Chicken Deterent FAIL

Went out to check on my booby trapped lettuce today. Plastic forks may work for cats, but chickens just don't care!

Myth BUSTED!

God Bless You All!

~Grama Sue

Chicken Booby Traps

Went out to cut lettuce the other day and this is what I found! 

Grrrrr ... DURN chickens!

Decided to booby trap what was left of my crop with plastic forks. Got the idea a few days ago from Listotic's website, which I promptly pinned! If this works, I'm buying a lot more plastic forks :)

God Bless You All!

~Grama Sue

Full Tables ... So Much More to Pick!

The tables are already full and we have a bunch left to pick! Grandma Whitson is out picking green beans right now, Grampa Tom is picking currant tomatoes and egg plant. I need to pick radishes, lettuce, some more herbs and I don't know what all else! Only about 3 weeks left of this zoom, zoom, zoom and then on to the fall season of zoom, zoom, zoom!

Starting the week of the 14th, I plan to shift to mostly at home sales. Grandma Whitson and I really need to have a colossal yard sale, so we are planning on turning the carport into a big yard sale the last two weeks in September. I will still have veggies here so people who come will have a double treat in addition to the opportunity to play on the rope swing ;)

Today's menu: tomatoes, sweet corn, sweet onions, cabbage, radishes, new potatoes, green beans, peaches, beets, chard, kale, lettuce, acorn, turban, butternut and spaghetti squash, basil, tarragon, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, (Are you singing yet?) oregano ... lots more, I need to get out picking. Maybe I'll edit this later if I have time.

We'll be at the farm till one, then Grampa Tom will be headed to Lomax to take over for David at the Painted  Corners while I head to Burlington to take eggs to the Agency Hy-Vee and do the Riverfront market at the Port from 5-7pm.

Directions to the farm:

Go to the Nauvoo-Colusa Jr. High. Turn east on the Colusa Road. Go ½ mile. Turn north on county road 1050 E. Go ¾ mile. The Whitson compound is on the east side – a white house and a single wide trailer. We are in the trailer. The goodies are set up in the carport beside Grampa Tom's folks in the white house :)

God Bless You All!

~Grama Sue 

Spaghetti Squash Anyone?

This spring I put in a bunch of acorn squash. This is what I got:

But, I think God knew what He was doing. I would never have found acorn squash :)

Thanking God for the weeds anyway! In the Old Testament, the people were instructed to let their land lay fallow every 7 years. This is how the land was fertilized. There's a lot of free fertilizer out there this year :)

God Bless You All!
~Grama Sue

State of the Business Report

Good morning folks! We are open at home and ready for business! 

This morning I decided to do a comparison from this year to last of our business records for the farmer's markets. We actually are about $1000 over last year in sales compared to this time last year!


Praise the LORD!

God Bless You All!
~Grama Sue

It's Sunshiny in the Carport! - Menu Update

 
Would you look at all these beautiful colors? And I'm so organized this morning! Got everything out but the kale, chard and herbs. I wait as late as I can to cut those so they are as fresh as possible. I'll be out there during let ups in the rain to get those this morning.

So whats on the line up today? Tomatoes, green beans, cabbage, green peppers, hot peppers, cucumbers, beets, watermelon, peaches, new potatoes, zucchini, spaghetti squash, spazhini squash, blackberries, peas, egg plant, sweet onions, basil, tarragon, Greek and Italian oregano, sage, parsley, thyme, dill, peppermint ... possibly spearmint and rosemary ... aloe and lemon balm plants ... of course I've forgotten something ;)

Hopefully this weekend we will have sweet corn, acorn squash, peaches and other goodies. Check out my Facebook page for daily updates and more pictures!

We will be open at the farm Wed-Fri from 9am-1pm, at the Painted Corners in Lomax from 3-7pm Wed-Fri and 9-1 Saturday, and we will be at the Port in Burlington from 5-7pm and at the Keokuk mall from 7-11am on Sat morning

Directions to the farm:

Go to the Nauvoo-Colusa Jr. High. Turn east on the Colusa Road. Go ½ mile. Turn north on county road 1050 E. Go ¾ mile. The Whitson compound is on the east side – a white house and a single wide trailer. We are in the trailer. Grampa Tom's folks are in the white house :)

God Bless You All!
~Grama Sue