The Nurse Farmer

06/03/2025

Picking and cutting flowers is beneficial for our health! When we pick and cut flowers, we are bending, stretching, and walking all while outdoors in nature!

06/03/2025

Picking and cutting flowers may help us relax, reduce anxiety, and boost our mental health.

06/03/2025

Multi-branching sunflowers produce pollen and are beneficial to pollinating insects such as bees.

06/03/2025

My first bed of cut 'n grow multi-branching sunflowers. Cutting these sunflowers stimulates new growth. This is my first time growing them. Sunflowers will be a staple at our you-pick farm.

What do you think are some health benefits of a you-pick farm?

05/23/2025

Some sources say that I live in the rainiest city in America. If not the rainiest city in America, Mobile is no doubt among the rainiest cities in America.

In theory, rain should be a benefit If you're a gardener or farmer. Or is it? Read all about my latest misadventure on my farm!

I was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. It is among one of the oldest cities in America. It is also one of the rainiest cities in America. According to some sources, Mobile may even be the number one rainiest city in America. I moved to California in 2001, where I lived in Vallejo for many years.

05/22/2025

I am working on a new blog about my latest misadventures on my farm, which I will publish on my website soon.

In the meantime, have you read about my last misadventure? It is about a strange noise that I heard one morning in my kitchen. It took me a few hours to locate and identify the source of this strange noise. I was surprised and shocked by what I found!

Have you ever been in a situation where you hear a noise, but you can’t figure out what you are hearing? Perhaps you are finding it challenging to determine the direction from which the noise is originating? “Is that the refrigerator? Was that an earthquake? Did the cat knock something onto the ...

05/22/2025

Managing a farm can be physically taxing, but at least I am getting my exercise! I spent all day Tuesday and part of Wednesday morning raking up pine straw and using it to mulch the gardens. Mulch will help conserve water and help manage weeds.

05/22/2025

A pleasant surprise this morning. I spent yesterday morning weeding the sunflower bed and never noticed any potential blooms. These are multi-branching sunflowers that will produce several blooms.

05/22/2025

In spite of losing a few sunflowers, the remaining sunflowers are thriving. Sunflowers will be a staple at our you-pick farm.

05/22/2025

Some of my sunflowers are dying. Last week, I sent two of them to Auburn University for diagnostic testing. In the meantime, I pulled out the remaining dying plants in hopes of keeping any potential disease from spreading. There's always a misadventure at my farm! I have to laugh to keep from crying! 🤣

04/23/2025

Have you ever been in a situation where you hear a noise, but you can’t figure out what you are hearing?

Did the noise scare or upset you? Maybe the noise was more of an annoyance. Perhaps you were pleasantly surprised when you identified the source of the noise. On the other hand, maybe you were horrified by what you discovered.

Read all about my latest misadventure when I finally discovered the source of a strange noise coming from inside in my house this morning.

Have you ever been in a situation where you hear a noise, but you can’t figure out what you are hearing? Perhaps you are finding it challenging to determine the direction from which the noise is originating? “Is that the refrigerator? Was that an earthquake? Did the cat knock something onto the ...

04/23/2025

These are wild muscadine grapes that I found in my back-yard. These are not the muscadines that I am growing in my vineyard. These are growing in the wild and I have never seen them produce fruit before.

If you look closely, you can see the tiny, baby grape clusters. I'm not sure if these are red or white grapes. I'm going to leave them alone and see what happens as they grow in the summer. If they are large size, I might just take some cuttings and transplant them into the vineyard next year.