Welcome to Aunt Sue's Barn!!
(Updated June 17th, 2009)
Aunt Sue’s Barn is a 10 acre start up community supported agriculture (CSA) farm located on the Denton/
Aunt Sue’s Barn is a doorway to the agricultural experience. As farm member, you can bring the kids, pick your own berries, and enjoy a family excursion. Be sure to bring some sunscreen – berries grow best in full sun.
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June 17th, 2009
This is the heaviest time for the berry production. Each plant may have berries in several stages. Most of the plants have some at least ripening, but the majority are red and about to ripen. Then next 2-3 weeks will be very heavy production so if you can come out to pick - this is the time. If you are a member - regular or waitlist - Please come out and pick and If you want to bring friends with you just call ahead to verify, but there should be sufficient berries for everyone. This is the time when I am determining how many members to accept for next year, and how to structure the membership based on production and member turnout.
I have put new pictures on the picture tab - all taken today. I tried to show how many berries are on just one plant, and how many are red, about to ripen. The first year thornless are low growing and the new upright canes are alrready 5' high for next year's crtop. Some plants have only green berreis stillm and they shoud be ready in 2-3 weeks, depending on rain, sun and temperature. The grass is somewhat long - we get mowed on Friday!
If you are making jelly, it takes about 4 cups of berries to make 6 6 oz jars. Keep that in mind when you're trying to determine how much to pick.
I will be open Saturday from 8-12 for picking!
June 16th
With the end of the rain and the great sunshine the berries are starting to ripen very quickly. The change since last weekend is huge and the next 2-4 weeks will be an abundance of berries. The picking right now is limited to members (wait list and regular), but it's important to know that I am picking every other day right now - they have to be picked whether members are here or not. They have to be picked; they won't wait! The thornless are in their first production year, so they have very low branches, but they are covered with berries! The new growth for next year is up and looks healthy.
A big Thank You! to Greater Lewisville Cares who provided some volunteer support to help clean out the asparagus rows and get ready for re-mulching this week. It was wonderful to get that area cleaned up do quickly.
The raspberries are starting to ripen and there should be some to pick this weekend. The fall Anna berry plants are up, healthy and starting to produce.
I will be open Wednesday, June 17th from 6-8. Please wear mosquito repellant if you are coming out. I will be open Saturday, June 20th from 8-12 for members and waiting list members for picking.
Closed Father's Day.
For those members who have not yet been out, please let me know what time frame works best for you so I can try to accommodate and get you out to pick before the season is over! I am working hard to accommodate you all. I am hoping to be open a few hours each Sunday also (after Father's Day).
April 27th
Freeze Update - A big Thank You! to Greater Lewisville Cares who provided some volunteer support to help clean out the asparagus rows and get ready for re-mulching this week. It was wonderful to get that area cleaned up do quickly. The raspberries are starting to ripen and there should be some to pick this weekend. The fall Anna berry plants are up, healthy and starting to produce.I will be open Wednesday, June 17th from 6-8. Please wear mosquito repellant if you are coming out. I will be open Saturday, June 20th form 8-12 for members and waiting list members for picking. Closed Father's Day.For those members who have not yet been out, please let me know what time frame works best for you so I can try to accommodate and get you out to pick before the season is over! I am working hard to accommodate you all. I am hoping to be open a few hours each Sunday also (after Father's Day).I am attaching a file that shows what happens to blackberry blossoms when they freeze. Although the flowering plants can look pretty, they don't produce fruit. It looks like I have about 20% damage to the original buds - minimal compared to other people I have talked to. The latest flowers all appear ok and I've checked some recent buds and they appear intact also.. There is no expected damage to the raspberries. I had them covered and they are just now budding so we are hopeful; I'll check some of those buds when they get a little larger. Still should be plenty of berries for members to pick. Remember, we also have the potential of the fall bearing berries just planted this spring. We are going to consider planting more raspberries in the future since they bud and flower later in the season. Just a thought.
The new driveway is in at 116 CR 2601 and the contact page shows that address for GPS mapping and for parking. Please use this address when you are coming to the farm for the first time.
The old address will still be used for mail.
As you can see below we were approved for Certified Naturally Grown (CNG) program so I am looking for people to do inspections. Farm members in groups of 3 can do an inspection so please klet me know if you are interested - you'll learn alot about the farm by doing one.
