Gnarly Oak Acres

Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres

Jun 30, 2022
6 min

The Bee-ginning of a New Adventure

After months of reading beekeeping books, chatting with friends, joining Facebook groups, and watching ALL the YouTube videos, we took...

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Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres

Mar 27, 2022
3 min

Hurry Up and Wait

I feel like a kid at Christmas. The big dinner is finally over as people push away from the table, stuffed and happy. And now it should...

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Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres

Dec 31, 2021
4 min

A New Year: A New Opportunity to Learn

This time of year, the week between Christmas and New Year's is always a week that slows down a bit for me. I know that sounds crazy -...

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Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres

Jul 14, 2021
3 min

The Creepies That Eat The Crawlies

I consider myself a pretty tough cookie. I can usually push through some pain, tend to a bit of blood from myself or someone else, and I...

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Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres

Jun 22, 2021
3 min

Thinning Carrots... and Life?

Today I had to thin the carrots. Those of you who garden groaned a little bit at that statement. Many in the gardening world do not enjoy...

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GDiddy @ Gnarly Oak Acres

Jun 18, 2021
1 min

Tomatoes: G's Vegetable of the Month

What is June's vegetable of the month? G: "Tomatoes" What do you like about tomatoes? G: "Nothing. Actually, Dad makes gumbo with them...

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Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres

Mar 31, 2021
3 min

So... What is Sustainable Farming?

If a person were to Google "What is Sustainable Agriculture," you would find something like this as the answer: A sustainable agriculture...

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GDiddy @ Gnarly Oak Acres

Mar 22, 2021
1 min

Peas: G's Vegetable of the Month

What is March's vegetable of the month? G: "Peas" What do you like about peas? G: "Hmm. Ahhh. It's hard. They are so like... they're just...

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Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres

Mar 12, 2021
3 min

Celebrating Women's History Month

SPOILER ALERT: this post is going to be about women and how amazing we are, so if that isn’t your jam, sorry, you must have hot tub...

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Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres

Feb 28, 2021
2 min

Reduce, Reuse, then Recycle

Everyone knows these three words from grade school and the symbol we see on our recyclable materials is burned in our brains. That little...

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Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres

Feb 16, 2021
1 min

Chemical-free, Organically Grown

A dear friend reached out recently to ask us about our terminology... chemical-free, organically grown. What does this mean? It means...

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GDiddy @ Gnarly Oak Acres

Feb 11, 2021
1 min

G's Vegetable of the Month

What is February's vegetable of the month? G: "Cucumber, of course." What do you like about cucumbers? G: "Ahhh, they have that burst of...

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Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres

Feb 2, 2021
3 min

The Story of Wyn

We wanted chickens just as soon as we could get them here. Spring finally came and we sent for baby chicks from a well-known hatchery....

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Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres

Jan 30, 2021
1 min

The Traveling Compost Bucket

If you've read through our information or chatted with us about the farm, you'll notice we love composting. That's because it makes a...

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Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres

Jan 26, 2021
2 min

How It All Began

Well, I was born in January in a small town in the year of... I'm totally kidding. We aren't going back THAT far. Let's just start at the...

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