SusieQ

I live on a small ranch/farm just west of Austin with my dogs, horses, cows, etc. I grew up here, and when I was a child we grew all our own food (the ranch was much larger then ~ almost 600 acres). Besides the 3/4 acre vegetable garden, we raised cattle for our beef (and extra money); chickens, geese, guineas, peacocks and turkeys for our poultry; hogs for our pork and rounded it out with proceeds from Daddy’s hunting. We even had a milk cow.

I’m trying to get back to that lifestyle. Currently, I have a very small herd of Longhorns for my beef, chickens for eggs mostly at the moment and a Jersey milk cow. In the coming years, I’ll be adding more chickens (for meat and eggs both), turkeys, geese, and a hog or two (small breed, possibly a Heritage breed) as well as dramatically expanding my vegetable gardening space.

I love all sorts of gardening, but have to say that veggies and tropicals are my favorites at the moment. I do have some flowerbeds for perennials and want to expand them. I get a kick out of flowers as well, especially bulbs (Aren’t gladiolas one of the most gorgeous flowers?!). I also do a good bit of water gardening.