General ramblings....

Bon & hounds at pond during hot summer day.



We are proud of the 4 weekend painting extravaganza to complete the front entrance.  We battled wind, sun & rain to finish this project.  "some sweat equity"  Notice the address sign 20768 which was another project.

 No wine making this year as it appears the grapes have already peeked.  Emily thinks these are "mustang" grapes.  Look for your bottle of Bordeaux next year.



 Rooster taking a short dip to cool off in the pond.

Rooster wet from the pond & suffering from the Texas heat.

Little Bluestem grass......under investigation.

In the fall of 2012, we added the Boss Buck hanging deer feeder to attract the local deer population.  From our night vision camera in addition to the deer we have seen coyotes and a ton raccoons also visiting.

In the Spring of 2012 we added the cattle pens which are adjacent to the Hunt pasture.

Our leaser's cattle seek out the shade during the 100+ Texas days.

We have armadillo on the farm and these holes are dangerous to any future horse back riders and careless hikers.  Notice the snake boot.  We have seen no snakes to date.

Random pictures from Little Bluestem Farm 2010-2013.

These once traveled this land...

                                                        Buffalo.

Stand of 150+ year old Live Oaks offer cool shade, singing birds, and a great horned owl couple
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During the summer of 2011, we experienced a drought.  The tank did not go dry.  We may have a slow seep.

Recent improvement: a cattle guard.  The dog has been around since the beginning.

 

Wild berries and/or grapes are present to be enjoyed by the wild life and humans.

Another recent improvement is the addition of a drive to the proposed home building site.  Notice the wildlife running up the road!

 

More wildlife...

 

 View of road over culvert.

 

Farm dog, aka The Nose, Beulah.

What does BP have to do with the Little Bluestem Farm?

We found our small "bit of heaven:" rolling grassland, watered, and sparsely treed.  There was only one obstacle, "our bit of heaven" was under contract by one of the executives involved in oil production in the Gulf of Mexico with BP.  Of course neither one of us foresaw the out of control events soon to unfold.  We learned of the disaster at the same time we heard there was a contract ahead of us set to close at the end of May 2010 (if the oil disaster came to a quick resolution).   We were heartbroken!  Our "bit of heaven" was under contract and an ecological disaster was unfolding in one of the best fishing spots in our neck of the woods.  Then we heard from our Realtor who had heard from the Seller's Realtor.  Were we still interested in the land because the oil executive was in "trouble" and might not be able to close as scheduled at the end of May because of his relationship with BP.  We held our breath... The evening news was full of the transgressions of BP and the others involved in the drilling, safety, etc. of the disaster.  Each day brought new revelations.  We held our breath...  Finally June 1st arrived!  We received the call from our Realtor, TJ, "It didn't close!"  Our contract was now in effect and we were closing at the end of June!  So that's how Little Bluestem Farm is related to the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf.