Pool to pond: the bog filter
Can this simple ecological filter keep our pool clean? We’re going to find out! A bog filter (also known as a wetland filter) uses a bed of gravel and plants to filter and clean water. As the water is pumped…
Giant spinach, fake organics and more
I harvested this REAL organic spinach while listening to a great Real Organic Podcast episode about how big corporate entities have corrupted the USDA Organic standards and how “organic” hydroponic berries are being grown and passed off as organic. When…
What’s growin’ on
A beautiful crop of spinach is ready to harvest this week! This might be the nicest spinach we’ve ever grown. Our soil improves every season. Harvesting some huge celery plants! 🤤 Italian flat leaf parsley ready to harvest. Cilantro coming…
The spring rush – farm update
Easter egg radishes growing fast! We’ve started harvesting and distributing spring CSA shares and we still have tons of crops to plant and beds to prep in order to have a place to plant them! Last week the prop house…
Building new beds with a new tool
My first time using the disc bedder attachment for the tractor was a success! It’s a lot easier to establish a straight line vs the rotary plow for the BCS. Raising the beds is important to aid drainage in heavy…
What’s growin’ on
That’s the light rack we start seeds with. When the seedlings are done in there, we move them out here onto a table made from old gates and cinder blocks. Lots of spring starts ready to go in the ground….
How we got our crops through hard freezes
You probably know we just went through some really cold weather in Texas. Thankfully it wasn’t nearly as bad as last year’s arctic blast. It was still a really cold period for us, the lowest here was 23 degrees and…
First blog post!
Howdy, welcome to our brand new website and blog! This is Farmer Jim, Ara is my wife. Together we’re building an ecological farm and homestead on 3.5 acres, and from now on we are going to share our journey through…