Golden Acres Ranch Florida

We are having a great harvest and have lots of berries for sale. $25 / gallon (bag). Make jelly, sauce or cake from this unique southern fruit. 

Call and come on out!

Our sheep and goats are now available for hire! Recover your landscape in a most charming and environmentally friendly way. Their work is impressive. Take a look at what they can do with kudzu in just a couple weeks. We call them the Golden Girls. Find out more on our website.

Wow, is it hot and dry here in the Florida panhandle! This is supposed to be the rainy season, but we've barely got a smattering of rain.

We planted blueberry shrubs a few weeks ago and they are barely making it. We have have had to extend the hose to reach water from our solar-powered, livestock well.

It's harder to keep our fresh, frozen lamb and goat product frozen, too, which is why I'm taking the rest of the summer off from farmers markets. So we won't be at Lake Ella's Market for a while.

We've taken to napping in the afternoons, so if we don't answer the phone, just leave a message and we'll call you back. Or send us a note from our website.

Stay cool and rested!

Bobbie

I'm Bobbie's daughter, Christine, and she asked me get this blog up and running. I live in California, and the ranch is in Florida. I take care of the website and online stuff. 

It's Mayhaw Berry harvesting season at the ranch right now. Mayhaws are trees native to a few states in the southern US. They are actually part of the apple family, but the fruit is small - berry sized. 

There are 15 trees in the stand. Some of them 50 years old. They live in pond water; not because they are so thirsty, but because it protects them from the fires that occur as part of Florida's natural ecosystem. 

Bobbie, Fred and whoever they can get to help canoe through the shallow pond harvesting berries that fall from the trees and float. When the berries are ripe, they can shake them out of the trees.

Everyone at the ranch is getting ready for the 4th Annual Mayhaw Farm Day on May 15th. Details are posted here on Local Harvest events. 

Happy May!