Growing up on a farm and ranch in central Texas instilled in me a love of nature. I spent my summer days running through the fields, riding on the tractor, feeding the cattle, moving hay bales and playing in the creek. We would work as a family to accomplish the...
Driving into church and glancing to your right, the farm looks pretty wonderful. Orderly rows, mowed grass paths, tomato cages standing tall, like a postcard of an old-fashioned Victory Garden. It doesn’t just look wonderful, it is wonderful. When you enter the garden...
The farm at Cedar Ridge is still lush and green with clover. But soon the clover will be plowed under to help bulk up the soil with organic matter. Planting a cover crop is an investment of time, money, and effort at the end of the farming season, when we are all...
The farm today is looking tired and dry. Our little half-acre plot has produced a ton of food (literally) and even the weeds seem to have now lost the energy to grow. Today we harvested 16 lbs of produce—a far cry from the triple-digit mid-week harvests of a...
Northern mockingbirds build their nests as low as three feet from the ground. Usually in trees, but on the Cedar Ridge farm, there is one tucked inside the cage of a large tomato plant. A couple of weeks ago we noticed four speckled blue eggs, which have now been...
