Category: Flowers
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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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New goat owners are reporting, garden report, and outdoor fun!
Below: Skippy’s female twin went to Jeanne and her husband. Jeanne already owned a goat who needed a friend. It appears that our little female has found two friends, a dog and a goat! Below: Skippy and her male twin went to Hanna and her husband. Both Skippy and her kid seem to be enjoying…
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Padme and her triplets are settled in their new home! Fruit, Fishing, and Family!
Natilyn T. took the triplets so they could stay with their mom a little longer. Natilyn already takes care of her cows and she should be great with the goats. Natilyn promises to send more pictures as the gang adjusts to their new surroundings. Below: #1 Atlantic Giant pumpkin plants just starting #2 Chanterais Canteloupe…
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Peanut, Brittle, Blackberries, Raspberries, Pineapple Guava, and Grapevine.
Peanut is very protective of Brittle. Peanut will either hides Brittle in the well house or stay by her side all day long. Both Peanut and Brittle will be staying at the farm as most of the other goats find new homes. Below: The first four pictures are blackberry flowers and the newly forming blackberries.…
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Fishing, #11 is here, and update on garden.
Bruce went fishing this morning in a Louisiana Lake. He caught eight and released them in the pond that had a ‘fish kill’. Bruce left the fish biting because he wanted to check on our smallest full grown Pygmy goat, Peanut. Peanut is the last of the goats who had not delivered. Bruce was not…
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Bad Weather and some resulting problems.
The bad weather brought tornadoes, flooding and lots of damage to parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. Fortunately, downed trees washed out plants, street flooding, and a partially sunken boat were the worst of it for us. Below: This boat did not do well after the last few rains on one of the lakes in Louisiana.…
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Gardens are growing and Fishing is Great! See the Bluebirds and more.
Sunday morning fishing yielded a 3.6 pound bass on second cast. CC and Bruce are happy to be on the water. But we have only begun to fish! Bruce just caught a 6.2 pound bass. Uncle Robby, you should have accepted this fishing invitation! Total of six bass in about two hours. Below: Yesterday was…
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Goats and Fruit Trees
We have too many goats! Our kids will get their first injections this week and will be ready to go to their new homes in three to four more weeks. Only 4 females and one male will be staying. Hopefully, all the people who asked for goats will be ready to take them home. test…