Author Archives: dathoang

Silly girls.

It doesn’t seem like I typically have many flowers to be worked in November let alone that I see many bees working them.  I have a little patch of blanket flower that has made a strong stand all year long though and with an eighty degree day yesterday, I got to sit and watch a […]

A trip to the pumpkin farm with Mawmaw and Pawpaw. Monster Milan made short work of picking out pumpkins for himself and Mawmaw. In the process though he was found by a critter with a similar affliction to his own…tennis ball obsession. And so the game began. And continued… Throughout the pumpkin patch this dog […]

While Milan has many “jobs” to do to help me out around the farm like collecting caterpillars (army worms) off of the kale to feed the chickens, running green beans three at a time to feed the goats, and now moving mulch with his tonka truck, the job he has truly become useful doing over […]

While this farm definitely relies on a significant amount of volunteer help, the volunteers that are making me happy this fall happen to be flowers. Specifically, celosia and sunflowers. I never got around to adding these two flower beds to our irrigation schedule this summer and while the sunflowers did their thing anyway, the celosia died […]

A late birthday present from Danielle and Jon, Milan has a new toy. And he likes it. So far it’s gotten him into less trouble than this truck has lately. Knowing full well that he is not supposed to walk through beds of lettuce, kale or flowers, Milan’s latest test of my patience involves standing […]

I think Robert’s biggest animal pet peeve is a dog that won’t come when called.  Our youngest critter has entered that phase of toddlerhood when he not only will not come when called, but tends to turn and run the opposite direction. While this is merely frustrating on the farm, there is no doubt that […]

Come see us at the Hillcrest market tomorrow, rain or shine!  Beautiful green beans, squash, okra and zinnias!!