Soil Biology Primer
Did you know that healthy soil is alive & brimming with biological activity? Do you know what you call soil that has no life in it? Dirt! The soil food web is the community of organisms living all or part […]
Holy Holistic Management Batman!
Probably the most important thing that happened to us in 2012 was that we were selected to be in the first class of Beginning Women Farmers and Ranchers in Texas conducted by Holistic Management International. Only 33 women were selected so […]
Frank, the ‘Barking Cat’
Frank, the cat who inspired the farm name, passed away this week. He was 14.5 years old. We’ve added photos of Frank and explained how he helped us name the farm.
NRCS Funds High Tunnel
Some good news this week, we found out that our farm has been approved for a grant from the USDA for high tunnel construction. We are one of seven to be funded in Texas. High tunnels have been around for […]
2010 Lessons Learned
Cattails are much easier to cut down than bamboo. Everything planted must be mulched some how; life is too short to hand weed 100’s of feet of bed Deer are smarter than they look. Algae and iron bacteria will quickly […]