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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...
Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres
Jun 30, 20226 min read


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...
Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres
Mar 27, 20223 min read


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 -...
Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres
Dec 31, 20214 min read


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...
Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres
Jul 14, 20213 min read


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...
Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres
Jun 22, 20213 min read


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...
GDiddy @ Gnarly Oak Acres
Jun 18, 20211 min read


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...
Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres
Mar 31, 20213 min read


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...
GDiddy @ Gnarly Oak Acres
Mar 22, 20211 min read


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...
Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres
Mar 12, 20213 min read


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...
Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres
Feb 28, 20212 min read


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...
Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres
Feb 16, 20211 min read


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...
GDiddy @ Gnarly Oak Acres
Feb 11, 20211 min read


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....
Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres
Feb 2, 20213 min read


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...
Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres
Jan 30, 20211 min read


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...
Christy@Gnarly Oak Acres
Jan 26, 20212 min read
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