Moving through the Hot Summer Months

July is starting with a BANG!  In Brazos Valley we are in a burn ban so there were no fireworks, but Texas A & M and George Bush Library had a great Laser Show so that the celebration can go on!  God Bless America.

Thank God for a wonderful country in which we can live the lives we are lead to live. We choose to live on the farm and produce good wholesome food!  We are glad that our friends can be a part of the farm as well as enjoy the wonderful Nutritional food.

Well enough about my gratitude, now on to the information you have all been waiting for:

Garden:
The garden is growing and growing, we have black-eyed peas, purple hull peas, okra, and squash growing along with egg plant, tomatoes, and banana peppers that are producing.  We have been offering baskets (1/2 bushel) for $10.  Currently we are sold out for the baskets, but as new items are coming on-line we will add more shares to become available.  All of our vegetables are $2.00 a pound, unless you belong to the CSA receiving a basket each week then it is $1.50 a pound.  If you want to get on the waiting list to be the next to receive a basket give us a call or e-mail me!

Cows:
The cows are about to have calves!  We have one due is July, this month, and another due in September.  So if you want to come and see the new babies, keep posted for the birth announcements!  Once born you can place a deposit for any bull calves that were born for future grass feed beef.  The two steers that are currently spoken for are going to the butcher on July 19th. 

We have a new cow that will be breed in August, so she can join the ranks of the other milkers.  We are excited as this is the first cow that was actually born on the farm!

Chickens:
We have new laying hens that should start laying, YEA!  This will allow us to keep up with the demand for eggs.  We are excited about getting the new girls on-line.

We have also been raising chickens for our friends and ourselves.  We are excited about how big the chickens are getting.  The are looking so good. We are getting ramped up for processing day.  We will have a day, September 17th, with all our friends to process our chickens that will allow everyone to have chickens in the freezer for the next 4 months.  We will be looking at raising the next group starting in September, so if you would like farm fresh chickens please contact us by e-mail or phone.

WOW we have been busy and enjoying every minute.  If you get an itch to stick your hands in dirt or plants some seeds, give us a call and we would be happy for you to come out and help on the farm!  There is lots to do and it is always more fun with friends!  We like to teach, guide, and work along side our friends.  This is a community/family farm and we would like everyone to feel apart!

I am sorry it took me so long to update the blog, I will try to do better in the future, but as you can tell we stay pretty busy on the farm.