Over this winter we developed a better routine for our small livestock. Here is what we are currently practicing: Every Sunday we rotate our St. Croix and Gulf Coast sheep to new grass. Rotations provide the sheep with new food, fertilizes our pasture, and disrupts the parasite cycle from sheep poop. We also move our chickens over the grass where the sheep have been so they can scratch up the ground and dry out the parasites by bringing them to the surface. Reducing the parasite load is important to us because we do not want to deworm our sheep with anthelmintics (chemicals and $). Our smaller chicken coops are moved…

Market #2 Recap Life’s been busy since the last market and I missed my weekly recap, already! Behind the scenes of managing the farm has been a lot of irrigation, planning for additional crops and the fall plots. Temperatures are creeping into the 100s (°F) more regularly. We added a few more Rhode Island Red laying chickens to our flock. The are ~3 weeks old and won’t start laying until 5-6 months of age. We plan to sell their brown eggs at market once these layers are mature. Launch the survey below to help us decide the best way to serve y’all at market. Eggs your way Crop updates We…

Market #1 Recap Red Heron Farm officially made its debut at the Bastrop 1832 Farmers Market on May 19, 2018! My husband and I chatted with the great people of Bastrop county  – visitors were from Bastrop, Paige, and Elgin to name a few. Besides selling green garlic, assorted radishes, etc., we were able to chat about compost, volunteer squash and recipes with our community. Our next market, May 26, will include our son (until one of us has to whisk him away to the park – he’s a child on the go) and the following items: Green garlic Pac Choi Baby kale Baby swiss chard Peppers Radishes Beans Squash…