Hani Khouri makes ice cream and several varieties of cheese using milk from his own herd of Nubian goats. He keeps them on his farm in Redland. It’s always fun to visit and take pictures of cute and friendly goats. They, in turn, like to nibble on my shirt and fingers if I’m not paying [...]
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Hani’s cute kids
Posted in animals, farm, photo, tagged goats, Hani Khouri, Marylee Khouri on June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So ugly and so big
Posted in animals, photo, tagged Possum Trot Nursery on June 24, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Last month I stopped by Possum Trot Tropical Fruit Nursery, and as usual, brought my camera. I look forward to those visits, because there’s always something new happening. Walking around with Robert Barnum looking at trees and plants never gets old. Robert pointed out something that looked like a massive bird dropping on a leaf, [...]
Jeepers, peepers!
Posted in animals, farm, photo, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, chickens on June 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A new batch of baby chicks arrived at Bee Heaven Farm this week. The little peepers hatched last Monday and arrived in the mail on Thursday. Yes, baby chickens travel by mail! The post office called Farmer Margie at 6:30 in the morning to come pick them up. They were packed tightly in a cardboard [...]
Gleaning Day
Posted in animals, csa, events, farm, food, photo, vegetables, tagged csa on May 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago, Gleaning Day marked the end of the CSA season at Bee Heaven Farm. It’s a fairly laid back event. CSA members bring a covered dish for a potluck lunch, and prowl the farm to pick what’s left. It was a sunny, hot Sunday morning, and people were already out in the [...]
Vanishing of the Bees screening
Posted in animals, events, location, media, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, bees, Slow Food Miami on May 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Don’t miss the only second South Florida screening of Vanishing of the Bees, a beautifully filmed, critically acclaimed documentary about Colony Collapse Disorder — the mysterious phenomena that has been killing entire hives of commercial honey bees around the world. (Correction: the documentary also screened on Earth Day as part of a fund raising film [...]

