The dawning of a new day at the Organic Farm was exciting and fun. Our goal here was to learn how to be Organic Farmers. I was hoping to learn about planting, soil, scheduling and all the things that a farmer could have in his head after 30 years on a farm. That was not to be the case. Although I learned many things to do during our stay. I equally learned many things not to do. There were some differences of opinion and some difficulty with how some tasks were done. After many confusing days we decided it was time to simply part ways from the farm and move on with our adventure. I was very busy during our stay so here, I will update you on some of animals we had the joy of taking care of and the ice storm we endured.
We were greeted by a friendly Cat, Anastasia. I named her Bebe. She was a sweetie. Both of us were sad to say good bye to her. She stayed close to the coach every night and even slept on our steps sometimes. I made her a bed after a few chilly nights. She seemed to like it. I wish we could have took her with us. She got to keep the bed and big bag of cat food hidden away for her enjoyment.
One of my tasks was feeding the dogs everyday. I call these guys the 3 musketeers. They take care of the sheep.
This is my lovely Molly. She takes care of the Chickens by making sure no hawks swoop in and help themselves.
The chickens are grateful for Molly. There were about 125 Chickens I looked after.
The sheep were enjoying some dinner after a long day in the pasture.
This is Lassie AKA Floyd for me. The farmer didn't tell me his name so I named him. He seemed fine with it. He was such a sweetie.
Sunrise ...I saw my fair share of these. Getting up early to do my part on the farm.
The farm was over 170 acres with 4 ponds, a large garden, greenhouse and farm store. I fed animals, worked in the farm store, cleaned up, office work, cooked for the dogs, worked farmers markets, helped with sheep, and took care of the chickens.
While we were there for a tour of jr high kids. It was a fun and educational day. I explained GMO's and what not to eat and why. If you don't know what a GMO is message me and I'll tell you.
Kids looking out over the garden.
Part of the garden and the sheep.
The garden...It was 80 degrees this day.
The next day the weather turned ugly and by Saturday morning I woke up to.....below freezing and ...
We were living in an icy tomb...
The puppies didn't seem to like the 22 degree temps.
Frozen leaves...
I forgot to bring this fern in.
The icy prison the chickens and Molly were in. It took me all day to get in that gate.
Bike ride anyone.
After some differences of opinion we decided it was time to go. We had to stay around another 4 days waiting for the thaw and packed up our toys to move on. We'll miss the wonderful people we met there and hope there are a few we can stay in contact with. It was super fun while it lasted.
Right now we are in the South Dallas area decompressing and catching up. We hope to be in Austin by Christmas... We'll see
Thanks for riding along.
