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Fruits 'n Such Orchard is a small family owned pick your own orchard. We are only open when there is produce to pick. Usually during May and June.
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08/31/2024

Good morning,

I will be at my hardware store today. Hillman Marine and hardware located at 10721 Hillman Drive Dickinson, Texas.

The hardware store is going out of business. Most items in the store are 50% off. I will also have some of my canned goods from the farm available. They are not discounted.

I will be here today from 9 AM until 2 PM.

08/29/2024

Good afternoon,

Friday and Saturday from 9 AM till 2 PM. I will be at my hardware store, Hillman Marine and hardware located at 10721 Hillman Drive Dickinson, Texas.

We are going out of business and most items are marked down 50%.

Please stop by and see me.

08/26/2024

Good morning,

I’m still working on closing down my hardware store. Hillman Marine and hardware located at 10721 Hillman Drive Dickinson, Texas. I will be open at Hillman Marine and hardware on Friday and Saturday this week from 9 AM till 2 PM. Most of the items in the store marked down 50%

Router bits, hole saw, reciprocating,saw blades, drill bits hammers, nails, and more

Pictured today are boat zincs. I have 1 inch, 1-1/8, 1-1/2, 1-3/4,2-1/4,2-3/4. I also have several 10 pounds zinc plates.

Packing for the boats, I have 7/16, 5/16 and quarter inch.
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I have a large assortment of galvanized bolts, stainless steel bolts grade 5 bolts and grade 8 bolts

Galvanized, pipe fittings, PVC pipe fittings and brass pipe fittings. Copper tubing fittings.

And assortment of Hubble Marine fittings

And much more!

08/23/2024

Good morning

I will be down at my hardware store Friday and Saturday, August 23 and 24th from 9 AM till 2 PM. Having a closeout sale.

The store is Hillman Marine and hardware located at 107 21 Hillman Drive Dickinson, Texas

I have most items reduced down to 50% off, which is below my cost.

I will also have some of my cans from the farm available

08/21/2024

Good morning

As well as having the farm, we also have a small hardware store. The store is going out of business.

I will open at the hardware store Hillman Marine and hardware located at 107 21 Hillman Drive Dickinson Texas this Friday and Saturday, August 23 and 24th from 9 AM till 2 PM, most items are marked down to 50% off.

Once we have the store closed out completely I will be able to focus 100% of my time on the farm.

08/19/2024

Good morning,

As most of you already know my husband and I also own a small hardware store as well as the farm. Last year we began the process of closing down the hardware store. While farm season was in progress we shut the store down, but I still have some items in the store that I need to sell out.

I will be down at Hillman Marine and hardware Friday and Saturday from 9 AM till 2 PM for anyone who wishes to come in and check out our sale. You can also call me at 832-443-6733 and make an appointment with me to go in the store.

I will try to post several pictures this week to give you an idea of some of the items we have left.

I know this isn’t farm related, but Please be patient with my post until I get through this process. The sooner I can get the store shut down the sooner I can focus solely on the farm.

Thank you guys so much for your support.

A list of some of the items you can find;
Small tools
Spray paint
Nails, bolts, pipe fittings
Welding supplies
Fishing floats-these are also great from making crafts
Sanding disc
Router bits
Paint brushes, etc.

08/17/2024

Good morning,

I will be at the farm today from nine until 12.

There is NOTHING to pick.

I’ve had several people asking if they could come out and play with the goats and this will be a great time to do that.

I’ve also been busy canning and I have several canned goods available.

Or just come out and hang out with me I’m always happy to see you!

08/16/2024

Good morning

I will be at the farm Saturday morning from nine until 12.

There is nothing to pick right now.
I’ve had several people ask if they can come play with the goats and the goats would love to see you. Great way to de-stress after a 1st week back to school.

I will also have several can goods available for sale-blackberry jam, strawberry jam, mixed berry jam, cowboy candy, sliced jalapeños, dill relish, and a few other goodies. I will also have some of our homemade soaps available for six dollars a bar.

08/14/2024

Good morning,

Would you like to come out Saturday morning from nine until 12 and play with the goats or maybe pick up some home canned goodies?

I have strawberry jam, blackberry, jam, and mixed fruit jam. A few jars of honey. Dill relish, Serano peppers. Sliced jalapeño peppers. Candied jalapeños and cayenne pepper sauce.

I’m loving the fact that I’m having a little extra time to play around with canning recipes , I made up the cayenne pepper sauce the other day and it turned out great.

I tried bell pepper spread.,.,. I did not like it, but Melinda said she does so she can just have it all. Lesson learned

I tried garlic jam because several people who sell at market says it’s a good seller . They can have it. I’m not a fan but if you’d like to try it, I have a few jars of it.

I think the next thing I’m gonna try and make is chocolate cherry jam that just sounds so delicious. It’s so fun to experiment!

There is nothing to pick at this time except some very red cayenne peppers and jalapeño peppers. Everything else is over for the season.

08/13/2024

Levi is visiting the horses.

08/13/2024

Good morning!

I got lucky last month. I was in tractor supply and they had a special on a bunch of chicks for $.50 each.

I’ve got the chicken tractor set up on the garden by the pond and the baby chicks are now old enough to go out and start earning their keep. Hopefully they’ll be cleaning a lot of seeds and bugs out of this area. Of course they’re a little young to do the whole job so I’m gonna throw a few adults in there withthem.

08/12/2024

Wish me luck! I’m trying my hand at my first batch of homemade cayenne pepper sauce.

I’ve made different kinds of sauces, but this is kind of new. It should be a creamy cayenne pepper sauce when I’m done.

Sure hope it doesn’t burn my eyes too bad while cooking lol

I have four Cayenne pepper plants out there and I got all of these peppers off of one plant

08/11/2024

Good morning,

The farm is closed for the season, but the chicken still lay the eggs.

I will have some eggs available for pick up later this afternoon. These are unwashed unrefrigerated farm eggs. If interested call me at 832-4436733 and make an appointment to pick them up,

I’d like to give sincere thank you to the person who brought me out the huge stack of egg cartons this week. It’s very much appreciated.

We do try to recycle here on the farm and reuse things as much as possible if you have any canning jars, such as ball jars that we use for making our jams and jellies, we would love to be able to reuse them. This saves the environment and saves the pocketbook. We cannot use most of the jars that items come in in the grocery store. They have to be jars that are made for home canning.

I’m also looking for some 1 gallon glass jar such as the pickle jars from the store and other large decorative glass jars. I want to use them for a project here on the farm next year.

Hope your summer’s been going well and good luck to all of you fixing to start school next week

08/06/2024

Goat buffet!

08/03/2024

Was finally able to fight off the mosquitoes and get on the lawnmower and hack down grass and weeds today. Why was that grass high!

In amongst all that high grass is quite a few jalapeño peppers, both green and red my niece and I are going to make Cowboy candy tomorrow anybody interested in some jars cowboy candy also known as jalapeño peppers?

There’s also quite a few red Serano peppers and red cayenne peppers. I usually dry the red cayenne peppers. Not sure yet what to do with the Serranos thinking thinking thinking.

There’s also still some straight eight cucumbers. Ate some yesterday and they weren’t bad. This time of year they’re usually bitter I guess all the rain kinda helped that problem Think I might make another batch of dill relish.

08/01/2024

This is another small pond that I’m trying to set up at the greenhouse. Years ago, my son bought me the wooden structure. Water flows through the hose and turns the water wheel and the little man bobs up and down with the turning of the wheel. I love it. I used to have it set up in my greenhouse years ago. I’m trying to reuse and repurpose things around the farm and rediscovering old treasures

Now to locate some water plants to keep the water clear maybe some duckweed to float on top or some pond lettuce . someone gave me some pond lettuce years ago, but it went bye-bye with one of the hurricanes.

07/29/2024

Good evening,

I have a question for people who grow aquatic plants.

Over at my greenhouse I have this stock tank. It has a filter system on it and a waterfall. But every year or two the filter goes out and I have to buy a new one and that gets quite expensive.

I understand that there’s a way that you could make an underwater system with plants and fish, and if you do it right, you don’t need a filter.

Has anybody done this? and if so, where do you find plants so don’t cost a fortune?

07/26/2024

Drying herbs part four.

I do not use the microwave method for the rosemary and Bayleaf. There’s too much oil in the rosemary. And I’ve just never tried it with the Bayleaf.

For both of these items, I remove them from the stems and spread them out on a paper plate to dry Every day I’ll toss them to help with the drying. Don’t place them too thick on your plate. It will take them too long to dry and could result in mold. I usually let the rosemary and bay leaf sit for about a week before packaging.

Always wash your herbs and put them dry with the paper towel before drying them.

There are several methods that you can use for drying your herbs. What works great for me may not work great for you so if you don’t have success with the first time, don’t give up.

You can also propagate the fresh stems of rosemary and bayleaf.

07/26/2024

Drying herbs, part three,

I use the same method for the basil as I use for the sage and savory. I also use this method for parsley.

From what I’ve read drying these herbs in the microwave does not affect its value.

I have tried drying basil and parsley by hanging them. Just placing them on a towel to dry and in the dehydrator, they always come out looking black and ugly. I choose the microwave because I have this beautiful green color.

On this plate, there are two piles of basil. The one that is bright green is the fresh one that I just did. The other pile is a year old. My two year old basil, which I had thrown away already was totally brown. There is a definite difference in smell of this year’s basil and last year’s basil.

07/26/2024

Drying herbs, part two.

For the winter savory, I use the same method as I used for the sage. Except I dried them on the stem. It only took me one minute to dry the savory. I then removed it from the stems very easily. And rolled the herbs between the palms of my hands to powder them a little.

I haven’t used this herb much and would really love to hear how you use it.

07/26/2024

Good morning,
Yesterday I told you I was revamping my spice rack. I’ve had several people ask me how I dry the different herbs. So today I’m gonna make different post to show you what I did with the different herbs.
If you know good recipes to use them in, please share. that’s how I learned to use them.

The first item I dried today was garden sage. I took the leaves off of the large stems and placed them on a paper plate. I put them in the microwave for one minute, took them out of the microwave stirred them around and microwaved for an additional minute. The times very depending on how many herbs you have on the plate. It’s always wise to do for a minute the first time and then do it in 30 second increments during each time. Once the herbs were dried. I could roll them in my hands and powder them. Then I made sure they were cooled down and perfectly dry. Then I put them in the jar.

07/25/2024

I’m revamping my herb collection today. Several years ago my husband bought me this spice rack that’s shaped like a Ferris wheel. I love it! But for the past couple years, it’s been sitting in the cabinet with old herbs in it that needed to be thrown away. So I got it out, empty the jars and cleaned it up.
Some of the jars I had to refill with spices from the store but a large percentage of them I was able to fill with herbs from my own garden. Still have some more herbs to dry, but I think it looks so much better and I’ll definitely be using the spice rack again instead of sticking it in the cabinet.

07/24/2024

Mother nature is both cruel and fascinating.

We had a mother hen hatch out five baby chicks on July 12. Yesterday she was free ranging in the yard with another mother. hen and her babies. we heard a loud commotion and turned around to see a hawk swooping down to grab up one of the baby chicks and both mother hen were fighting the hawk!
Unfortunately, the hawk was able to sn**ch one of the babies. But the mothers were able to save the rest.

07/19/2024

Good morning, I hope everyone is recuperating well after the storm.

As many of y’all already know the farm is shut down for the season.

But life goes on at the farm. Chickens are still laying. if you would like to buy some eggs, you can call me for an appointment to pick them up. 832-443-6733 cash only please so that I don’t have to dig up my credit card reader.

07/17/2024

Hey farm friends! 😁
It’s Melinda Dockall Hillman, I want to start by thanking everyone for a wonderful and humbling picking season! For the last 3 years I have had the honor of helping my in-laws, and with each passing year it becomes more of a personal experience. I have learned names, and created friendships with many of you! Each and every one of our customers are so grateful and kind which made “work” my happy place. I pray you all fared well from hurricane Beryl!

While our primary home here in Dickinson was touched with minimal damage, my husband and I’s fishing cabin in Sargent, TX - as well as almost everyone else’s place in that area was hit fairly hard.
In the midst of a declared,natural disaster situation - especially when it’s something you’ve worked so hard for… it’s easy to lose yourself in raging emotions, questioning why, but instead I turned to God and asked, how? How can we help others during this time of need!?

As a mother with a serving heart, it is my job to teach my children to be intentional in carrying out acts of service and to help them develop an attitude of selflessness.

The orchard is closed until something else is ready to pick, or we come up with another fun event - but we still had a lot of watermelons left.
So yesterday, Renee and I loaded up the HILLMAN-ADE boys, grabbed a 150qt cooler, iced down 30 personal watermelons from the orchard, drove down to Sargent and we passed them out to the community and linemen.
The ear to ear grins that were planted on the faces of those working in the heat made it well worth the countless mosquito bites.

A huge thank you to my in-laws Wilson & Renee' Dick Hillman for donating the watermelons & to Hillman's Seafood Market for donating the ice to get them cold! 🧊🍉🫶🏼

It’s not goodbye, but see you next time!! Once it starts to cool off you will see me again hosting
FUN filled, family events here Fruits 'n Such Orchard!

07/17/2024

We are closed for the season.

But I have the whole crew out working hard to prepare for the next one

07/15/2024

Alas, all good things must come to an end. We are now closed for the season.

But do not fret, will be back as soon as the good Lord gives us something else to pick. Or some fun event to do.

We’d like to thank all of you who came out this year and supported our farm. To see so many of you enjoying our Farm truly makes our work worthwhile. Thank you.

Please continue following our page. You never know when I might post something else going on that you might enjoy.

Now I think the goats and I are going to just chill.

Have a good summer!

07/13/2024

We will be open today until 5 PM.

What to do what to do with all these peppers. When a lot of the other veggies stop for the summer the peppers keep going. I’m probably gonna make some of the cowboy candy./candid jalapeño peppers. I’m thinking about making some pepper sauce. But I need more ideas. Tell me what you got.

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Levi is visiting the horses.

Good morning! I got lucky last month. I was in tractor supply and they had a special on a bunch of chicks for $.50 each. I’ve got the chicken tractor set up on the garden by the pond and the baby chicks are now old enough to go out and start earning their keep. Hopefully they’ll be cleaning a lot of seeds and bugs out of this area. Of course they’re a little young to do the whole job so I’m gonna throw a few adults in there withthem.

Goat buffet!

We are closed for the season. But I have the whole crew out working hard to prepare for the next one

We will be open Saturday from 9 AM to 5 PM. Meet the new additions to our farm. My grandson Gage and I were trying to plan these to hatch out on my son‘s birthday. They came one day early. Gage just loves anything to do with the chickens and I know he’ll be super excited when he gets to meet them. Gage helped me to make her a new nest in the chicken tractor where she wouldn't be bothered by the other chickens trying to lay more eggs in her nest. And he very carefully gathered her eggs and moved them to the new area. And we have new baby chicks! Success! We do have some cantaloupe and small watermelon left. This will probably be the end of them.

Happy Fourth of July everyone! Around here everyone’s been enjoying watermelons, even the bunnies. We will be open Friday from 9 AM till 2 PM and we will open Saturday morning at nine

You just got to enjoy that good cantaloupe. We will be open Monday nine until 12 and Tuesday nine until two

At the end of the post, you can see she’s picking out watermelon and putting it on the ground for the babies to eat

This butterfly is loving him some tomato juice. If you look closely, you can see him suck the juice out of the tomato. Will we be Open tomorrow as long as the weather allows

We have so much stuff today. We’re gonna go ahead and stay open until 5 o’clock. This is a short video of some of the things you can find already picked and in the barn plus you can go out in the field and pick your own tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash, oh and I forgot about the peppers you can get them too

We will be open today and Friday from 9 AM until 2 PM and Saturday nine until 5 PM

A little goat fun to keep you entertained until you can come visit them yourself. We will be open Wednesday morning at 9 AM-2pm for blueberry .

Good morning, We will be open Friday morning from 9 AM until noon. And Saturday from 9 AM till 5 PM. The only thing available for picking right now is blueberries. We will have fresh blueberry jam available. As you can see from the video my how far is it been very busy!

“Kidding Around With Baby Goats” Join us next week and have some fun “Kidding Around” We will be open March 11 through the 17th from 10 AM to 2 PM to play with the goats. Entry fee is $10 per person children two and under are free with an adult admission.

Two of the babies come out exploring, and one is sleeping. Addie wanted me to open up the gate so the other guards could come in and make the new ones Sarah of course was the first one to come check them out.