Discovery FARm

Lodi apples

$1/lb u pick
$1.50/lb picked - can deliver within reason!

Organic and Local. Great for pies and applesauce!

Season is almost over!

Got more basil than you know what to do with? We've got some genius ideas: (in first comment)

Summer apples are going crazy!

These are tart and great for things like sauce and apple pie filling!

Fall apples are not looking promising. There are some but the spring weather and storms hit them at just the wrong time.

We're still learning! Next year getting brassicas in the ground earlier! Between heat and bugs we didn't do so good with them!
Peppers are going strong though. Tomatos could go either way and the watermelons and cucumbers are looking good!

Build your local community, know your farmers, shop at local Farmers Markets.❤

So fresh. So clean. Spring coop cleanup done!

The best thing you can do for yourself

Head outside and collect dandelions while you still can. These pretty yellow flowers are so incredibly useful. We've got 20 brilliant things you can do with them. (See the comments.)

Split and up-potted all the cabbage and working in the broccoli and cauliflower.

Almost 50 and at least that many broccoli and cauliflower!

The lettuce said nah fam and all died.

Onions are going directly in the ground today, yarrow and celery are looking good but not quite ready to move.

Anybody need eggs?

We could part with a dozen or 3.

factoid.... when dandelions grow in a pasture it means your ground needs nitrogen and dandelions do a great job of getting/fixing nitrogen into pastures in a tasty plant. Also bags of dandelion seeds are cheap....

My table is dirty and so are those eggs but...

I got broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, echinacea, st. johns wart, and yarrow started today!

Two weeks or so and I'll be starting a ton more stuff and really working on prepping the outside spaces!

Cabbages coming up! Onions not far behind them. No sign of the Celery.
Lettuce, broccoli, and cauliflower go in this week.

Trying to lay out my garden. Going to need more cardboard 😆
Good thing we have plenty more in the back of the truck ready to go get recycled.

Celery, Cabbage, and two types of Onion started.

Lettuce, St. John's Wart, Echinacea, and Yarrow are up to seed this week!

Need to start prepping the medicinal herb bed and get things pruned whenever we have a day that isn't wet!

Welcome Spring!

The chickens are enjoying the sun today!

Red the Buckeye rooster us still looking for a new flock to call his own but he and King Bubblegum seem to be at peace for now.

Starting to plan the garden and going through seeds.

Pruning over the next few weeks as well!

After a couple months off the older ladies have started laying again!

And either Milkshake or Lavender (or both) have started laying!

We unfortunately lost our little Sumatran Luna to unknown causes.

150 FALL CROCKPOT DINNERS!!

https://www.prudentpennypincher.com/150-best-crockpot-fall-recipes/

Our pretty little tropical girl Luna staying warm inside today.

Our older ladies - the buff orpingtons - have been slowing down on laying. This morning we noticed they are in full blown seasonal molt. All of the babies are either fully feathered or just at the end of their second juvenile molt so everybody should be nice and fluffed up in time for the dead of winter!

Boy number 2 dubbed Buddy is on his way to his new home where he'll be in charge of his very own flock.

Down to 2 boys to our 12 girls now.

If anybody wants a Buckeye boy he's very timid and submissive to the king of our flock, great with humans and might do great with a small flock where he can learn to be the boss!

We are at the end of the apples. Needing a ladder to get the last of them!

Grapes are ready though! Come and pick them!

The 9 week old babies are starting to mingle with the middles and adults. We have at least two boys for sure.

Still not sure on the Buckeyes but if anybody is looking for a Barred Rock Cockerel let me know!

The babies are about 7 weeks old now and just started going outside! They're getting so big.

Does anybody have favorite apple or pear juice, cider, sauce, or pie filling recipes for canning?

If anyone needs apples please come get some! We have a ton! Or let me know approximately how many you need and I will get them for you!

We also have pears ready!