Farm Life in Missouri

I have the privilege to live near a real family farm. They grow and raise all their own food. They sell the extras and work very hard. They love this life and I am happy to be a part of it. These are photos of just one hour on the farm at 7 in the morning.

The cabbage is ready and now the clocks starts. The whole farm family helps pick, wash, slice and make fermented cabbage the old way. Food for the year that the family loves. 

picking and cleaning cabbage in the shade

barn cats watch the potatoes

wild flowers made by God along the back roads to the farm.

My drive to the farm in the early summer. Chicory grows wild along the road ways.

Old smokehouse still used as a fridge

Fermenting cabbage and all the canning jars.

Hot Blackberry July

We planted thornless blackberrys and they are producing very well. Wild ones and thornless ones they are all ready to pick.

But the heat is tough this year. Very hot and very dry after a long wet late spring summer. The ticks are thick in the grass as well. Our ducks do not want to waddle out and eat all the bugs in the heat. Everything on the farm is taking it easy. Our eldest German Shepherd now has to stay inside during the day to avoid heatstroke. We are going to put up a fan for them outside. We have shade and a pond but it is not enough for the old one.

Hot Sunflowers

Oh the heat has made such tall flowers this year.

Farm for Sale, price reduced!

Update: it has an offer. I hope the closing goes well. USDA loans are tricky. But the seller is helping the buyer as best he can.

I posted this last week and this farmhouse is now reduced. The owners want to move to get closer to their kids. Worth a look if you are looking for a small farm-ette, with a huge barn, quiet neighborhood (cattle, deer and horses) and gorgeous views. If you are looking for a farm house in Missouri away from it all, this is it. These owners are our friends and they need to sell and move. So we are helping spread the word.
http://www.mountainviewmorealestate.com/search/country-homes/missouri/texas/motivated-seller-newer-country-home-for-sale-in-missouri/994349?fbclid=IwAR0BbxMrj6fextvnIXkqUa54gCrOKerYNvSdJsCVAc4nz_kWsqZCNdmOjOw