Heidi and I took a mini-vacation this week on Tuesday and Wednesday to San Antonio.  While we were down there we picked up a few things for the store and had two fantastic visits.

We stopped by and visited a great couple who own a little farm called County Line Farm outside of Kenedy, TX.  The Dorecks have a small cow-calf operation, a catch-your-own catfish pond (we'll take the kids back there some time) and a really big garden.  We brought back some of their yellow squash, okra, and blackeyed peas.  All grown using organic practices.

The coolest part of our trip was our stop off at Garden-ville in San Antonio.  We are trying out some of their organic fertilizer and hope to start selling a few organic gardening supplies at the store (maybe next year).  We got to meet Malcolm Beck, the founder and one of the really big pioneers in organic gardening in the Southwest for the last 50+ years.  We spent a few minutes with him and half an hour or more with his wife.  They were really encouraging and helpful.  Hopefully in the next year or so we'll start to implement some of their suggestions.

All in all it was a fun trip and we're really excited about some of the ideas we hope to implement in the next year.  Keep an eye out!!