Tom Motley
 
Unwelcomed Winter Visitor at The Farm
Unwelcomed Winter Visitor at The Farm by Tom Motley The red colt, Charlie, and Eli, the little miniature...
Tom Motley North Texas Gardens     Dec 21 2014
Hummingbirds and Haricot vert
Hummingbirds and Haricot vert by Tom Motley A few days ago, I was hand-watering the wide variety of adolescent peppers in the garden,...
Picking Potatoes by Tom Motley
Picking Potatoes by Tom Motley Much of the pleasure of gardening is in the anticipation of things to come. This morning I strew straw (really) around the...
Tom Motley North Texas Gardens     May 20 2014
Welsh Rabbit Toast to Queen Buddug
Welsh Rabbit Toast to Queen Buddug by Tom Motley As we hadn’t expected to be able to get together for a couple of days, my son Ben pleasantly surprised...
Tom Motley North Texas Gardens     Dec 31 2013
10+ acre Collin County farm, large custom home, barn, pasture, woods, rolling hills
Friends: thanks for being longtime readers of The Motley Farm Report and my more recent articles at the EatGreenDfw site, Tom Motley North Texas Gardens. I’m...
EatGreenDFW Classifieds     Dec 23 2013
The Problem with Basil
The Problem with Basil by Tom Motley The night before last, the thermometer in our gardens fell to 25 degrees, in the very wee...
Tom Motley North Texas Gardens     Nov 17 2013
Hard to Find Garden Items
by Tom Motley It takes a lot of time and patience to find certain garden items. It’s actually the case that some garden things literally hide from you. But,...
Tom Motley North Texas Gardens     Jul 25 2013
Fried Chicken: To Be (battered) or Not To Be (battered)
Fried Chicken: To Be (battered) or Not to Be (battered)? By Tom Motley Shakespeare may not have eaten any real fried chicken. He ate fried fish and chips,...
Tom Motley North Texas Gardens     Jun 15 2013
A Tale of Tiny Tomato Plants
A Tale of Tiny Tomato Plants by Tom Motley by Tom Motley My friend in Desert, Texas, Bill Brummett, raises dwarf Nigerian goats. The tiny white kids are...
Tom Motley North Texas Gardens     Apr 23 2013
Mild Winter Weather by Tom Motley
Mild Winter Weather by Tom Motley The wind blew so hard the other night in Collin County that, while we slept, my hard-to find rain-proof cover for the...
Granny's Fried Apricot Pies
Granny’s Fried Apricot Pies by Tom Motley My Granny Wilson made the best fried pies in the world. A gardener, Granny always prepared her dishes with fresh...
Tom Motley North Texas Gardens     Dec 24 2012
Winter Meals From the Garden
Winter Meals From the Garden by Tom Motley I’m looking out the study window at an explosion of red leaves on the old pear tree out front. It’s a...
Tom Motley North Texas Gardens     Nov 24 2012
Book-signing for Edible Dallas & Ft Worth: the Cookbook
Edible Dallas & Fort Worth: The Cookbook, edited by Terri Taylor Book-signing Event , Thursday, October 25, 2012, 7:00 PM Barnes and Noble, Lincoln Park...
Tom Motley North Texas Gardens     Oct 25 2012
Autumn Leaves (in North Texas)
by Tom Motley Normally at this time of year (late August-early September), I’m writing about the falling leaves of North Texas. Except the leaves that I...
Tom Motley North Texas Gardens     Aug 29 2012
Watermelon Woes and Wonders
Watermelon Woes and Wonders by Tom Motley Seasonally, I review my old farm planting records and Motley Farm...
Tom Motley North Texas Gardens     Jul 30 2012
Fireflies in the Gardens
Fireflies in the Gardens by Tom Motley Our May gardens’ enthusiastic production of lettuces,...
Tom Motley North Texas Gardens     May 14 2012
Wilted Salad and Weeds
It’s about time you decided what you want to eat from the garden in 2012 and get it in terroir, tout de suite! Don’t procrastinate too long as some of your...
Tom Motley North Texas Gardens     Mar 10 2012
RE: organic Motley salad from the garden
Warm salad: roasted Peruvian potato, cabbage, green bean, bell pepper, Texas arc rosemary, in balsamic/walnut oil dressing
RE: Tom Motley North Texas Gardens
winter preparations in the garden
Soil Revival For Survival
March 3, 2012 Soil Revival For Survival Learn how to Be Water Wise to Endure the Drought This is a gathering of like-minded amateur and professional...
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