Hardiest Tomatoes Ever
Every year we try to plant a garden–big emphasis on the word TRY. This is one of those years when it didn’t happen. The problem is, Nathan doesn’t like to do anything small. The last time we had a garden I was pregnant with Ada and although I wanted a small garden near the house, [...]
Rain (or the lack thereof)
These pictures were taken the last time we had the hope of rain several weeks ago. As you can tell our fields still looked pretty good, although the cracks were already starting. I have lived in Texas my entire life and here on the blackland for over 4 years so you would think I would [...]
Rough Days
I tend to write about the good or funny days around here on the farm, mostly because those are the days I like to remember, but sometimes it’s just tough and really no fun. These hot dry times of year (105 every day) are very hard on the animals, especially the pigs since they don’t [...]
And THIS is why farm kids have good immune systems…
We are back to milking (just for ourselves and the pigs at this point)–right now it is only 2 cows but it should be 5 in the near future. Two cows really isn’t all that bad using a milker, but everything still has to be cleaned regardless of the number of cows being milked, and [...]
Wildflowers of Sloans Creek Farm
This time of year the farm is covered in wildflowers, which we always enjoy, but I didn’t know the names of more than a few of them. Last week I decided to photograph all that I could and actually find out more about them. I was surprised that with the exception of Queen Anne’s Lace, [...]
Plans
This time of year is always CRAZY. We are back into hay season, farmers markets, plus regular meat deliveries and sales, we have to watch our pigs closely every day due to the heat, build fence to move our cows onto new pastures quickly as the grass dries up, and, and, and… So, last Friday [...]
I’m Fine, Thanks
I am extremely accident prone. This is something that Nathan, as a very careful, rarely injured person, cannot understand. It isn’t that I am careless or trying to hurt myself, things just happen to me. Here is an example of a recent conversation. I come into the house after getting my legs caught in plastic [...]
