Category: Vegetables
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Flowers, Butterflies and Fruit
Below are the jalapeño peppers that Preston started for us in June. They have finally started to grow and give us peppers. Did you know that jalapeño peppers left on the vine until they turn red are the peppers for Chipotle? We modified a recipe from the internet for a pumpkin rice dressing. This is…
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Flowers, Fruit, and Vegetables
Bruce took some great pictures of the flowers in the yard. Below: We have been busy harvesting honeydew, cantaloupe, watermelons, green beans, and pumpkins. Below: pictures #1&2- Figs on the fig tree that is finally coming back from the drought and freeze of this past year, #3-Apples on one of the apple trees in the…
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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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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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Possible Tornado? And a VERY long trip to the farm!
We headed to the farm on Tuesday afternoon. Just before the Louisiana -Mississippi line the sky turned totally black. It didn’t take much common sense to pull off the road and go into the closest building – which happened to be a very welcoming truck stop. We were not the only people pulling over due…
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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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Sometimes, goats do not recover!
One of our triplets who went to a new home did not survive. Unfortunately, when a small goat gets ill, it rarely recovers. The remaining kids are all doing well and seem healthy and happy. Below: The corn is shooting up. Look at the slides below. The last picture was taken this past week. The…
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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…