Hickory Heal Farm, LLC

06/14/2024

Thank you so very much!!

06/12/2024

Enjoyed reading this pamphlet on Dairy Herd Shares.
Desire to own a dairy cow to have milk for your family but can’t do to the commitment and responsibilities?
Have you considered sharing ownership of a cow and boarding the cow on a nearby farm?
Let me know if you have questions about herd shares.

06/11/2024

Eupora Market!

06/07/2024

Get to Know your local farmer! 💚

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06/04/2024

Water Bath Canning- Jams and Jellies
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 - 6:00pm

MSU Extension- Oktibbeha County
48 Lynn Lane
Starkville, Mississippi 39759
Event Website: https://extension.msstate.edu/msu-extension-oktibbeha-county
Cost $10.00

Mississippi State University is an equal opportunity institution. Discrimination in university employment, programs, or activities based on race, color, ethnicity, s*x, pregnancy, religion, national origin, disability, age, s*xual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, status as a U.S. v...

06/04/2024

We have finally sat down and listed all the things we do and offer.
Let me know how we can help your family buy local. If we don’t have it, I know someone who does. Blessings! 💚

06/03/2024

When your children have pets instead of farm animals!!

06/01/2024

Free-Range Egg Facility goes up in flames.

05/30/2024

Wow. A past time practice of working with animals. Neat to watch.

05/30/2024

Sweet Delta Dawn is our newest heifer.
She is a Brown Swiss/Jersey from Florence, MS.
Compared to our other full size jerseys and minis at just 10 months old she feels like a Tennessee Walker to me at times.
I will be reviewing herd share requests for DD when she calves next year.

05/29/2024

You can watch the all of the episode of Roots So Deep Now!!!

So excited and proud of the work that Christopher Williams, Peter Byck and the Etta Hills Farm team has done!

"Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there)" premieres for streaming in the US and Canada THIS WEEK! Watch all four episodes NOW at rootssodeep.org

Today we’re celebrating our first viral hit - a moment with AMP farmers Cooper and Katie Hurst, and their conventional grazing neighbors.

Wallace’s curiosity about what his AMP neighbors were doing was just the start of a beautiful story we’re finally able to share! We hope you love it as much as we do.

If you’ve enjoyed our short films and social clips we hope you’ll help us spread the word. That’s what this project is built on - neighbors trusting neighbors.

SAFETY NOTE - we’ve already seen fake links / scams / phishing attempts pretending to offer a download of the series. Be careful! The only safe way to watch is streaming through our website at rootssodeep.org.

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERES:
UK + Ireland - June 26th
South Africa - July 21st
More to come!

carbon nation presents Watch the trailer Watch the trailer “This is, hands-down, the best agriculture filmmaking I’ve ever seen. The chara

05/25/2024

Hilarious!!

05/25/2024

Not much better than Greg Judy.

05/25/2024

I love this SCOBY Hotel idea.
I miss having a SCOBY and Kombucha

05/25/2024

05/25/2024

Join me on zoom for MSU Beef and coffee economics.

Beef Cattle Markets and Price Risk Management is the first topic of the Cattle over Coffee webinar series. Catch up on market updates and strategize with Dr. Josh Maples of the MSU Department of Agricultural Economics on June 4, 2024, at 11:00 AM.

Follow this link to register and receive your Zoom meeting details via email.
https://reg.extension.msstate.edu/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0081-0004-2de443b8a10a43469960eab7bd7b2598

05/24/2024

Me too!!

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05/24/2024

I know I love mine.

Heritage livestock breeds add diversity to the farm AND diversity to your diet! 🐓 🍽️

People who try heritage breed, free-range chickens for the first time often say "Wow! This chicken tastes like CHICKEN!" You can really taste the difference. Slower growing heritage breeds can take 16 weeks to raise to market weight in comparison to the common Cornish Cross chickens that take 6-8 weeks to raise and are often raised in confinement. This longer time frame and the diverse diet the chickens get when raised outside leads to a big boost in flavor. (You can learn more about heritage poultry breeds at our latest ATTRA blog: https://buff.ly/4bHLyEY).

If you tried a heritage breed chicken in the past and were disappointed, it's important to remember that you can't cook them the same way as the chickens available in the store. Chefs recommend you cook your heritage chickens low and slow. That is, cook at a lower temperature for a longer time to get the tenderness and flavor you want.

Next time you're buying meat from a local farmer, ask if they have recommendations for how best to cook it. Or search online for recipes written specifically for free-range poultry, grass-fed beef, sheep, or goat, or pastured pork so the recipes you follow will give you a tender and flavorful meal.

05/24/2024

Despise Blossom End Rot as much as I do.

Let’s bust some myths about blossom-end rot (BER) in tomatoes!🍅

❌MYTH: You should use Tums tablets to combat calcium deficiency in tomatoes.
✅FACT: While Tums tablets do contain calcium, it would take 288 Tums tablets for each tomato plant every single year (which BTW is over $40 per plant) to supply the amount of calcium needed to combat BER. Just use dolomite, $4 for 40 lbs.

❌MYTH: Epsom salt is beneficial to your tomatoes and can keep them from developing BER.
✅FACT: BER is caused by a calcium deficiency and inconsistent watering, and Epsom salt does not contain calcium. It may actually promote BER more than prevent it!

❌MYTH: Using crushed egg shells is a quick fix to BER.
✅FACT: Crushed egg shells are a great source of calcium, but it’s not a quick fix to combat BER. Adding crushed egg shells consistently every year will help to bolster the calcium in the soil. Dolomite is an easier way to supply calcium.

❌MYTH: I can spray milk on tomato plants to increase calcium levels.
✅FACT: Spraying milk on a tomato plant to combat BER is a waste of milk. There’s not enough available calcium in a glass of milk. Besides, calcium is taken up by the roots and transported through the tomato plant.

❌MYTH: Putting a banana peel in water helps BER.
✅FACT: While the banana peel in water sounds good, it is a waste of time. To combat BER, you need calcium, and there’s no calcium in a banana peel.

➡️It’s common to see BER on the first tomatoes of the season. While low calcium in fruit is the cause, the real culprit is often drought. Without a steady supply of water, the tiny root hairs dry out, which limits the amount of calcium the plants can absorb and supply to developing fruit. So, don’t let plants wilt between waterings. The best way to reduce the chance of wilting is to mulch around plants.

05/24/2024

I am passionate about teaching the correct identification of water hemlock! They grow in our area. I can see them as I travel the road ways. People confuse them with elderberry and Queen Anne’s Lace.

05/24/2024

It will be hornworm season before you know it. I have already removed one from my tomato plants.

“These big green caterpillars get our tomatoes every year. They are almost as big as hotdogs! First, they eat all the leaves, and then they start chomping on green tomatoes! Is there anything we can do to avoid them?"

Most people think these are called TOMATO hornworms, but if you're in Mississippi, you're likely seeing TO***CO hornworms. (We know that's ironic since you're seeing them on tomato plants and not to***co!)

So, what's the difference? Biology and control are similar; so are the caterpillars, but there are subtle differences.

➡️There is a tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata, but it is more common up North. In the South, we mostly have to***co hornworms.

➡️If the horn is to***co-colored, it is a tomato hornworm; if the horn is tomato-colored, it is a to***co hornworm.

➡️Tobacco hornworms have seven diagonal white strips on their sides, while tomato hornworms have white “V” shapes.

The insecticides used to control fruitworms, stink bugs and other more important pests usually provide excellent preventive control of hornworms. Home gardeners who spray for these other pests won’t have hornworms either. Insecticides such as zeta-cypermethrin, permethrin, and Spinosad are all very effective.

Some formulations of Spinosad are “organic,” but Spinosad will not control stink bugs or leaffooted bugs. Remember to follow all label directions.

05/24/2024

One of my favorite school resources just came in the mail. The cover makes me laugh! 🤭

05/22/2024

Did you know cornbread could change your life?
Well it can with delicious, yummy homemade buttermilk and topped with homemade raw milk butter. Oh. My.

05/21/2024

Carroll and our son J has done an excellent job curing and smoking our bacon. We have enjoyed our pasture raised pork for 4 years now. I look forward to it every year!!

It doesn’t get any better than raising your own food!

05/21/2024

🌿 **Stream "Roots So Deep" Starting May 28th!**

Dive into the surprising solution to climate change with our 4-part documentary series at www.rootssodeep.org. "Roots So Deep" explores how adaptive multi-paddock grazing can transform agriculture, improve soil health, increase biodiversity, and help combat climate change. Join us on a journey to discover how cattle, when managed correctly, can actually benefit the planet. 🌍✨

**Start watching at http://www.rootssodeep.org!**
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