LIFE AT THE EGGPLANT

CLEAN. HEALTHY. SIMPLE.

Those are our goals for our small farm just east of the Dallas Fort Worth area. This is where we celebrate what’s happening on any given day, and where we share what we are learning and growing.

We’ve chosen a grass-based system, which essentially means we start from the ground up to produce healthy, productive and nutritious food for our table and for our community. We raise sheep, goats and chickens alongside a large farmhouse garden and multiple beehives.

Each season we share our surplus eggs, honey, grass-fed livestock and offspring and extra garden produce with our local community. Contact us below for more information on our animals and farm products.

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Latest Posts

  • Managing Challenges

    I took a pause the last month+ month for knee surgery and am just immensely grateful to those who have stepped up to take over farm chores and household duties, most especially my husband. He in turn I know would… Continue reading

  • The Malabar Spinach Experiment

    I like experimenting with new varieties of herbs and vegetables in the garden. Spinach is a green that I love, but it doesn’t really like Texas weather and I’m always intimidated by the sheer volume I would need to grow… Continue reading

    The Malabar Spinach Experiment

  • Weekly Snapshot – September 12

    We are enjoying the cooler mornings that lead into Fall, mornings when sunlight spills out over dew-drenched grass and I grab a hoodie because there is just a little chill in the air. I step out into the pasture with… Continue reading

    Weekly Snapshot – September 12

  • Weekly Snapshot – August 29

    A little late season honey harvest. Clockwise from top left: An older fall honey frame with a black foundation sheet compared with a fresh spring frame the bees built out themselves; freshly pulled small honey frame ready for extraction; the… Continue reading

    Weekly Snapshot – August 29

  • What Do Goats Eat?

    I assumed my animals would just automatically graze whatever was available. It turns out that’s not exactly true. Continue reading

    What Do Goats Eat?

  • Weekly Snapshot – August 10

    Time to start mowing! Pasture maintenance, native grass seed heads and poison ivy control. My goats always seem to want to love on me more after they’ve been clearing the poison ivy. Continue reading

    Weekly Snapshot – August 10

  • Herbal Deworming

    One of the reasons we created our farm homestead is to allow us to have a choice on the chemical elements present in our food supply. I’m not saying all chemicals are bad. I think there is a time and… Continue reading

  • Weekly Snapshot – July 5

    This week ended with a harsh reminder of the absolute and superior power of Nature in our lives. Nothing I might seek to document or photograph about my rural life here in Texas matters right now. Torrential rains fell in… Continue reading

    Weekly Snapshot – July 5

  • Was It The Poop?

    An abundance of tomatoes in the garden this year has me wondering what I did differently, and can I do it again? Continue reading

    Was It The Poop?

  • Weekly Snapshot – June 28

    The week went by in a blur as we switch to a summer schedule to try and get much of the outdoor chores done by 10:00 AM. Watering the garden in the early hours, herding our animals out to the… Continue reading

    Weekly Snapshot – June 28
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