GROWER & MARKET NOTES

Mayim Farm sends word they are waiting for their small leafy green vegetables to grow large enough for harvest. Such is the case with winter vegetables. While they DO grow, it’s not always as fast as we would like! That being said, Danny’s Greens has lettuce and green onions (scallions) available this week.

The chickens at Horton’s Farm keep outdoing themselves! Yesterday 20 eggs were collected! It has to be something with the sunshine we’ve enjoyed this week. They’ve surrounded and kept Ros company several afternoons while harvesting pecans. So much fun seeing the dog, Mopsi, the chickens and the kitties interact and enjoy each others company on such days.

In case you missed it last week Duck Eggs from M@D friend Don Smith, listed under Seasonal Groweors, have been reduced. This is a great opportunity to try them and find out for yourself why he can’t seem to keep up with demand.

Mr. Paul Anderson of Casablanca Ranch graciously gave permission to share some of his Casablanca Cowboy Report. We hope this bit of sustainable gardening and his corresponding take on life from a few weeks back brings you a smile.

“I have ordered 6 Elberta peach plants due by Monday. Me and Bogart and ole Author (Ritus) dug the holes yesterday. I do not want to put a thirty dollar plant into a thirty cent hole. I have a mulch pile that I mix topsoil and chicken, cow and horse manure with a tiller. (I have an ample supply of that here on the farm). I will mix that with the soil I took out of the hole and firm it around the root system, then use a paper feed sack to cover it to restrict grass from growing in the hole, and put bark mulch over it to hold the moisture. Then as with all plants I will tend it as it is needed but it is up to the provision of the Lord for it to live, to grow, and to produce fruit. (Is this not also the case with our living and growing and producing fruit for our Lord. I love this life on the farm. It is like the life of a Christian, if I simply stick the plants into the ground and abandon them, they will not make it. Without water and proper soil and fertilizer, weeding and pruning they will wither up and either die or be of no benefit. Very similar to our life as a follower of our Lord, we need constant tending and care to thrive and to bear fruit for the Master).”