Category: Herbs
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Grandparents’ Camp (Part I)
Below: Campers were picked up from the airport and headed straight to Dr. Lee and Dr. Clare’s office to repair Beckett’s front tooth. The cousins were curious, so Drs. Lee and Clare (working after hours) allowed the campers to view the procedures. The patient was very happy with his new front tooth. Hopefully, the visit…
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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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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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Gwen’s swing, Zinnias, Pumpkins, and the poor Pear tree.
Skippy’s little girl has found her favorite place at her new home. How she gets in and out of the swing is still a mystery to us. Her new owner has named her Gwen. Below: The zinnias and the pumpkins are truly growing rapidly. However, we think a deer snacked on one of our new…
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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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Our new Kids are enjoying playing together and a peek at the garden and fruit.
The oldest kid was born mid February and the youngest kid is five days old. It will be a few more weeks before the older kids head to their new homes. Below are 6/10’s of the kids playing together in the goat yard. The newest kid has not joined the play group yet and still…
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Fishing, Hairy Buttercup, and Planting Corn
The fishing trip was at the same pond in North Louisiana as the unbelievable fishing trip last week. Craig and Bruce caught eight bass with the three largest weighting 3, 3.5, and 3.6 pounds. All bass were caught on the same bait used a few days ago (that was the bait taken by the alligator).…
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Slowly finding good homes for our kids! Also, Spring looks like it is here.
We have found good homes for some of our goats, and we are still searching for homes for a few more. We will reduce the herd from 17 goats to 6 goats so that our goat yard can easily support our herd. Below: Bluebirds are building their nest and laying their eggs. Bluebirds usually lay…
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Meals from the garden, harvesting lettuce, and getting the nursery ready for the kids
Fresh lettuce and cilantro from the garden, and shrimp stuffed bell peppers (bell peppers grown by Jackie in St. Francisville) made a delicious meal. Below: Picture #1 is of the carrots, #2 and #3 show lettuce before harvesting #4 is the garlic, #5 is after the harvesting of lettuce, and the last picture is a bag…
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Freeze, Vegetables and Berries that survived, and Halloween costumes!
The night before the temperature dropped to 27 degrees, we harvested the lettuce, basil, cilantro, beans, and watermelons. The lettuce, carrots, and cilantro survived the freeze. The bean plants, watermelon vines, cantaloupe vines, honeydew vines, basil, and the zinnias were all history. The Blackberries (left) and the raspberries (center and right) are thriving despite the…