by Betty | Jul 26, 2018 | Organic Crops, Vineyards
Yes, our organic row crops are in need of rain, but we also need to test the grapes in our vineyards to see if they are ready for harvesting. Grape harvest looks like it will start earlier the year than it usually does.
by Betty | Oct 11, 2016 | Organic Peanuts, Our winery, Vineyards
As a senator Ted Cruz is interested in Texas, and for a few days he is getting a closer look at Texas agriculture which is a large part of the Texas economy and many Texans way of life. Today Cruz visited Meadow Co-op Gin, then to our farm and vineyards. Later in the...
by Betty | Jul 25, 2016 | Organic Cotton, Organic Crops
Thanks to a pioneering group of forward-thinking farmers, organic cotton production in Texas has expanded from virtually nothing in the early 1990s to over 20,000 acres in 2015, making the Texas High Plains the largest organic cotton-growing region in the United...
by Betty | Dec 13, 2015 | Organic Cotton, Organic Crops
Here is an interesting look at one of our organic cotton buyers who buys our cotton through Texas Organic Cotton Marketing Cooperative. They manufacture cotton material to be used in furniture and bedding specializing in recycled cotton and in organic cotton. Fourth...
by Betty | Sep 20, 2013 | children, home schooling, Life, Organic Crops, Vineyards
Yesterday was the Terry County Soil & Water Conservation District annual farm tour. This organization and the farmers in our area value the conservation of our land and water. We hope to pass to our children and the next generation land that is in better condition...
by Betty | Jun 8, 2013 | children, Life, Organic Crops, Organic Peanuts
We had wonderful rains Thursday night. With our land so parched and dry this was a wonderful blessing from God. But the results of the rains lead to the need for all six of our big tractors to be needed to run all day today to sand-fight the row crops. When the ground...
by Betty | Mar 7, 2013 | children, Life, Organic Cotton, Organic Crops, Organic Peanuts, Vineyards
We’re still here. Just chugging away on the farm. Edible Austin’s spring issue has an article about our family written by Jessica Dupuy. Here are some pictures that Amanda Grace took for the article. Not much to see in the fields this time of year, but...
by Betty | Oct 23, 2012 | Organic Cotton, Organic Crops
Dr. Jane Dever shows us around the test plots where she and her staff are working to develop cotton varieties with traits that are beneficial for organic production.
by Betty | Jul 14, 2011 | children, Life, Organic Crops
Irrigation and drought, I guess they go together. Farming has such wide and varied aspects to the job. I think the “beads” are a good example of this. Aren’t they “pretty”? and such wide and varied colors. I would go for the artistic...
by Betty | Sep 24, 2010 | Organic Cotton, Organic Crops
We have been so busy with grape harvest that I haven’t been here too often. Sometimes it is just very hard to live life and actually have time to comment on it. This morning I was out with the grape harvest, hanging on to the big blue harvester precariously with...
