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Foxfire Orchards
@foxfireorchards Jan 31, 2022, 4:32 AM UTC

A Letter to Our Redeemer Church Bridgeport and Decatur Classical Conversations Family: January 30, 2022

Howdy friends. Nate here, writing you a letter on my blog instead of having Melissa send you all a thousand word message on messenger. Plus, I'll earn a few bucks for farm projects this way too. Be s…

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@foxfireorchards Jan 10, 2022, 5:40 AM UTC

New Goings On: Farm Journal, 2nd Week of January 2022

We got a new rabbit last weekend. She's a Champagne D'argent, a French breed of meat rabbit that can reach 12 pounds in weight. That's a big rabbit. Farmer Sam said "I'm gonna name her Esther because…

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@foxfireorchards Jan 2, 2022, 10:31 PM UTC

Hydroponic Herb Garden!

Throughout history, people have spanned continents to make their food flavorful. Heck, that's half the reason Columbus came to America. My friends and I have tried a lot to grow herbs with surprising…

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@foxfireorchards Dec 29, 2021, 4:21 AM UTC

Piggums Back on the Homestead, and Other Brief Wholesomeness

Not a long post today, just some recent pics. Young bacons, and the mother of future bacons Afriend at church is getting into pork and found a good deal on some Texas heritage red wattle pigs. His pr…

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@foxfireorchards Nov 26, 2021, 8:14 AM UTC

Dream Season: My Work With Sumac

It's fall. The days are shorter, the nights are cooler, everything is going to sleep. There's nothing to harvest for a while til the rabbits start kindling for the season. It's rest time. Enter sumac…

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@foxfireorchards Nov 25, 2021, 8:33 AM UTC

Bitcoin is cool, but have you heard of pork?

I said in my intro post that I'd share some shorter posts. I'm making good on that now, sharing some excellent foods I've encountered lately. My first ever skin-on pork chop. I was hungry, so I cooke…

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@foxfireorchards Nov 11, 2021, 8:07 AM UTC

A Few Brief Reasons Why YOU Should Raise and Eat Rabbits

One of my goals here at my small suburban farm is to encourage people to grow their own food. Of course, I am more than willing to grow food for whom I can if they can't or don't want to put in the w…

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@foxfireorchards Sep 13, 2021, 3:59 AM UTC

Datura: Potent Medicine

Datura, moonflower, thorn apple, or jimsonweed, and a few other names are common names for the plant genus Datura, which contains quite a few species; all nightshades (members of the family Solanacea…

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@foxfireorchards Sep 10, 2021, 9:16 AM UTC

Resolve and Intention: The Foundation of Foxfire Orchards

I'm Nate. I own and operate Foxfire Orchards in Decatur, Texas. Welcome to my blog, where I'll write about my farm philosophy and goings on at the farm. I like to go pretty deep into things sometimes…

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