Black Gnat Ridge Farm

09/13/2026

End of the year harvest 🍅🫑 kinda raggedy, but they'll still taste good 😊😋

06/01/2026

05/05/2026

We have 3 hens who decided to go broody at the same time. They also decided they were clostrophobic and couldn't use nesting boxes, so they all lined up in the floor along the wall in the coop. They have spent the last couple of weeks stealing eggs from each other.🙄 Went over last night to see if any had hatched, and found someone else had moved into the maternity ward! So now we have 9 regular baby chicks and 3 furry ones! Waiting to see if they all co-parent 😂 🐔🐥🐈‍⬛

04/25/2026

Yep....seems about right lol. Only things missing are the dishes waiting to be washed and the critter fur that inevitably finds all the books and crannies!

03/26/2026

They ran to the groceries, they filled up their carts,
They emptied Kroger, Priceless and Walmart,
They panicked and fought and then panicked some more,
Then they rushed to their homes and they locked all the doors.

The food will be gone! The milk eggs and cheese!
The yogurt! The apples! The green beans and peas!
The stores have run out, now what will we do?
They’ll be starving and looting and nothing to do!

Then they paused, and they listened a moment or two.
And they did hear a sound, rising over the fear,
It started out far, then began to grow near.

But this sound wasn’t sad, nor was it new,
The farms were still doing what farms always do.

The food was still coming, though they’d emptied the shelves,
The farms kept it coming, though they struggled themselves,

Though the cities had forgotten from where their food came,
The farms made them food every day, just the same.
Through weather and critics and markets that fall,
The farms kept on farming in spite of it all.

They farmed without thank yous.
They farmed without praise.
They farmed on the hottest and coldest of days.

They’d bought all the food, yet the next day came more,
And the people thought of something they hadn’t before.
Maybe food, they thought, doesn’t come from a store.
Maybe farmers, perhaps, mean a little bit more.

I stole this so feel free to steal it yourself 😊

03/08/2026

How many of y'all have big herb gardens, and how many are like us and just go walking around picking plants as you go?

02/27/2026

Just wanted to remind y'all that we're here if you need us 🐣🐥😎

02/06/2026

Finally found the sidewalk outside the front door! Tomorrow will be 2 weeks since I've been able to get my vehicle out....