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01/14/2025

Started my tank with dirt, artificial dirt balls,sand and leaves from the garden already dried. Left without filter for a month (8 Oct 2024) bacteria multiplied
Then added filter ( 13 nov)
Only wrang out filter wool last week! Not washed under tap
Only fill tank every week,with tap water and vitamin C tablet( gets rid of things in water
Never cleaned glass, snails do that!
Feed one catfish tablet a week
Basic filter, heater and lights.
Have 3 small shrimp,2 vampire shrimps, 8 cardinal tetras,4 coryodoras cat fish
I'm leaving the plants to find there own way and never enter the tank accept to change filter wool ( done once since set up)
Done no chemical tests ( nature is solving all problems so far.

-Adrian B

01/14/2025

South Burnett, 15cms from leg tip to leg tip.

01/14/2025

01/13/2025

You will not guess what he pulls out of this section, in a local Chicago grocery...

01/06/2025

This is sad

01/06/2025

Hang out an enjoy lunch with Mrs Cornbread today. She's having boiled Sweet Potatoes and Mustard Greens. She's s redfoot tortoises so she loves her vegetables. 2 things you should never feed your tortoises are Spinach and Iceberg lettuce...

Do you know why?

01/05/2025

If "What The Fawk!!!" Was a hawk 😆 🤣 😂 😹

He said Unhand me Human!!!

01/05/2025

😆 🤣

01/05/2025

What should we name him?

01/05/2025

Here's the newest member of or crew... WHAT SHOULD WE NAME HIM!?!

Backstory.. His military family was moving and couldn't take him. We decided to foster him until we found him a new home. He came and fit right in with ours, so he'll be here forever now.. We are currently working in getting him a better enclosure to fit his needs.

01/05/2025

We can't wait until summer 2025 to visit our friends at Brothers Farm Market !!! Zeppy is great with kids!

01/05/2025

Meet Zeppy our senior girl. She is the "grandma " of the bunch coming in at 18yrs old. She's super sweet, soft and gentle.

01/05/2025

Peanut Butter checking out her new digs. Will you like to meet her one day?

01/05/2025

Make 2025 the year you visit our friends at Brothers Farm Market

🥳2025 greetings to everyone and & Happy ‘mu year to y’all! 🎊 Here’s to a great upcoming season! ❤️

👩🏼‍🌾 We’re still on a ‘winter hiatus’ until March 8th but want to update you on all that is coming your way for all of us to look forward to this year from our farm! 👩🏼‍🌾 We will keep this post pinned to the top of our page for reference and update when necessary.

👩🏼‍🌾Here’s a little of what will be going on with our farm this 2025 season:

👩🏼‍🌾BY LOCATION:

👩🏼‍🌾ELIZABETH CITY:
We will open our farmers market mid-late April, depending on when our 5th annual pick-ur-own strawberries 🍓 are ready, exact date TBA when we know they’re ready for you! 😃 School/group field trips available for scheduling during this time! 🚌

🍓Mid-late April thru the end of May/early June pick-ur-own strawberries 🍓
👩🏼‍🌾May 11th 2nd annual Mother’s Day event
👩🏼‍🌾Late spring-end of October pick-ur-own sunflowers 🌻 as well as other flowers 🌺 for picking, when available & posted.
👩🏼‍🌾May 14th CSAs begin
👩🏼‍🌾Throughout the season when available: various pick-ur-own vegetables. We will also have pick-ur-own asparagus available for very light picking this year, its first year (we planted it last year) and heavy picking beginning in 2026! 😃
🍅Approx. end of June our 'famous' pick-ur-own tomatoes 🍅 & canning tomatoes 🍅 will be available
👩🏼‍🌾June-Aug 31st our market at our farm will be open and available everyday from 9am-7pm via self-serv/honor system
👩🏼‍🌾June-Aug 31st play area, picnic table area and animal visits will be available via co-op/membership only (membership info to be announced soon)
👩🏼‍🌾Aug. 31st farmers market closes for the season as we transition into pumpkin 🎃 patch season
👩🏼‍🌾Sept. 14th-Oct. 31 Pumpkin 🎃 Patch season (ALSO, school 🚌& group field trips 🎃 plus birthday 🎂 parties available for scheduling)
🎃October 31st our farmers market in EC closes for the 2025 season

👩🏼‍🌾PORTSMOUTH:
March 8th-Dec 20th we will attend the Portsmouth Olde Towne Farmers Market semi-year round/10 months. We look forward to seeing you!
👩🏼‍🌾May 17th CSAs begin

👩🏼‍🌾AVON:
Market dates TBA (market season is generally mid June-1st week in Sept. CSAs will begin approx. June 10th, TBA.

👩🏼‍🌾BY MONTHS/DATES:

👩🏼‍🌾JANUARY--DECEMBER:
We participate semi-year round at the Portsmouth Olde Towne Farmers Market EVERY Saturday

👩🏼‍🌾JANUARY: late Jan-March…..sign ups for CSAs begin…..(CSAs will start in EC on May 14th, Portsmouth on May 17th & Avon approx. June 11th (**We will be posting info. about CSA sign ups in Elizabeth City, Portsmouth & Avon VERY soon!**)

👩🏼‍🌾APRIL: Mid-late April…..Our self-serv/honor system market at our farm will open for the season based on our pick-ur-own strawberries 🍓are ready. (The only times you will definitely find us physically out at our market is during pick-ur-own strawberry 🍓season mid-late April-end of May & pumpkin 🎃 patch season mid Sept.-end of Oct., otherwise, we are on self-serv/honor system but available by phone if you need us)

👩🏼‍🌾MAY: EC CSA begins on 14th & Portsmouth CSA begins on the 17th

👩🏼‍🌾JUNE: ‘Midish’ of June (approx June 11th??)…..Avon NC Farmers Market begins & also Avon CSA begins (both dates TBA)

👩🏼‍🌾AUGUST: Aug. 31st our farmers market in EC will close for the season and we will transition into pumpkin 🎃 patch season and reopen Sept. 14th-Oct. 31st. When pumpkin 🎃 patch season is over, our market & farm visits in EC will close for the 2025 season.

👩🏼‍🌾SEPTEMBER: September 14th…..Pumpkin Patch will open thru Oct. 31st

🎃OCTOBER: Pumpkin 🎃 patch continues to be open until Oct. 31st

👩🏼‍🌾DECEMBER: 20th last Portsmouth Olde Towne Farmers Market for the 2025 season & short winter break until the beginning of March

👩🏼‍🌾If you are interested in joining our CSA program (Community Supported Agriculture program - pre-paid subscriptions of produce from our farm and other local farms) that begins in May and would like information (will be sent out approx. end of Jan./1st of Feb) Please email us at [email protected] or pm us your email address (Also, please let us know your location - Elizabeth City, Portsmouth or Avon) and we will add you to the info. list, once we have it updated. We do sell out/max out every season now as we only offer a ‘grand total’ for all 3 locations combined.

👩🏼‍🌾Our farm & market is located on the road-front at 1154 Perkins Lane (near the USCG and Dollar General on Weeksville Rd.). Our farm has been established, running and operational since the mid 1940s, today being operated by Bobby, who is the 5th generation in his family to farm our farm.

👩🏼‍🌾2025: in addition to our own farm, this will be our 16th season in Portsmouth, Va. & 8th season in Avon, NC participating at both of these farmers markets. Our strawberry 🍓patch is entering its 5th season and our pumpkin 🎃 patch is entering its 10th season.

❤️Thank you to all of you that support our small, family farm! We appreciate YOU very much! We look forward to seeing you soon!

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