Four String Farm

01/26/2026

Dessert charcuterie Valentine boxes starting at $30 — options to up grade to trays for Valentine’s or to surprise your loved ones.

🍓 Valentine Dessert Charcuterie Box – $30

Includes an assortment of 12 sweet treats, such as:
• Cookie Sandwhich
• Brownie
• Rice Krispy Treat
• Macaron
• Sugar Cookies
• Mini Cupcakes
• Red Velvet Cookie
• Strawberry Cookie
• Pop-Tart

04/10/2025

Friends in the Rio Grande Valley! Join Kayla and me at the Rio Grande Valley Home and Garden Show at the McAllen Convention Center this Saturday and Sunday, April 12 and 13, for gardening talks and interactive cooking demonstrations! Kayla and I appeared at the Corpus Christi Home and Garden Show back in March. The events were so successful that the company who owns this tour invited us to do more shows....

Friends in the Rio Grande Valley! Join Kayla and me at the Rio Grande Valley Home and Garden Show at the McAllen Convention Center this Saturday and Sunday, April 12 and 13, for gardening talks and interactive cooking demonstrations! Kayla and I appeared at the Corpus Christi Home and Garden Show ...

02/21/2025

Friends, join Kayla and me at the Corpus Christi Home and Garden Show at the American Bank Center this Saturday and Sunday for gardening talks and an interactive cooking demonstration! I will present "How to Grow Tomatoes in South Texas” on the main stage on Saturday at 11:00am and 2:00pm and Sunday at 1:00pm. This interactive workshop will teach you everything you need to know to grow flavorful, delicious, and prolific tomatoes in your own garden....

Friends, join Kayla and me at the Corpus Christi Home and Garden Show at the American Bank Center this Saturday and Sunday for gardening talks and an interactive cooking demonstration! I will present “How to Grow Tomatoes in South Texas” on the main stage on Saturday at 11:00am and 2:00pm and Su...

05/26/2024

We have thousands of pictures of you from when you were a baby, a little girl, growing up. This one is my favorite. You are only a year old, but I can already see in your eyes the woman you will become. This look is who you are: curious, tough, smart, mysterious. You are already beautiful in this picture--not just beautiful, a world-class beauty, like your mother....

We have thousands of pictures of you from when you were a baby, a little girl, growing up. This one is my favorite. You are only a year old, but I can already see in your eyes the woman you will become. This look is who you are: curious, tough, smart, mysterious. You are already […]

12/07/2023

I have a new cold plunge partner, Madeleine Hadley Butts, age 8. I may be biased, but I think she is one of the toughest and coolest kids on the planet. The ambient air temp on this morning is 47 degrees Fahrenheit and the water colder. We do the old-fashioned version of a cold plunge: we dive into the lake and swim around....

I have a new cold plunge partner, Madeleine Hadley Butts, age 8. I may be biased, but I think she is one of the toughest and coolest kids on the planet. The ambient air temp on this morning is 47 degrees Fahrenheit and the water colder. We do the old-fashioned version of a cold plunge: […]

05/13/2023

This article was published as part of a cover feature story for THE BEND Magazine highlighting local farmers and fishermen in South Texas.

This piece is short but says so much about this good man and where our fish comes from–our real seafood from our own local waters. This photo by Rachel Benevides was later used in a state-wide marketing campaign to promote tourism to South Texas.

This article was published as part of a cover feature story for THE BEND Magazine highlighting local farmers and fishermen in South Texas. This piece is short but says so much about this good man and where our fish comes from–our real seafood from our own local waters. This photo by Rachel Benevid...

04/04/2023

A Beautiful Sweetheart in a Corn/Beans/Squash Field (no GMO's involved) at Four String Farm in Rockport Scientists have discovered that changes in agriculture can cause changes in human DNA. A study published in the journal Nature reveals that various agricultural revolutions over time led to dramatic changes in skin color, height, digestion, and other traits. Populations grew lighter or darker, shorter or taller, depending on the circumstances of their agriculture. ...

Scientists have discovered that changes in agriculture can cause changes in human DNA. A study published in the journal Nature reveals that various agricultural revolutions over time led to dramatic changes in skin color, height, digestion, and other traits. Populations grew lighter or darker, short...

03/28/2023

Liz Carpenter, telling it like it is I wrote this article, “The Wildflowers of Lady Bird,” for the radio. I didn’t get this from a history book. This story was told to me by Liz Carpenter. You can read about Liz Carpenter in this New York Times article or read one of her books: Ruffles and Flourishes (1970), Getting Better all the Time…...

I wrote this article, “The Wildflowers of Lady Bird,” for the radio. I didn’t get this from a history book. This story was told to me by Liz Carpenter. You can read about Liz Carpenter in this New York Times article or read one of her books: Ruffles and Flourishes (1970), Getting Better all th...

03/25/2023

One of the prettiest drives in America is through the Texas Hill Country, in spring, when the wildflowers are blooming. The person perhaps most responsible for these roadside wildflowers was a painfully shy woman named Lady Bird. Lyndon Baines Johnson was president in the 1960’s. LBJ was a complicated man. He was a political genius, but he was abrasive, to put it mildly....

One of the prettiest drives in America is through the Texas Hill Country, in spring, when the wildflowers are blooming.  The person perhaps most responsible for these roadside wildflowers was a painfully shy woman named Lady Bird. Lyndon Baines Johnson was president in the 1960’s.  LBJ was a com...

01/28/2023

This was a such a fun presentation with a great group of people! So many smart and interesting people in this crowd! Great dialogue, wonderful night! Thank you for the invitation, Museum of the Coastal Bend!

Justin Butts talked about pioneer farming to a full house at MCB yesterday. Many thanks to Justin for sharing his path to healthy eating, using farming methods from the past.
Join us on Feb. 23 for the next John W. Stormont Lecture. MuseumOfTheCoastalBend.org
Four String Farm

10/12/2022

The Old Testament Plus!

The Old Testament plus milk issues

06/03/2021

Friends, Kayla and I have so much good news to share, we can hardly stand it! We have not just one, but a series of announcements coming soon about new products and services that you are going to love! We began to rebuild Four String Farm the day after Hurricane Harvey destroyed it. We started by cutting apart the trees that were blocking the road to the house....

Friends, Kayla and I have so much good news to share, we can hardly stand it! We have not just one, but a series of announcements coming soon about new products and services that you are going to l…