Last Thursday, June 25, Extension Agents from Kansas State University visited the State Fruit Experiment Station and Simpson's Family Farm. Dr. Ted Carey, Professor at K-State, was the tour guide for the week-long excursion into Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri highlighting local fruit production and markets. The group arrived at Mountain Grove at noon for lunch and … [Read more...] about K-State Extension Tour
Archives for June 2009
The 2009 San Francisco International Wine Competition was held June 19th,20th,and 21st in San Francisco CA. Mountain Grove Cellars won a SILVER Medal for our 2008 Chambourcin wine. … [Read more...] about Great News for Mountain Grove Cellars ( Silver )
The INDY International Wine Competition was held last week in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mountain Grove Cellars won one bronze and two silver medals for the following wines: Catawba (2% Norton) Mountain Grove, 2008, BRONZE Chambourcin, Mountain Grove Cellars, 2008, SILVER Maroon Blend (Norton/Chambourcin), Mountain Grove Cellars, NV, SILVER The list of winners can be found … [Read more...] about INDY wins for Mountain Grove Cellars
Last week on Friday I cut the first harvest from the Evaluation of Native Plants as Cut Flower trial - yellow coneflowers - Echinacea paradoxa. Today I harvested this species for the second time. The orange butterfly weed will be next. I need to remember to buy more 5 gallon buckets for harvesting! … [Read more...] about Cut flower harvest
This year we planted tomatoes in our straw bale garden in the Ozarks Home Landscape and decided on a color theme. I chose four tomatoes each of a different color at Simpson's Family Farm just north of us and planted one tomato per bale. Cherokee Purple is planted in the northwest bale, Rutgers red is in the northeast bale, Golden Jubilee is in the southwest bale and Brandywine … [Read more...] about Straw bale garden