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Ranchers Journal – Wednesday August 16, 2017
Highlights Got started when I wanted to this morning, about 7:30 AM. First the keets. Yes, we will have Guinea Hen keets for the Fall Farm Tour this year. Bobbie was able to find and hatch seven of them, which … Continue reading
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Tagged chickens, goats, homemade jelly, Katahdin sheep, livestock breeding, Mayhaw Jelly, Myotonic goats, sheep, Tennessee Fainting Goats
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Food at the Festival
We’re ‘cooking up’ some special food items for the Mayhaw Berry Festival this weekend. Johnston’s Meat Market BBQ Lunches Johnston’s Meat Market will be here with their awesome mobile kitchen. This is the cooking unit they take to storm areas … Continue reading
Posted in Mayhaw Harvest Festival, Newsletter
Tagged cooking goat, fresh goat, homemade jelly, Jefferson County, Mayhaw Berry Harvest Festival, Mayhaw Jelly, Monticello, natural foods, USDA certified goat meat, what to do near Tallahassee, What to do near Thomasville Georgia
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Learn Ranching by Volunteering
We’ve now been in the farming/ranching business for 15 years. I don’t count the first year we bought the place. That was mostly cleaning the property and getting our sea legs or should I say our “critter” legs. Those of … Continue reading
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Tagged homemade jelly, livestock breeding, Myotonic goats, sustainable farms, sustainable ranching, Tennessee Fainting Goats, What to do near Thomasville Georgia
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Mayhaw Berry Harvest Begins!
The Mayhaw Berry Harvest has officially begun today. Fred has been out gathering some for almost a week now, but like an avalanche, the berries are ripening at an accelerated pace. We’ll all go out again later today and more … Continue reading
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Tagged berry harvesting, homemade jelly, Jefferson County, Mayhaw Berry Harvest Festival, Monticello, natural foods, Pindo Palm berries, Pindo Palm cake, sustainable practices, What to do in Jefferson County Florida, What to do in Monticello FL, What to do in Tallahassee
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What’s happening with the Mayhaws?
The Mayhaw Festival will be the second weekend in May. Saturday May 7 and Sunday May 8. The hayride will be running and all the newborn kids will be in the Petting Place. We will snuggle them up close so … Continue reading
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Tagged berry harvesting, fresh goat, homemade jelly, Jefferson County, local artists, local vendors, Mayhaw Berry Harvest Festival, Mayhaw Jelly, What to do in Tallahassee
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Pindo Palm – The Jelly Tree
What is that mess in my yard? Every August some nasty things appear on my beautiful palm. First they’re green then turn orange then drop on the lawn, draw roaches, gnats, mosquitoes and flies. I have to argue with the … Continue reading
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Tagged homemade jelly, Jefferson County, natural foods, New Leaf Market Farm Tour, Pindo Palm Jelly, What to do in Tallahassee
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Dyeing Wool and Other Fun Stuff
Yup! I’m in the kitchen but I hate to cook so why do I have stuff in the microwave? I went to the Annual Sheep, Wool and Herding Dog Conference last Saturday with my friend Kina. She was excited about … Continue reading
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Tagged homemade jelly, Mayhaw Berry Harvest Festival, Monticello, sheep's wool, What to do in Tallahassee
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Vendors and Friends of the Mayhaw Festival
Jefferson County Extension and 4-H Biodegradable Plant Pots Youth and adults will be making biodegradable plant pots from newspaper. The Jefferson County Extension Service will also provide soil and sun seeds. Jed Dillard, Livestock and Natural Resources Agent Who is … Continue reading
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Tagged homemade jelly, Jefferson County, local artists, local vendors, Mayhaw Berry Harvest Festival, Mayhaw Jelly, Monticello, Myotonic goats, natural foods, What to do in Tallahassee
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Mark Your Calendar
Saturday May 9 and Sunday May 10 The 2015 Mayhaw Festival Watch How to make Mayhaw Jelly We will definitely be harvesting out of the water this year. I just hope some of those industrious folks that came to help … Continue reading
Posted in Country Store, Events, Mayhaw Harvest Festival
Tagged berry harvesting, homemade jelly, Jefferson County, local vendors, Mayhaw Berry Harvest Festival, Monticello, What to do in Tallahassee
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New Leaf Market Tour October 25
Saturday from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM here at Golden Acres Ranch. However, we’ll be around all day Sunday for anyone that shows up. We’ll still have the hay wagon going and the cute little critters in the petting pens … Continue reading
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Tagged fresh goat, fresh lamb, homemade jelly, Jefferson County, local vendors, Monticello, New Leaf Market Farm Tour, What to do in Tallahassee
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