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Seth's heirloom collards and occasional excess from the family garden Providers of site grown, quality seasonal produce.

Exclusive provider of Seth's Collards, a heirloom variety developed locally for their flavor and growth characteristics.

10/03/2026

Yep! About another 2 weeks, we'll have some egg size turnip roots. Just right!! If anyone were interested in just the greens, I may could break a few leaves but don't come hollering bushel. There's one of me, I'm tied up with about a million chores. It'll take 45 mins. to an hour to hand break a bushel of these these. The leaves are small...yeah, I know..just like you like em. LOL! I'll stop long enough to break you a little taste. Just enough for Sunday after church dinner.

10/02/2026

Working out in the collard patch today. Giving them room to grow, aka, thinnin em out. Break time. Snacking on 'sweet heat pickles', Arnietex recipe and square nabs. Well, almost! Juna's gettin the square ones. LOL!! Boy that's fine dinin right there!

09/29/2026

Break time! I had to work off site over the weekend, so yesterday was a piddle around day. This morning, we hit the ground running. Oh!!, the snacks? My partner in crime..yep! I got half an apple out of the deal. Anyway, was riding around, doing the insect battle thing and grabbed some media. They're narrated if interested.
Oh well, enjoy the pictures, if you may, I have a meeting at one that'll probably last a couple of hrs. so let me get done what can be done. Y'all be good.

09/19/2026

Mornin!! Y'all wake up all bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning?
Okie, doke, I'm just hanging out a fresh cut bag of okra, out on the fence post. Probably 2 lbs, more or less a few ounces. Anyway, you know the deal. If you have it a donation to the cause would be appreciated. If you don't just pay it forward when you can. These are excess that would be going into the compost pile. I'm not through with the bushes yet so they have to be continually cut to keep the bushes actively producing. That's all. Anyway, the brick's down there. You see it in the photo. Nuff said!
I added a few more pictures if interested. Be sure to read the narration. Thanks!!

09/14/2026

Hey! How're y'all?? Shucks, I couldn't remember when the last post was made, soooo......did a photo drop. Anyway, my schedule is full, full, full this week, but I had to stop just a minute and catch a breath. The more ridin around is done, the more I see needs a doin. Somes way back on the back burner. Like bushhoggin the string bean patch. Yeah, it looks bad, all grown up but with diesel at 5.89..anyone with a problem, fetch me up about 10 gallons... or keep your trap shut. Woops, I'm being mean again. But yeah, bring it, I'll mow all night. Anyway, yeah, lots of stuff going on. Okie, doke? If interested I narrated those pictures.
OH!!!! Those okra are available. Let me know, I'll throw em in a bag and hang em on the corner fence post out by the drive. They're large but not to large. You'll need to do something with them as soon as you get them. About half will toughen up over night. Good for freezing, gumbo's, raw. I gotta back off them a bit. But, yeah, if you want em, come get em. I still love ya but right now I'm overwhelmingly busy and ain't got time to mess with ya. They'll be hanging on the first post by the driveway..okay? If you want to leave a donation for the cause it'd be appreciated. If not, enjoy. Just take them all. Oh and come on. If they hang out there too long the sun may do the cooking thing..wait..that may be a good thing. Naaaaaa..come on and get em. Okie, doke? Thanks!!

08/14/2026

Wheewwwwww! Busy, busy, but I ain't complaining!! OH!! How're y'all?? Good, I hope. Everybody around here's complaining but ain't nobody listenin..know what I mean. But, yeah. I picked up a little extra work. That, grass cutting, things a tearing up, the weather, the clock a ticking, them durn rainfrogs and trying to get the fall gardening started...as I said, wheewwwww. It's a lot.
Anyway, piddlin around this morning. Waiting for the grass to dry off a little..then guess what?
I'm thankful to the Lord above to be able to do what I do. Know what I mean?
Y'all like fruit? Me too. Gets the phone all sticky tho.
Anyway, here's a few picture I took this morning while doing chores. They're narrated if interested

08/06/2026

Hey!! Y'all good?? Yep! About that time. Seeding the collard trays for the fall. Oh, and having dinner(lunch). What? One of those pastalya mre's I fixed up back a spell ago. Right good too!
Anyway, yeah it's time to get that fall stuff going. I've already seeded the cabbage, lettuce and some fall tomatoes for the homestead. Collards and rutabagas are going to be our focus for sales. I'm trying to cut cost as much as possible so we're not laying plastic. Yeah, it's a lot more work on these bones not to, having to w**d and all but that roll of plastic..$300, the drip tape..$350. And that's before anything else. With the price of fuel and all..fertilizer $28/40lbs, it adds up..quick If we had sales for a couple of acres it'd be a different story but hey!!!, it is what it is. Anyway, 4 done, 2 to go. 162 cell trays. If all germinate, that's what?, 972 plants. Maybe, just maybe 800 will survive to harvest. Most years the average yield per plant is about 2lbs. Deduct the taxes, insurance, other bills..see what I mean?? We don't usually make much more than the price of a steak dinner after all's said and done anymore anyway. Sooo...just something to do to make the days pass by. Besides, worrying about all that stuff, make a person gray headed.
Anyway, I thought I'd check in. There's some mowing that needs doing down the road so it's been good visiting, but I gotta get this stuff done. Y'all be good. See ya!!

07/21/2026

Enigma!!! Why in the world would any one of sound mind buy a whole pound of ruby beggar seedses?

07/19/2026

Mornin!! Y'all good? I sure hope you are!! I'm a thinkin summers done come. I was a runnin the bushhog mid day yesterday till the thoughts of ac and cold ice tea done throwed a craving on me. The fuel gauge on Fergee was a showing half a tank..won't no need of pushing it..the J Dog needed riding into town..the dinosaur juice bottle was empty..soooooo..
The plan was to fuel up and mow into the cooler night...didn't happen. Something always come up..know what I mean? The mowing is part of the prep for the fall garden so it's gotta be done. Anyway if you ride by and see me out there today, today being Sunday and all, how about cut me a little slack. My latest seed order, for the fall, is due in the mail, betwixt and between last Friday and next Wednesday. It's time.
Y'all folks like rutabaga's. This order..includes a pound of rutabaga seed. Soooo, give the neighbors a little Sunday morning, chill time. The NWS is predicting heavy storms later today into the night. Okie doke?
Theses are some pictures I took last week on a ride about. I have been chasing a paycheck and didn't get the fall corn, pumpkins, that stuff planted but those seed are going in the freezer. Since, not market planting anymore I'm doing small batch stuff. Instead planting a whole bunch at one time. With the exceptions of the fall collards and rutabaga's. It's tough to get used to.
OH!! We do have a few summer collards if interested. The okra have just begun to bloom
That's about all's goin on. I do have the fixins for a pastalya. I may go fix that while waitin for the neighbors to get out and about. We'll let you know when the okra start coming in.
See ya! Thanks for reading!!

07/14/2026

Hot-digidy-dog, it's purty out there! Hey! Y'all good? Kinda damp out there though. I stuck my head out a doors just long enough to check on the J Dog. Good thing, gives me a chance to catch up on some training. 1 and a half modules to go..bout 3 more quizzes and a final but we're getting there.
Anyway, look the 'pick your own' green beans are available. We've been picking out of the Contenders for about 2 weeks now. Those Blue Lakes should be ready. I've been so busy I haven't had time to check. The peas are gone. We lost those to predatation from the deer. There may be a few they missed but...Anyway. it is what it is.
Soooooo, these were those beans I felt the inspiration to plant to help folks out what are feelin the challenge of budgetary restraints. I gotta stop here cause Miss Connie is a tellin me, my brashness is runnin folks off. Sooooo...
Thank y'all for reading. If you know anyone who would benefit from these beans. How about sending them this way.

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