Canticle Farm Texas

17/03/2025

15/03/2025

All set up and ready for tomorrow! The Collin County Garden Show starts tomorrow from 10-5 and Sunday 11-4. Come early for the best selection! We are booth #40, and there's something for the entire family!

12/03/2025

I've been labeling pots like crazy for the garden show but threw together a few videos of what is in the greenhouses and tunnel that will be available at the Collin County Master Gardners Garden Show. We'll have lots of different tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, herbs, lettuces, cabbages, scented geraniums, and perennial and annual flowers. If you've never been bring the entire family! The master gardeners have a fabulous children's area with lots of fun and educational activities. It's an "everything for the garden" event at Meyers Park Event Center this weekend Saturday and Sunday!

10/03/2025

Washing and sterilizing all the plug trays so they are ready to go next year. Almost planting time! Stay tuned for a video of what's growing in the greenhouses and will be available at the Garden Show this weekend in McKinney!

08/03/2025

We will miss you all at market Saturday but with two weeks of sleepless nights due to kidding, storm damage, and bad weather, we need a weekend to put things to rights. See you next week!

05/03/2025

And then there was one... Maggie had triplets yesterday; two boys and a girl, and her sister Star had triplets today; two girls and a boy. Just one more first time mom left to go, and she's looking like she'll kid today as well. So far all the young ladies have had triplets, we will see if Mira can keep the streak going. Better pics and videos once this wind stops, but for now all newborns are being kept in the barn.

04/03/2025

Have to get these baby announcements in: Norah produced this huge and flashy boy yesterday, and Skyler (who wasn't supposed to be bred but somehow managed it through immaculate or at least sneaky conception) surprised us with this silver girl. Now first time mom Maggie is in labor as we speak, anyone want to guess how many?

02/03/2025

Phoebe says "Hold on girls, these aren't all mine-y'all come back and get your kids!". Getting stuck babysitting is a real hazard for a goat doe. Smart moms try to be the first to finish nursing and leave the barnyard while their kids are distracted by friends and full bellies. Whoever finishes last ends up with all the kids trying to follow her.

27/02/2025

Surprise, first time mom Dove had triplets! I would have guessed one or two at most to look at her, but she's an efficient packer and squeezed in a bonus baby. Jokes on her cause she's the wildest wild child we've ever had and now she's gonna have to be super mom. She's off to a great start though. 4 more to go...

27/02/2025

It was a busy night on the farm with Phoebe delivering triplet bucklings (all moon spotted of course!) and Chase delivering twins, a doeling and buckling. Phoebe's boys are excessively loud as there are three of them and only two faucets so whoever is not on is having a come apart. Video to follow! Three down and five to go.....

24/02/2025

Kidding season has officially begun here at Canticle Farm. Molly delivered twins last night, a boy and a girl, and baby girl has mom's moon spots! We are expecting the 7 other does to all go in the next ten days so stay tuned for the baby explosion!

18/02/2025

Well ..all the frost cover we have is deployed, the greenhouses have standard heat and additional heaters if needed,and propane heat if the power goes out. Alll of the daughter's show chickens are snug in the insulated shop. Hoping the weather isn't as cold as they are predicting, but the very pregnant goats aren't complaining. They are busy enjoying the huge round bale of premium hay I was storing in the barn in case we had several days of bad weather. No reason to come out of the warm barn when everything you want is inside! Crossing our fingers that the power stays up - see you on the other side!

12/02/2025

We've been hard at work in the soap studio as well in this cold, wet weather. Lots of new fragrances drying out on the curing rack, and here are a few of our favorites coming soon!

01/02/2025

Start this sunny Saturday right at the McKinney Farmer's Market! We've got our spring candles , goat soap goodness, and some beautiful blooming plants to remind you that Spring is just around the corner. See you at the market from 9-Noon today!

29/01/2025

We took advantage of the dry and sunny days to get the last of the onions planted and prep beds for more veg and flowers. Ran into lots of frogs and skinks so we know they like the chemical-free gardening! (All critters were carefully relocated). The outdoor greenhouse is full of blooming plants and we will be bringing some to the market this weekend for folks who want a winter pick-me-up or gift for a sweetie! Hope you enjoyed the sunshine and warmer temps.

22/01/2025

Come see us at the market this Saturday and get to know your farmers.

14/01/2025

Gotta brag on this girl for just a minute. During all the snow last week we finished up the Collin County Junior Livestock show. Sara has spent the last 4 and a half months growing 7 flats of plants in her own greenhouse and the last two years hatching and selecting birds to show from her flock of Bantam Wyandottes in an effort to do well at this show. She was Reserve Champion over all the Breeding Chickens and was also a Division Champion and Division Reserve in Floriculture and Greenhouse. If y'all aren't aware of the county show, maybe think about coming to the Blue Ribbon Auction this Saturday where local businesses, individuals and livestock supporter groups "bid" to award the kids who "made sale" for all their hard work. In a time in our country where we see kids making less of an effort all the time, I guarantee this is an opportunity to award kids who are working hard. Thanks to all the ag teachers and volunteers who stuck it out to make the show happen in spite of adverse conditions!

06/01/2025

We are on bucket brigade at the farm today keeping the drinking water flowing for all the critters, but in the greenhouse it's a balmy 70 degrees. I spent some time this morning potting up some pre-sprouted ranunculus corms for the garden show. If you haven't grown these before they are a favorite of mine and I've grown them here in North Texas for 8 years now. They do have to be lifted after the greenery and blooms are spent, but multiply beautifully and are such gorgeous cut flowers! Spot the cat has found a new couch in the warm, she's just big enough to wiggle in and out of the greenhouse vents and sleeps there most nights. Everyone stay warm!