Even with the below freezingtemps, this year's seed swap was a great success! Thank you to Blue Ridge Resource Center for hosting! We met a lot of local homesteaders & growers who came to their first seed swap & shared knowledge in areas we were all inexperienced in - classes coming soon!! Some even drove over an hour to attend. Bless you! 🌱💕 We are already planning next year's seed swap as well as a few local events happening in the next couple of months that we cannot wai

A great homestead creation making using of fat from a processed ruminent or pork. I will shortly follow-up with a more detailed post on animal fat but for now here's a quick recipes to keep your feathered wildlife fed this winter. ❄️🐦 1 cup lard or tallow 1 cup peanut butter 1 cup flour 1 cup cornmeal 2 cups birdseed 2 cup oats/barley Melt one cup of peanut butter and 1 cup of lard over low heat. In a large bowl, mix 2 cups of quick oats, 2 cups of bird seed mix, one c

Have you started your sweet potato slips yet? Now is the best time! 🥔🌱 🌱Start by Valentine's Day 🌱In ground by Mother's Day 🌱Harvest starting Labor Day to 1st Frost Grow your own! Here's how ⤵️ Get your hands on an organic sweet potato. This part is the most important . You can find organic sweet potatoes in a grocery store like Whole Foods. Get 1 or 2. The reason why organic is important is because it's not likely to have been sprayed with a compound that prevents

Seems I'm drinking herbal teas every day - watching the sunrise with my husband, as a midday tasty flavor and/or as I settle into the evening. It's not complicated but did take a bit to get here from learning about local original indigenous use, flavors, my own preferred taste profile with mixes, health benefits, side effects, frequency of use, origination, what can I forage, grow myself or get at the local store, and how to prep - fresh, dried, tincture, salve etc (more on d

As mentioned in our last post , a new seed library is coming to Collin County and it's here in Blue Ridge @ the Blue Ridge Resource Center! The library is open to all community members and is free to use. Open pollinated and heirloom seeds have been donated from multiple seed suppliers and local gardeners are already helping to fill and utilize the library! We look forward to a wonderful harvest in 2026 and will hold a class in summer on saving seeds to keep the library full!

One of our biggest missions here at Graham Farm is to help others learn to become more food sovereign. This includes helping start...

Thank you everyone for coming to our annual seed swap on #NationalSeedSwapDay! Next years seed swap will be January 25, 2025. So #savethedate and start saving seeds!!! #seedswap Collin County Seed Swap

What do you do with a feral pig problem? Make tamales. 🏹🐖🫔🫔 Friday the pig was harvested. Saturday we smoked the pig in our smoker...

We won a NRCS grant to help fund a high tunnel and have been working on our 132x30sqft high tunnel for the last couple of months in...

We harvested our first batch of Coturnix quail and have another 48 in the incubator! Our 8wk project turned into 10wk (joyous rain delay...

It's been a whole 3 days since we said goodbye to our last puppy going off to their forever home. They all seem to have so quickly...

Come join other local gardeners & farmers in the Lucas Community Center for our annual seed swap on National Seed Swap Day! The seeds can...

We've been working on raised several varieties of quail for family consumption (Bob Whites & Coturnix) and now have enough eggs available...

July 3rd was an exciting day! Our #duckdog Kai No Brakes (AKC name) delivered her 1st litter and the house was suddenly full of cute...

We had a great time at the 2nd market of the year. Nearly everything sold out - including onions, herbs, radishes, eggs, teas and...

Graham Family Farm worked with the Collin County 4-H club & the City of Lucas to establish a seed library to be housed within City Hall....

Our 1st ever Seed Swap was a great success! We all picked up some new seeds and all remaining were donated to the forthcoming City of Lucas Seed Library!

Published by Voyage Dallas JUNE 14, 2021 http://voyagedallas.com/interview/daily-inspiration-meet-laura-giles/ Today we’d like to...

We're excited to be part of a group of North Texas farmers opening their farms to visitors this coming June! When: June 5th & 6th More...