Hello Farm Friends,

Well it's been a little more than a month since our move from GA to AL and the new farm is booming with activity. The Lord has blessed us with daily afternoon thunder showers which have caused the grass to explode. The cows are in the third heaven and they are rewarding us with lots of delicious grass fed milk.

Susan is back to making yogurt so don't forget to add some to your order or pick some up in the store. Drizzle a little of our Branon Family Farm Maple Syrup on top and it taste better than ice cream!

So many exciting things are happening at the new 130 acre farm it is hard to know where to start. We are in the middle of having our new 40 x 125 Dairy Cow Barn built in order to make room for our new Jerseys. Our friend and fellow farmer, Daniel Seedorf, brought us our 4 new additions to the herd and they have gone right to work helping us fill milk bottles. 

Haven, Trina, Fig and Gala are all registered Jerseys, A2-A2, have been fed organically and are being taught to lead by Willie and Ellie. They have settled into the pecking order amongst the other cows and are making the adjustment wonderfully. The cream line is arisin'.

We have been blessed with 68 more acres for grazing our grass fed partners as well as 2 more beautiful lakes. Saturday, David caught our first bass from our new 2 acre farm pond and Susan had it for dinner. "Mama" loves her bass so David enjoyed giving her the very first fresh catch of the day. Southern seafood, and Susan loves it as much as I enjoy a Ribeye Steak.

Soon we will be doing a store expansion very similar to the one we did in GA. One nice bonus is our new store in AL has a bathroom! We would love for any of our new farm friends to come see our new farm even if your plans are to order through one of our co-ops. It sure would be nice to meet you, talk a little "Home Steading" and get to know you in person!

Anna has been very busy getting us settled in and looking after Heidi and Laura who spend most of their inside time under Anna's feet. Heidi and Laura said that Anna was their new favorite momma. Granny (Susan) is second. Even though this breaks our hearts we are glad that they have some female stability again. The Lord always makes a way even when there seems to be no way. 

For those of you that have been patiently waiting for chocolate bars to return to the store menu, Anna will be back in the kitchen soon! We had to wait 30 days before we could get into the new house so we are still moving in between daily chores. This has kept Anna very busy. Serve up a bowl of creamy yogurt and the chocolate bars will be returning soon!

Susan is helping David coordinate milk and egg sales, doing endless bookwork so the IRS can have a happy camping experience and talking with many of you on the phone or in the store. Oh, by the way, our new phone number is 256-492-7066. Call us or better yet come see us. We sure miss our weekly visits with so many of our faithful farm friends!

David oversees milkings and makes sure the cows get a new paddock of fresh greens every 12 hours. Willie and Ellie have become vital farm hands. Willie is quite the dairyman and Ellie, his faithful sidekick, is an excellent milk maid.

I spend most of my time weed eating and trying to accomplish farm building projects. David and I were carpenters for many years so we enjoy getting our hands back on the hammer. Presently, we have no shortage of farm projects so long as this ole carpenter can keep the hammer away from his thumb I guess I'll keep driven nails!

We would like to say a sincere thank you to all of our dear farm friends that have stuck it out with us and are adapting to the co-op deliveries. And we would love for you to come join us as well here at My Dad & Me Family Farm!