Pick your own Blueberries!

The blueberry farm will be open for at least 4-5 more weeks, probably through the end of July.

Each variety of blueberries is ripe now and the best part of the season will be the next 3 weeks.

The price is $20.00/gallon for pick your own, or $24.00/gallon for pre-picked.

Hours at the farm:

Monday-Thursday: 7-10am, 6-8pm

Saturdays: 7am-12pm

Twin Oaks A&M University Commerce Blueberry Farm is located at 2965 State Highway 50, 5.5 miles north of I-30. (903) 886-5357

If you have any questions, or are interested in picking more than 50 pints at a time, call (903)413-6169.

The Duckies Are Here!

Wow! A tiny little package! We ordered 20 Welsh Harlequin Ducks, and they sent 2 extras. We ordered from www.Holderreadfarm.com David Holderread wrote Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks. They all seem healthy and alert after a 36 hour trip from Oregon to Texas!

Pleas peeking at the little peepers!

Dipping their little bills in the water. One teaspoon of honey and a handful of chopped fresh garden greens in each quart jar.

Our reference to nail polish - we used Honeybee Gardens water based non-toxic polish. We dabbed a little spot on the right foot of the ducklings we presume are males. They have the darker bills. (But it did not stay on- it had come off in just a few hours- now how can we mark them, and they stay marked?!?)

Our Little Duck House, or "Duckingham Palace"

Peaches!!!!

YUM!!! It's that time of year again! Peaches in the backyard, what could be better? After cutting and peeling peaches your hands smell fragrant for hours. We put the latest batch in the freezer for smoothies or ice cream.

The Blueberries are ripening fast...

Mom and I picked 38 pints (4 buckets) of Blueberries this morning. It did not take long- lots of good, big berries, waiting to jump into our pails! We ate a lot, and are eating even more....you may have to roll us around soon.... =)

(As you can see- VERY big berries!)


The Twin Oaks Blueberry Farm is located on Highway 50,

(between Commerce and Campbell)
5.5 miles north of Highway 30.

Better call to find out prices and hours!

(903) 886-5357

Rehoboth Ranch Open House Field Day 2011

We were up really late both Saturday and Sunday night getting ready for Monday...

Sleepy peepers!

...Let's wrap some soap!

Pleas, putting together the Kaleidoscopes.

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The 2011 Rehoboth Ranch Open House Field Day!

Our Booth~

Debbie and Adrienne
(Thank you Mr. Coleman, for taking this photo!)

Jam anyone?
All our jam is Organic, and $6 each or 2 for $10
Peach Jam, Plumberry Jammy, Blueberry Jam,
Blackberry Jelly & Blueberry/Peach Jam.

We were having a soap making demo, but the wind made it impossible...

...but we had a flip book showing how we make soap.

Pleas, demonstrating wood turning.
(Yes, he does teach lessons.)

Thank you all for visiting our booth and supporting us!!! We had a great time meeting lots of new folks!!

"Possum Grape" Jelly!

What does it take to make Jelly?


Well, you need fruit, and here we are making Wild (Organic) "Possum Grape" Jelly!
Mr. Babb (our neighbor) was kind to bring us the grapes he harvested from the tree tops.

Teeny little guys- pick them all off. (a long tedious, sticky job.)

Cook 'em and squeeze them. You have to work fast, and wash up frequently, or the acid will cut into your hands like fiber glass. Ouch!!

Now for the easy part~ make the jelly, can it up and label the jars!

It is time to pick blueberries.....

The plan is to be open every Saturday for the next 5-6 weeks.

The hours are from 7am - 2pm. I would recommend getting out earlier in the morning because it's pretty hot by 11:00.

The price is 2.50/pint when you pick your own.
HOWEVER there is a discount if you pick more than 10 pints! For 10 or more pints, the price is 1.50/pint. (ten pints is not a lot, just one bucket)

The Twin Oaks Blueberry Farm is located on Highway 50, 5.5 miles north of Highway 30.

You are welcome to call: 903 886 5357 if you have any questions.

Where has the time gone?

I am sorry that we have not been posting like we should, but you see we moved to our very own home back in September, and our lives have been crazy ever since! (not that they weren't crazy before we moved!)

But I am hoping that I will get to posting real posts soon..... =)

~Adrienne McKee

Sumptuous Summer Fruit

Blueberries!

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Home grown organic blackberries!
We have found that the old fashioned berries that have thorns,

taste much better than the thornless varieties.

A late freeze cut our bounty by half.

It is getting to the end of Blackberry season…

….but what a treasure hunt!

Happy eating!

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Fresh, home grown, organic peaches.

The harvest wasn't bountiful this year.
A very wet Spring, couldn't spray for the brown rot problem. =(

Some of our Soap....want Some?

~ Eight of our basic soaps ~

(check back this fall for some of our more popular kinds -

just in time for holiday gifts!)

~Goat's milk, Oatmeal, Lemon Poppyseed, Baking Soda,

Old Fashioned Sulphur, E.M. Soap,

Refreshing Mint and American Castile~

Right now we have: Goat's milk, Oatmeal, Baking Soda, Old Fashioned Sulphur, E.M. Soap, American Castile (vegetarian), Refreshing Mint and Lemon Poppyseed (this is a scurbby soap with poppyseeds and corn grits). Only the Lemon Poppyseed and Refreshing Mint have any essential oils for fragrance, but it's very faint. The others all just smell like the ingredients we use - no added scents. These are all made with tallow, coconut oil, olive oil, rice bran oil, castor oil and avocado oil. All very good for the skin, mild and moisturizing.

Later in the year we'll have more to choose from. Like, we make a Barbershop Quartet that smells similar to Bay Rum and we'll have some floral scented ones as well as orange. Most of them only use natural essential oils, there is one exception, the Barbershop Quartet uses a little fragrance oil as well as the essential oils.

We charge $3 per bar (except the EM - it's $4), they are usually around 3-4 ounces and very long lasting if you don't let them it in a puddle! If we mail the order we just charge the actual shipping cost plus $1.