm!  We have some fruit trees and wanted to add more varieties so we bought some new plants/trees/vines, 5 grapes, 5 blueberries, 1 blackberry, 1 raspberry, 2 strawberries, 1 asparagas.

We currently have apple, peach, nectarine, plum, and pear!  So maybe some yumming things to come!

Garden Plowed and getting Ready

Today was a busy day, Planted Seeds, Plowed Garden and hipped the rows!  We plannted Broccoli, Cabbage, and Cauliflower in the greenhouse.

We disc'd and tilled the garden and then hipped the rows by hand.

Thanks shohn, we could not have done it all today with out your help!!

New Cow

Went and looked at the new cow this evening, she is pretty and not too shy! 

Now to name her, I like Bessie....  Leonard said we need an Elsie.  List your comments and let's get her named.

She will be going to the Vet on Monday to be tested and de-horned and to check and she breeding status, she is suppose to be bred.

Starting the Garden

The Greenhouse is covered with new plastic and a new floor!  Trying to get a fresh start on a new growing Season.

We started planting today in the greenhouse lettuce (leaf and head) and cabbage (Jersey)!  More to come tomorrow!!  Alice had a blast planting even planted a few sunflower seeds she found so i guess we will see what happens!

Excited about the farm and possibilities that are happening and growing around here!

Going to look at a new Cow tomorrow! 
Found out Maggie (cow) is not breed so we will try again next month!

Just starting the Blog....

I have been trying to figure out how to kick off the blog for the farm, so here goes!!

We are in the process of planning and starting the garden for the spring!  I am excited and hope to post all the good veggies we will have available on the farm.  If you want something e-mail me or come out on Farm day and pick up what you need or want!!

I am trying to host a CSA but don't want the traditional, because I am not sure that you should pay for something you might get, so I will only charge for what you actually receive.  This way you can get what you want and I feel good about selling good clean food from the farm.

We will from time to time have animals available for the butcher.  We use K & C in Navasota, but you can bring them anywhere.  If I have animals ready I will post a listing for them 2 months prior to their sell.  If you want 1/2 instead of the whole I can post 1/2 is available and if another person acts upons it then you two can split it, but if someone wants the whole animal before you get a person to share with you it will go to the whole bidder!

We also have a cow share available. 

If you have anyquestions about anything please contact me on my cell phone and I will be happy to talk and share information with you.

Thanks for bearing with us and hope that you will enjoy yourselves!

Cathy