What are we doing? It’s all about spring! Fast rotations through the pastures, weeding like a fiend in the garden and cursing the Bermuda grass, planting, transplanting and harvesting asparagus. My boldness in planting tomatoes earlier didn’t pay off when… Continue reading

Monday’s low 24; Friday’s high 91. I’m feeling bold…. which sometimes works for me and sometimes doesn’t 🤞🌱. After a rain is a good time to look for tracks and see what is making rounds 🦝🐺 Continue reading

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

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

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

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

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