Local, sustainable farm Welcome to Canticle Farm!
(9)
We are a family run farm and have a market garden, grow fresh flowers and herbs, and raise miniature Nubian dairy goats. We also have an ever growing line of handcrafted soaps, balms and lotions and other body products, many made with our goats milk. We practice sustainable agriculture to produce healthier, hardier livestock and some of the best veggies and fruit you've ever tasted.
We may get another pint or two of raspberries for jam this week, but the big news is, peaches are coming! We should have fresh, locally and sustainably grown peaches at the market this Saturday. The hot weather also means the chicks can safely come outside all day and enjoy the fresh air, watched over by Mom and Dad. These two didn't even hatch the eggs (we took care of that in the incubator) but they love to hang out around the chick pen and baby watch.
It's raspberry time at Canticle Farm! We will have fresh-picked, raspberries at market tomorrow as well as a selection of farm made Raspberry jams. Come try our Raspberry Peach, Raspberry Hibiscus, and Raspberry jams. We'll also have huge heirloom tomatoes, a selection of hot and sweet peppers, and the first of our summer flowers. Stop by the McKinney Farmer's Market and get your summer goodies Saturday from 8-Noon.
All the rain is bringing on buckets of raspberries! I'll be making jam this week and we'll have fresh berries and jam at market this weekend!
Hello world! The first of our black bantam Wyandotte chicks have hatched with more to come. Visit them at the farm tour this weekend on Sunday from 1-4!
The peppers beat the tomatoes out of the gate this year. We will have quite a few at the McKinney Farmers Market at Chestnut Square tomorrow. For the mild variety, look for Fushimi, Cubanelle, Shish*to and Poblano and for hots, Buena Mulata, Macedonian and White Lightning Bolt peppers. The Macedonian is a new variety we tried this year and it is doing great and tastes awesome. It has a hot, smoky taste and should make some great salsa. We are hoping to have a few tomatoes next week.
It's almost Mother's Day- but don't stress! McKinney Farmer's Market has you covered. Come by this morning and pick up some beautiful flowers, or an assortment of great local products Mom is sure to love! Think gift basket with local honey, goat milk soap, French macaroons, fresh berries, hand pies and European style pastries. We've got something for everyone from 8-noon today!
You've heard that everyone helps out on the farm? Well here, farm cat Spot, selflessly spends over an hour (until she was evicted) holding down the bouquet carrier while I cut and arrange flowers for the market tomorrow. What a team player!
It's the tag end of the spring floral show at the farm and we are enjoying the display. My Canterbury Bells finally bloomed (these take two years before you know what you're going to get) and we ended up with all shades of purple so far. The roses are in full swing and we should have a magnificent crop of hips this year and even my collection of scented geraniums are putting out delicate flowers as well as pleasant smells. The wildflowers, butterflies, and bees are busy and so are we-planting our summer seeds. Zinnias, celosia, strawflower, gomphrena are sprouting and okra, squash and cucumbers are up and going. Most of the gourd varieties have sprouted and the basil is getting a great start. Looking forward to summer veggies and enjoying the spring temps while we get them!
Some signs of good things to come. All the plants are happy right now on the farm with the rain and beautiful weather. We hope to have tomatoes and peppers in about a month. This Saturday we will have fresh picked beets, turnips and garlic scapes at the McKinney Farmers Market at Chestnut Square.
Sorry folks! We hope to see you all next weekend!
It's getting close!! The garlic scapes are starting to peek above the stalks of garlic. They are a little early, but with our overall mild winter, it is expected. The garlic crop looks fantastic this year and we hope to start harvesting by the end of May or early June. We will have some fresh heads at the market at that time but most of it will cure for a month or so to help it last. We will bring scapes to market probably within a month. Woohoo!
And for your entertainment today: here is Molly giving me the hoof when I, once again, pulled her and her babies out of the old outhouse where she is apparently determined to keep them. Why the outhouse? Especially when there is a spacious barn with clean straw bedding etc. Don't be overly concerned, there is no longer a pit, the back is open, no chance of them getting hurt, I just like to know everyone is in the barn at night, and have to keep moving her. She does have a great exasperated face though, right?!
I have seen much better pics of the eclipse than I took so I thought I'd share these. The light was so weird and directionless that it cast a unique look to our flowers. Our "Happy Trails" rose in particular was illuminated.
It's our big switch to Spring market hours and first market for 20 new and returning vendors. Come check out the fun family activities, buy some beautiful flowers for your kitchen table, and pick up some good smelling soap or body products! We are back to the 8-Noon hours. See you at the market this morning!
It's been a busy few days at the farm getting the last of our tomatoes and peppers planted, but we did have some new additions. Molly gave us a very colorfully wrapped set of twins: doeling and buckling, and Phoebe presented us with a sturdy buckling with lots of black spots. More pics coming as they begin to venture out of the barn and hit the popcorn stage!
The teenage girls and a very pregnant Phoebe were enjoying playing on the logs this morning. The pastures are all greened up and we have 3 moms kidding next week. Stay tuned for baby pictures!
This warm spring has all our plants very happy and we'll be bringing a selection to the McKinney Farmer's Market this weekend. Quantities are limited and everything is grown in organic potting soil with organic amendments. See you this Saturday at the market!
Restocked and ready for the final day of the Collin County Garden Show! We've sold out of a few varietirs but for cherry tomatoes we have: Fix Cherry, Brad's Atomic Grape, and Sunrise Bumblebee. For full size tomatoes we have: San Marzano, Blue Beauty, Brandywine OTV, and Sart Roloise. Tomatillos we have Mexican Strain and Rio Grande Verde. For peppers we have: Buena Mulata, Fushimi, Pumpkin Spice Jalapenos, Cubanelle and Orange Scotch Bonnet. Plenty of raspberry starts and for herbs: wild marjoram, horseradish, garlic chives, lemon balm, lambs ear, and horehound. Finally have Chabaud dianthus, pink and blue salvia, pink and blue forget-me-nots, Iris, four o'clock, great plains coreopsis and more. See you today from 11-4 at Meyers Park in McKinney!
Ready to go with tomatoes, tomatillos, peppers, herbs, flowers raspberries and more! Come by the Collin County Garden Show this weekend and explore all the great plants available! Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 11-4 At Meyers Park Event Center.
The van is loaded down with plants for the first of several trips to get set up for the Collin County Garden show. We'll miss you tomorrow morning at the farmer's market but hope you come by Meyers Park this weekend to get some of the fantastic plants and garden goodies. There will be children's activities, guest speakers, and more. Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 11-4. It's all indoors so no worries about rain!
Everything is very happy in the greenhouse and poly tunnel and the peach trees are in full bloom. With our farm planting plan finalized we are working on inventorying available plants for the Collin County Garden Show and should have a list up on our website soon. Looking forward to a fruitful Spring!
Farm dogs are the best! Duke has had a busy week being baby Mona's climbing toy, watching chicken TV, and guarding his ladies. He's also disposed of or run off 3 raccoons that we've seen which is a huge help as our chicken flock has been decimated in the last several months by predators. Love those Pyrs!
It's a beautiful day for a farmers market! Vendors are set up and the sun is shining. Stop by the Canticle Farm booth to check out new, fresh-made Bourbon Apple Butter and No-Sugar-Added Apple Butter as well as spring soap and candle fragrances. See you at the market today from 9-12!
We will have a couple of new treats at the McKinney Farmers Market at Chestnut Square tomorrow. Bourbon apple butter and, by customer request, no-added-sugar apple butter. Both taste fantastic but are very limited because we are down to the last of our North Carolina apples.
Check out our spring soap fragrances like; Honeysuckle, Cucumber Violet & Fennel, Revitalizing Rosemary Mint, and Blackberry Magnolia. We will also have our full range of Spring candles in 100% soy wax. It's going to be a beautiful day for a market, so join us from 9-12 tomorrow!
Kidding season has started for Canticle Farm and the blue-eyed beauty arrived yesterday to our herd queen and only Lamancha doe. She sports dad's ears and mom's wattles, and Nana Daisy is already babysitting.
Potting up raspberry starts today. The vigor of these June -bearing raspberry plants never fails to amaze me. Look at the root structure on these tip-rooted canes! If you are interested in growing some of these delicious beauties for yourself they will be available at the Canticle Farm booth at the Collin County Garden Show and in March at our booth at McKinney Farmer's Market at Chestnut Square. Bonus, there are lots of purported health benefits to raspberry leaf tea as well!
It's been a busy week at the farm. We are still trying new soap fragrances as well as building back up our soap supply and this week we unmolded Blackberry Magnolia, Gilded Amber, and Green Tea & Pear. The son has been helping out in his free time by cleaning the bushels of hard shell gourds we use to make bird feeders, houses, lamps and more. Look for these at the Collin County Garden Show as well as the McKinney Farmer's Market later this Spring. The daughter went to her last poultry show of the season and her hen brought home Junior Reserve Champion, a great way to finish! Look for a greenhouse tour coming soon as we are bursting with baby plants as well. See you at the market this weekend!
Sorry all. Due to the rain, we will not be at the McKinney Farmers Market at Chestnut Square today. Hope to see you next week.
Beautiful days make for busy ones! The soap studio smells of spring with Honeysuckle, Rosemary Mint, and Red Currant & Thyme goats milk soap just poured in the molds. Outside I'm transplanting Turks Cap among other plants for the Collin County Garden show. If you haven't heard of Turk's Cap it's an excellent perennial for our area. Can grow in most areas, loved by hummingbirds, drought tolerant, edible fruit, and the list goes on. So thankful for the beautiful weather in the middle of winter!
Dallas, TX
Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Canticle Farm Texas posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Send a message to Canticle Farm Texas:
It's a beautiful and busy day at the McKinney Farmer's Market! We have all kinds of fun family events, the fire department is here for up close visits with a fire truck, we have a library event with story telling, and we have local authors to visit with! At the farm booth the first peppers are ready, we've pickled the last of our beets, there is a full flat of farm flower bouquets, and lots of fun plants available. Come on out today from 8-Noon
It's lovely and cool and most importantly, not raining! Come on out for our fresh green, beets, turnips, and flowers as well as all our other farm raised goodies! See you at 8-Noon at the McKinney Farmer's Market
More parkour challenges from Penny. Gilly's triplets gave it a go, but no one beats the princess.
Penny is our daredevil doeling from this years kid group. She's been riding our donkey for weeks and I finally got it on camera today. Thanks again to @stonyglenstables for letting us have the bestest nanny donkey around, Miss Daisy Mae. Apologies for Abel Turkey photo bombing, if he sees a camera he assumes it's for him.
The farmers market is open! Spend your Saturday morning with us from 8-12 today at Chestnut Square Historic Village.
Rainy day fun! Our large clutch of Serama chicks are out and on the move with all three mother hens on guard and ready to demonstrate the "scratch and examine" technique of finding your own food.
Easter surprise! The large clutch of Serama eggs began hatching. We moved the nest box with all three hens, dozen chicks and a few eggs still hatching to a coop on the ground so the mothers could hop off for a second to eat and drink. It's not uncommon for hens to go without for days once hatching begins and that includes potty breaks as well as food and water. You'd think with this many hens they'd tag team, and that is how they started sitting, but once hatching began each hen wanted ALL the chicks and would steal chicks if I lifted a hen to check under her. They are out of their 2 story hen house now and the chicks should be ready to leave the nest box tomorrow to start eating and drinking.
It didn't last for long, and the farm dog was underwhelmed, but it was pretty while it lasted. (The whole 30 minutes ☺️)
What do farm kids do during Christmas break? Applied physics problems! How do you move an 8 x 12 chicken coop 100 ft from current location without tractor or other pulling vehicle, and without pulling it apart? Lots of PVC pipe, wood track and levers! Chicken coop is moved and now we can start assembling the new caterpillar tunnel.
Working in the woods on this glorious fall day, my favorite time of the year! Farm chores; dig post hole for new gate, fence off extra round bales so goats don't destroy them before they get a chance to eat them, and figure out how to move my chicken coop 60 feet backwards to make room for poly tunnel. New addition to the farm arriving soon!
The market is open! Come and get your weekly goodies and produce. Canticle Farm is at the North end of Chestnut street between Aunt Nettie and CF Sharpening.
The Holiday Market at Chestnut Square Historic Village is open and ready to give you a relaxed and unique shopping experience. Grab a coffee from our custom coffee roasters, stroll the booths of one-of-a-kind, locally made Christmas gift option. Nibble on all of the great foods offered by our vendors. Today I have some wonderful gift packages priced at under $10, and just for our farmer's market customers we are doing our 5 bars of soap for $25! Santa will be here too at 10:00 for free pics with your kids and fur babies, free provided by the market vendors!
Get it before it gets hot! This morning at McKinney Farmer's Market we have Collin County pears, cantaloupes, okra, peppers, and tomatoes as well as some beautiful local grown flowers. The heat is slowing things down in the garden so limited supply. See you at the market!
Lots of goodies for your 4th of July festivities! Join us at McKinney Farmer's Market this morning for your tomatoes, okra, squash, peppers, Walla Walla onions, flowers, cukes and more! The veggies don't last long, but we will always have our goat milk soap and other goodies available. 8-12 today.
Welcome to Canticle Farm! We are a family run farm and have a market garden, produce an ever growing line of goat milk soap made with the help of our herd of dairy goats, as well as many other body products and grow and sell cut flowers and herbs. We utilize sustainable agriculture and livestock production to ensure that our family and customers can enjoy the cleanest, healthiest produce and products we can make.
