What do you do when you run out of cream for your coffee in the morning? You use eggnog. Nothing like an added element of holiday cheer to get you going on a day on the farm. Copies of Heirloom Bulbs for Today Book shipping continued today, and we are almost all caught up! I [...]
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For A Reason
When very frustrating things happen, you have to wonder sometimes if they are happening for a reason. My tiller kept falling off of my implement, but as I looked back at the open field and saw my tiller piece laying by itself, all alone, separated from the tractor and its greater whole, I wondered about [...]
One of Those Days
Oh, what a frustrating day. Frustrating for really only one reason. The rest of the day was just fine. It was frustrating because a piece of the tiller kept falling off the back of the tractor. The tiller pulls behind my tractor, tilling up the dirt on either side of the bulbs in a row. [...]
Road Trip
We knew the cold weather was just around the corner and it was! Rebecca and I had our first fire in the cabin, and it resulted in me smoking the cabin out. The cold front hit on Monday in Dallas at 10AM. I know, because when I left the farm early that morning for my [...]
Sweet Potato Pie
The Bulb Hunter touched on the Golden Sweet Potato Festival in his last post. For a community of 200 in a small Texas town without even a flashing yellow light, the festival is a pretty big deal and worthy of a blog post in my opinion. Area residents have celebrated their agricultural livelihood with a [...]
5 Reasons Why the Pole Barn is Spooky
Occasional solitude is something, well, refreshing in its own way. Allowing for reflection, it gives the chance to catch your breath before tackling the next pile of e-mails, stack of papers, dirty sink, or even, say… crate of bulbs. Sometimes speaking engagements take The Bulb Hunter away, leaving me to ship out orders in the [...]
Working and Playing on the Bulb Farm
Amidst the flurry of activity around here, Chris and I still love to entertain. Anyone who wishes to visit is welcome, but let them be forewarned that chances are they will definitely get roped in to helping out in some form or another. My sister, Stacy, with her two little girls and our friend Susan [...]
The Shipping Tornado!
This is the busiest shipping week of the year for the Southern Bulb Company. It’s like a tornado blows through our bulb barn. Bags, labels, bulbs, boxes, and packing tape collide leaving a trail of debris, along with a pile of packed orders. This collision, guided by gloved hands, sweat, and long hours, results in [...]
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