Oyster Mushrooms
Some beautiful oyster mushrooms found at Coal Creek Farm. Learn about the mushrooms we find around Coal Creek.
Maidenhead Ferns
Maidenhead Ferns grow in similar environments to ginseng, and they have the coolest black stems.
Polygyrid Snails
Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonated gastropod mollusks. While there are many types of mollusk, the Polygyridae make up a significant proportion of the land snail fauna of eastern North America, and are also found in western North America, northern Central America, and are present on some Caribbean islands. This snail…
What Coal Creek Farm Means to Me
Coal Creek is a cattle farm and an environmental experiment, and a lifetime of memories. I am not sure which is more important, but they seem to go hand in hand…I now often remember specific locations like the spot my oldest daughter Beatriz found a special mushroom or my oldest son Sam photographed a Common…
Homegrown Bulls
I love this time of year. Flowers are popping up everywhere, and our cattle seem to love the Spring weather, too. Our calves look fat and happy as they explore slightly further from their mother’s side. It makes me smile to watch them run, jumping high in the air as they go charging down the…
Long Horns
I walked along checking the fence line this morning and paused to check on one of our newest assets. In addition to utilizing controlled burns to clear the underbrush and restore the habitat at Coal Creek Farm, we have introduced Texas Longhorn cattle to our herds. These cows are very hardy, requiring less water than…
Bobwhite
Out walking on Winter Road this morning, I stepped into the woods to check out some of the recently burned woods. In addition to clearing the underbrush and allowing us to reseed native grasses that will prove fodder for our cattle for years to come, we are also restoring the habitat of the Northern Bobwhite….
Pond Health
As I walked towards the barn this morning, I took a short detour to check on the water flow coming into our upper pond. Adequate water supply is critical for our cattle operation, and protecting water quality is a job I take seriously. Cattle have healthier lives when they have access to clean water. I…
Daddy’s Creek
It’s Sunday, so it’s time to go paddling. We headed out to paddle one of my favorite local rivers. We are fortunate that we live so close to the Catoosa Wildlife Area and have the skills to navigate down the Daddy’s Creek Canyon. This beautiful and exciting whitewater river is less than 30 minutes from…