Whipporwill Woods Farm

Whipporwill Woods Farm Whipporwill Woods is a small family farm and the Taylor Family's real-life happy place.

So far we have hatched 10 of 11 turkey polts and 11 of 12 pullets (chicks). All are barnyard/heritage mixes. Turkeys are...
04/29/2024

So far we have hatched 10 of 11 turkey polts and 11 of 12 pullets (chicks). All are barnyard/heritage mixes. Turkeys are in the first picture. Chicks have been safely moved to the brooder post photo-op.

Gardens 1&2 tilled with very much appreciated help from our neighbors.
04/06/2024

Gardens 1&2 tilled with very much appreciated help from our neighbors.

Fun facts about Farm Fresh Eggs & ChickensEggs are laid with a protective layer called “bloom” that seals the pores on t...
03/17/2024

Fun facts about Farm Fresh Eggs & Chickens

Eggs are laid with a protective layer called “bloom” that seals the pores on the egg to keep bacteria from entering.

Unwashed eggs can stay on the counter for several weeks.

Washed eggs must be refrigerated and last up to two months.

Store your eggs upside down to help keep the fresh.

Chickens are omnivores. They love bugs, frogs, snakes, mice and other small creatures along with all kinds of vegetation.

Chickens shouldn’t have potato skins.

Farm eggs have 1/3 less cholesterol,1/4 less saturated fat, 2/3 more vitamin A, Two times more omega-3 fatty acids and three times more vitamin E than store bought eggs.

You can tell if the egg is fertilized by there being a white “bullseye” on the yolk.

One egg can have as many as 17,000 pores on the shell.

The breed of the chicken will determine the color of the egg.

The yolks contain vitamin D.

Chickens run faster than humans.

They can also remember up too 100 faces.

This is 4 1/2 days production on our farm and we aren't even up to full production. We have 40 more chicks in the brooder currently. They should start laying in August.

Who needs eggs? 4 doll hairs for a dozen, I'm in collierville mon-thur typically. Meet after 5:30pm.

The super dirty ones are because of the rain the other day. We generally keep those.

Yard breakfast is hard to beat.
07/06/2022

Yard breakfast is hard to beat.

04/05/2022

Just heard the first lone whipporwill of the year-- one of my favorite sounds.

Tony has been working on the primary garden spot this week. Y'all, today I made the mistake of thinking out loud about o...
04/03/2022

Tony has been working on the primary garden spot this week. Y'all, today I made the mistake of thinking out loud about opening a small new spot in another area to try some different varieties of vegetables and the like.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the primary garden spot on the left. And the new "small" plot on the right. Ask and ye shall receive alright. 😁

Left out into our woods this morning thinking I'd pick some muscadines real quick. 3+ hours later, I came out with sever...
09/18/2021

Left out into our woods this morning thinking I'd pick some muscadines real quick. 3+ hours later, I came out with several pounds of muscadines, hickory nuts to crack (and eat), several nice pieces of sassafras root to boil, a little chicory, and chanterelle mushrooms to cook.

09/14/2021

Just played my favorite "end of farm workday" game: Is it dirt or is it a suntan?

Was actually surprised to see how much color remained after scrubbing away a gruelingly long day of picking wild muscadines, pears, apples, and more.

The pears are a problem. Lol. I took 183 pounds from one tree a couple weekends ago and about the same amount from the o...
09/12/2021

The pears are a problem. Lol.

I took 183 pounds from one tree a couple weekends ago and about the same amount from the other tree on the day before. 300+ pounds of pears from two trees on one weekend. 🤤

I'm still picking about 15 pounds a day, and there's still plenty on each tree. I've made everything pear I can think of--on the stove now is pear, lime, and ginger pearsauce (instead of applesauce). I've put up: jam, plain pearsauce, brown sugar and Madagascar vanilla preserves, pear honey. Next up is pickled pears (sweet spiced like pickled peaches).

What're your favorite pear recipes?

08/29/2021

I would like to give a shout out to my husband Tony Taylor for being the awesomest ever. This poor man has returned home no less than 4 or 5 times this week and found his wife climbing around in the fruit trees to pick them. Rather than, you know, using one of our umpteen ladders or 2 fruit pickers on extendable poles. Pretty sure that 24 years ago he had no idea he was marrying a perpetual kid. 😉

Ever heard the saying, "shake the trees and see what falls out"? Well, if you shake our two mature pear trees here on th...
08/02/2021

Ever heard the saying, "shake the trees and see what falls out"? Well, if you shake our two mature pear trees here on the Funny Farm you'll get:
- 118 "bad" pears of various sizes that need to be gathered and composted
- However many good pears there are in these pics
- One good thump on the head because you need to polish your dodge ball game
The day's production total was boosted by 65 extra large brown figs from our very enthusiastic fig tree. Added bonus: picking figs is not a full-contact sport.

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Hopewell, MS
38629

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