Category: Berries and Fruits
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Poor Miracle, blackberries, pumpkins, and bluebirds.
We left the farm last Sunday and Bruce returned on Wednesday morning. When Bruce went to feed the goats, he only counted four goats. Miracle was missing. After a brief search, Bruce found that Miracle was guilty of thinking that “the grass is greener on the other side” and she was entangled in the fence.…
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Berries, Fishing, Orchard, and Family
We have harvested raspberries and blackberries almost every other day for the past three weeks. We had blamed the plants for not producing. Maybe we should have realized that the birds had something to do with the lack of berries. The bird netting made a huge difference. Below: While visiting one of the lakes in…
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Corn, Watermelon, Goats and Pumpkins
We harvested some of the corn and “simply delicious” lived up to its name! Below: Searching for watermelons. If the animals don’t eat the watermelons, we should have a great crop! Below: Goats are supposed to eat just about anything, but this is not always true. We tested Polk salad, lettuce, and carrot tops in…
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Goats, Berries, Pumpkins, Watermelons and Fun Summer Days!
Tsunami is finally adjusting to the much, much smaller herd of goats at our farm. Below: One of Tsunami’s twins, Gwen, also seems happy in her new home. The new owner sent recent pictures of Gwen on a Trampoline and in a birdbath that Gwen has claimed as her own. Below: What happens when you…
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Memorial Day Weekend 2024!
Fruitful Harvest! We were able to harvest blackberries (seedless and thornless), raspberries, blueberries, and string beans. All will be consumed this weekend. Below: Slide (1-2) Our corn plants have tasseled which means corn is on the way. These plants were “left over” and are not in the enclosure to prevent animals from eating. (3-5) The…
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New Honey Crisp Tree, Purple Martins, Blackberries and family gatherings for Graduation and Mother’s Day.
A new Honey Crisp Apple tree has been added to the orchard. It was a gift from our sons. It is pretty large and already has apples. With luck, we may get to pick an apple this year. The Purple Martins have definitely settled into their new homes and are enjoying their surroundings. It won’t…
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Garlic, Blueberry, & String bean harvest, and family pictures for Mother’s Day weekend.
Ike visited the farm this weekend. First on the agenda was harvesting the garlic and hanging it to dry. Platting the garlic to hang for two weeks took four hands. Below: Ike helped harvest more blueberries. Ike also harvested green beans and pruned the giant pumpkins. Only one pumpkin is allowed to grow on each…
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Apples, Pears,Figs, Watermelon, Grapes, Beans, and Snow?
Below is a slide show of the fruit and vegetables growing on the farm. #1-3 Apples, #4-6 Pears #7-8 Figs growing back from roots of frozen tree #9-11 New Pear tree with flowers # 12-14 Watermelon #15-17 Frost Grapes (or wild grapes) with buds #18-19 Bush beans #20-21 Thyme flowering #22-25 Muscadine Grapes with buds…
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Goats, Bat in the Bat House, Blueberries
Below: Fool, Butter and kid, and Einstein and kid are comfortable in their new pen. Below: Padme and her three sons are adjusting well. One of the triplets has found a new route to the trough. Below: After three years, the bat house has its first tenant. We clean the mud daubers out of the…
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Mayhaw, carrots, and Mulberries.
Did you know that the Mayhaw tree is the Official Louisiana State Fruit Tree? There are many varieties of the Mayhaw trees. The thorns on some varieties are quite long. My cousin, Caroline A., has made Mayhaw jelly for ages, so we contacted her for information on Mayhaw trees. Although there are several diseases and…