Just as the remaining tulips are dropping petals in the field, pretty posies are popping up to take their place. Cornflowers, lobelia, crimson clover, vetch and ranunculus give us plenty to work with as we practice making bouquets! Careful inspection to find just the right stem and figure out which flowers smell best. Soon to […]
A few pictures from the Hillcrest farmers market and the Bernice Garden Farmers market last weekend. I woke up a week ago Tuesday to find that the deer had discovered the tulip beds. The damage could definitely have been much worse so I considered us pretty lucky and decided to spend the day harvesting all […]
Okay, so not in my fields. But check this out. Milan picks this book out at the library. I thumb through it quickly and throw it in the pile of books he’s picked that are filled with animals and plants and barns and trains. Children’s books regarding gardening and critters are definitely not in short […]
Happening this week. Stop by the farm or visit me at the Hillcrest market on Saturday!
A letter I sent to a few state representatives regarding this Friday’s debate over raw milk sales in Arkansas. Particularly this was directed at Rep. Sheila Lampkin whose vote against raw milk sales was based on her concern regarding the health of children and them being unable to make their own informed decisions. The reason […]
Pretty things headed to the Hillcrest Farmers Market tomorrow morning!
Last September, Milan and I took a trip to Washington to visit my sister and while we were there visited a flower farm that I fell in love with. On a second trip to Jane’s farm, Jane passed along a fantastic idea for displaying flower bouquets at the farmers market…on a ladder. It just so happens that […]
Everywhere I turn there’s a critter. Or evidence of one. Sleeping on a pile of row cover in the greenhouse… Sleeping on row cover in the caterpillar tunnel… Laying eggs in the dog’s stall…(are you kidding? This chicken is coming into the barn through the dog door.) And this. This is what a hoofprint looks […]
A few warm days over the last week helped everything take off around the farm. A little taste of what’s growing in the greenhouse and in the field… The first tulip blushed in yesterday’s rain. And today’s sunshine reminded me why I stuck with Banja Lukes despite a disappointing crop last year. Sugar snap peas, […]
This week has been crazy. Beautiful weather causing me to pace up and down next to wet fields and nighttime temperatures just low enough to make me hesitant to move the tomato seedlings out of the house for another few days had me climbing up the walls. So much to do and all of it […]