We are excited to be going to market tomorrow! Boy, have we been busy. We will be bringing:
Hill Crest Creamery Milk in Whole Gallons, 1/2 Gallons, 1/2 Gallon Chocolate, Pint Chocolate, and a wonderful batch of Fresh Organic Cheese !
Fresh Pasture Fed Chicken Eggs! Those yokes are such a bright, golden yellow!
Amish Bread, Crescent Rolls, Yeast Rolls, Cinnamon Raisin Bread, Twisted Cinnamon Sticks with Cream Cheese Drizzle, and more!
Canned Goods: Sweet and Spicy Jalapenos & Pickles, Mahaw Jelly, Spicy Pickled Quail Eggs and a Customer Favorite: Fresh, Medication Free, Unpasteurized 100% Honey
We will also have meat rabbits, Lop ear rabbits and Ducklings for sale.
The Spring Garden is currently under construction so our veggies will have to wait on the Lord to provide some warmer weather for the tomatoes to grow! It will make us appreciate that first Big, Red, Juicy Tomato even more!
Come See Us From 8-12 at Tractor Supply In Moss Bluff!
Friday, February 28, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
February 15th Farmers Market
We are excited to see everyone at the Market this Saturday. The hard freezes have taken their toll on our vegetables but we are working on seedlings and soil samples to prepare for a wonderful spring!
Saturday we will have Fresh Pastured Eggs, Hill Crest Creamery Milk, Home made Breads of all kinds, Amish Bread of various flavors, Canned Sweet and Spicy Pickles, Spicy Pickled Quail Eggs, Mahaw Jelly, Local Honey and More!
We can't wait till we have some fresh tomatoes but for now we will make due with Fresh Pumpkin Amish Bread and a cold glass of Hill Crest Creamery Milk! Yummy!
I will post more on our Master Gardener class soon. One of the classes was cancelled due to weather. The last class was on Entomology. If you don't know what that is, it is bugs. Good, bad, evil looking and beautiful bugs of many kinds was the topic of conversation. I had no idea that you could spend 3 hours talking about bugs and enjoy yourself but it was fun!
Have a Blessed Day . I hope this is an encouraging devotion to you:
The trees of the LORD are full of sap. I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our GOD. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing. Psalm 104:16, Hos. 14:5-6, Jer. 17:7-8
Saturday we will have Fresh Pastured Eggs, Hill Crest Creamery Milk, Home made Breads of all kinds, Amish Bread of various flavors, Canned Sweet and Spicy Pickles, Spicy Pickled Quail Eggs, Mahaw Jelly, Local Honey and More!
We can't wait till we have some fresh tomatoes but for now we will make due with Fresh Pumpkin Amish Bread and a cold glass of Hill Crest Creamery Milk! Yummy!
I will post more on our Master Gardener class soon. One of the classes was cancelled due to weather. The last class was on Entomology. If you don't know what that is, it is bugs. Good, bad, evil looking and beautiful bugs of many kinds was the topic of conversation. I had no idea that you could spend 3 hours talking about bugs and enjoy yourself but it was fun!
Have a Blessed Day . I hope this is an encouraging devotion to you:
The trees of the LORD are full of sap. I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our GOD. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing. Psalm 104:16, Hos. 14:5-6, Jer. 17:7-8
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Feb. 1st Market
So sorry to not have posted earlier, but the day has come. Market will be today, Saturday, Feb. 1st. We are excited to bring you:
Fresh Milk from Hill Crest Creamery
Fresh Free Range Eggs
Fresh Baked Cinnamon Raisin and Cinnamon Swirl Bread
Homemade Triple Chocolate Coconut and Pecan and Pecan Bites
Our Family Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Amish Bread in Many Flavors
Due to the hard freeze we only have a few vegetables. We will be excited to see what the spring brings!
We are bring some Cute Netherland Dwarf rabbits and a litter of Meat Bunnies that are Californian, New Zealand, Chinchilla cross. They will fill your pot in just 2 more weeks! We hope to see you there! Have a Blessed Day
Fresh Milk from Hill Crest Creamery
Fresh Free Range Eggs
Fresh Baked Cinnamon Raisin and Cinnamon Swirl Bread
Homemade Triple Chocolate Coconut and Pecan and Pecan Bites
Our Family Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Amish Bread in Many Flavors
Due to the hard freeze we only have a few vegetables. We will be excited to see what the spring brings!
We are bring some Cute Netherland Dwarf rabbits and a litter of Meat Bunnies that are Californian, New Zealand, Chinchilla cross. They will fill your pot in just 2 more weeks! We hope to see you there! Have a Blessed Day
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Master Gardener Class: Introduction to Botany
Last week we learned about Botany. I had no idea that Botany was important to my garden. I think it will be a challenge for me to remember but it was interesting to learn "plant language." There are many methods for identifying or grouping plants for communication. It divides the plant kingdom into groups that are less and less inclusive. For example:
Tomato
Lycopersicon esculentum L. Big Boy
Order Solanales
Family Solanaceae
Genus Lycopersicon
Species Esculentum
Botanical variety Esculentum
Naming Authority L. for Linnaeua
Cultivar Big Boy
OK. Well I was lost after that. I had no idea that a Big Boy tomato could have so many names. I got a little stressed about the final exam after learning that each plant has several descriptive names. It helps with confusion over multiple plants with the same common names, but I think I'm ok with that at this point. lol Sorry I can't explain much more about the very diverse topic of Botany. I'm sure it is very important but at this time I think my brain is full.
We also learned about the Gross Anatomy of plants. There are the roots, stems, leaves, and reproductive organs. After looking at the prior items in microscopic terms, it is really neat how God made so many different plants! We even covered a section on chemistry and plant energy. Wow! I thought I was going to learn how to make cabbage grow better but I think we will be so prepared to do so much more! It was fun.
This week we cover Soils with J. Stevens, a Soils Specialist from the LSU Ag Center. I am so interested in this topic because I always heard the old timers talk of their gardens and wondered what on earth they were talking about when they added triple 13 every year. The three thirteens stand for different minerals. You may laugh but I had no idea what they meant. I just use composted chicken litter but I later found out that I need other minerals to supplement that! Who knew? I hope I can better explain my soils lecture. I hope I understand it ! Have a Blessed Evening
Tomato
Lycopersicon esculentum L. Big Boy
Order Solanales
Family Solanaceae
Genus Lycopersicon
Species Esculentum
Botanical variety Esculentum
Naming Authority L. for Linnaeua
Cultivar Big Boy
OK. Well I was lost after that. I had no idea that a Big Boy tomato could have so many names. I got a little stressed about the final exam after learning that each plant has several descriptive names. It helps with confusion over multiple plants with the same common names, but I think I'm ok with that at this point. lol Sorry I can't explain much more about the very diverse topic of Botany. I'm sure it is very important but at this time I think my brain is full.
We also learned about the Gross Anatomy of plants. There are the roots, stems, leaves, and reproductive organs. After looking at the prior items in microscopic terms, it is really neat how God made so many different plants! We even covered a section on chemistry and plant energy. Wow! I thought I was going to learn how to make cabbage grow better but I think we will be so prepared to do so much more! It was fun.
This week we cover Soils with J. Stevens, a Soils Specialist from the LSU Ag Center. I am so interested in this topic because I always heard the old timers talk of their gardens and wondered what on earth they were talking about when they added triple 13 every year. The three thirteens stand for different minerals. You may laugh but I had no idea what they meant. I just use composted chicken litter but I later found out that I need other minerals to supplement that! Who knew? I hope I can better explain my soils lecture. I hope I understand it ! Have a Blessed Evening
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Sauerkraut Recipe
Sauerkraut is a quick way to use up excess cabbage. Right now cabbage is cheap and readily available.
Shred or chop tight heads of cabbage as desired. Pack (not too tightly) in clean quart jars. Add 1 tsp salt, sugar, and vinegar to each quart jar. Fill each jar with cold water and seal without heating.
Note: The screw tops will likely prove more satisfactory than the lids with rings. Store in a cool place. Let "set" for a month. Simple but delicious.
Shred or chop tight heads of cabbage as desired. Pack (not too tightly) in clean quart jars. Add 1 tsp salt, sugar, and vinegar to each quart jar. Fill each jar with cold water and seal without heating.
Note: The screw tops will likely prove more satisfactory than the lids with rings. Store in a cool place. Let "set" for a month. Simple but delicious.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Homemade Granola Recipe
Homemade Granola is a fun favorite for children! They have no idea they are eating healthy stuff!
10 c. rolled oats
4 c. wheat germ
4 c. bran
3/4 c oil
1/2 c. cream (or 1 cup oil and no cream)
6 c. crushed cornflakes
1 c. coconut flakes
1 c. sunflower seeds
2 c. sugar
3 tsp. salt
Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Put in large baking pan and bake at 170 degrees for about 6 hours. Then add 1 cup honey and mix well. Cool and serve.
You can also add dry roasted peanuts, cashews, or pecans if you like!
10 c. rolled oats
4 c. wheat germ
4 c. bran
3/4 c oil
1/2 c. cream (or 1 cup oil and no cream)
6 c. crushed cornflakes
1 c. coconut flakes
1 c. sunflower seeds
2 c. sugar
3 tsp. salt
Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Put in large baking pan and bake at 170 degrees for about 6 hours. Then add 1 cup honey and mix well. Cool and serve.
You can also add dry roasted peanuts, cashews, or pecans if you like!
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
RECIPE FOR COLLARD OR MUSTARD GREENS
This is how I cook greens of any kind at home. Pick your greens and remember to wash them well. It isn't fun to bite into your greens and feel the grit! Remember that once cooked your pot that was completely full to the top with clean greens will cook down to about a fourth of that amount.
Pot of washed greens ( you can tear them up of you like or leave them whole)
1/4-1/2 lb bacon , fried and crumbled
1 small onion, chopped
turnips, chopped
season with salt, pepper, tony chachere's and the old timers say a table spoon of sugar to keep them from being bitter. I know, sounds weird but it works!
I cover the greens with water but I mash them down with my hand and only cover that much of them. So you shouldn't have a pot full of water, it should be less than half. I cook the greens on medium heat . The ingredients can be added with the greens and cooked with them. The greens will turn a dark color and be tender. Make a pan of cornbread and eat up!
Pot of washed greens ( you can tear them up of you like or leave them whole)
1/4-1/2 lb bacon , fried and crumbled
1 small onion, chopped
turnips, chopped
season with salt, pepper, tony chachere's and the old timers say a table spoon of sugar to keep them from being bitter. I know, sounds weird but it works!
I cover the greens with water but I mash them down with my hand and only cover that much of them. So you shouldn't have a pot full of water, it should be less than half. I cook the greens on medium heat . The ingredients can be added with the greens and cooked with them. The greens will turn a dark color and be tender. Make a pan of cornbread and eat up!
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