Folksy Farmstead

05/07/2025

HB 2588, a bill that would dramatically enhance the cottage food law to include healthy local food choices, is set on the Texas House calendar for May 8! Call your State Representative and ask them to vote YES on this important bill!

Call the Capitol switchboard at 512-463-4630 or enter your address at https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home

Script you can use when you call: "Hi, my name is __________ and I am a constituent. I I'm calling because a bill that is important to me HB 2588, the Food Freedom Bill, is on the calendar for Thursday, May 8, and I am asking Representative ______ to vote YES on the bill and consider becoming a Joint or Co-Author." You can add a personal sentence about why the bills are important to you.

The call takes but a minute and DOES make a difference. Let's push this bill through the House!

Read the bill: https://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB2588

04/11/2025

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas y’all!

“Today in the city of David a Savior was born for you, who is the Messiah, the Lord.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭2‬:‭11‬ ‭CSB‬‬

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

“And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬ ‭CSB‬‬

05/04/2024

Look who joined our farmily today, greeted by her loving mama and her big sis!

04/19/2024

Meta has just announced its new AI chat feature, in which users can ask questions and get answers.

This image is what I got when I asked it to share a photo of safely canned strawberry jam. 🤣

I also asked the bot for a recipe for banana jam, which it provided. There is no safe canning recipe for banana jam.

I asked it how to can bacon and got a full recipe. There is no safe canning recipe for bacon.

I asked how to can milk. Again, I got a full recipe, but there is no tested recipe for safely canning milk.

PLEASE use caution out there, folks.

04/18/2024

Love this old lady… she’s given us (and others) some beautiful and super sweet does over the years!

04/09/2024

Permaculture in action!

From pure sand to beautiful soil because of the natural breakdown of “waste.” God’s perfect design.

03/31/2024

Celebrating all the blessings made possible because of our Risen Lord!

03/08/2024

You never know who might show up to greet you when you visit the farm!!

03/08/2024

Great reminder of the value of “inconvenient weeds!” We have plenty to harvest on our farm, if anyone is interested in giving it a try!