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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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