The Guest Houses at Rhineland Farm and The Freckled Hen

08/27/2026

08/24/2026

What’s in the freezer at

The Freckled Hen?

Texas Iberico Bacon
Texas Iberico sausage

Pork and Bacon hotdogs
(Nitrate and Nitrite free)
in natural casings

Chicken Sausage Patties

Come grab some of these and other goodies in our store.

3157 County Rd. 411
Glen Rose
Open every day
8 AM to 7 PM

Remember, we are an honor system store, payment is by cash or Venmo.

Nate🦜 would love to see you.

08/24/2026

If you live in Texas, this is your reminder to drink another glass of water in the next hour.
Drink another before bedtime and one more FIRST thing tomorrow morning, before your morning coffee.

Now that we’ve covered basic survival…

There seems to be a lot of talk lately about relationships being cut off, rearranged, and people deciding where they stand with one another.
But , the relationship I’m concerned about right now is the one Autumn seems to have with the state of Texas. 😂

Autumn, if you’re listening, we need to talk.🧡🍁🎃

Apparently somewhere along the way you got the impression that Texas loves Summer more than we love you. We don’t know who told you that, but please don’t believe it. We love you both.

Texans, we need to roll out the welcome mat and do whatever it takes to let Autumn know she is wanted here. 🍂

Autumn, you don’t even have to make a big commitment right away. Come mingle with Summer, quickly, for a little while. Give us a cool morning here, a 79-degree afternoon there, maybe a little breeze just to remind us you still care.

And Summer… you’ve had a good run.
And you are behaving now like an over achiever and we are done!
Well done!

It’s time for you to rest for about nine months. You’ve certainly earned it.
We welcome you next May.☀️💛

In all seriousness, let’s keep praying for our beautiful state.
May the Lord relieve us from these horribly hot temperatures and replenish our dry and thirsty Texas soil with
His wonderful gift of rain.

Lord, send the rain. We are ready. 🌧️

08/18/2026

Tips for managing armadillos?

We have tried several
“no fail” approaches and
FRED the armadillo is way too wise.
We were so excited about the last trick, these Solar generated Spikes that go in the ground and emit a beep sound every 30 seconds to deter an armadillo.
Fred was not phased at all.
Share your tricks.
We have five or six armadillos out at the property that we know of.
Each one has their own domain : One is by the farm store , each guest house has their own armadillo, one loves our beautiful St.Augustine grass .
We name all of the armadillos , Fred.

We don’t want to get rid of them completely. We’re just trying to give them all a smaller area to dig and look for grubs without destroying everything pretty that we plant.

08/16/2026

With the recent salmonella outbreak involving grocery store eggs in Texas, along with the fact that most of our hens are currently on strike due to this excessive heat, quantity is simply not meeting demand.

But we’re doing the best we can.

At this point, the first $100 bill gets you a dozen eggs.

NO LOWBALLERS. I KNOW WHAT I’VE GOT HERE.

Just teasing! Our egg prices are still the same. We’re putting fresh eggs in The Freckled Hen refrigerator as quickly as we can after gathering them each day.

08/11/2026

Do you ever just make the decision to go outside and be still?

Sit and watch the sunset.
Listen to the sounds of the night settling in.
Put down the phone.
Breathe a little deeper.
Pray.
Sing a favorite song in your head.

Sometimes we need to quiet the noise long enough to remember how much beauty God has placed right in front of us.

Tonight at Rhineland Farm, this was enough.

08/08/2026

PLEASE — LET’S ALL BE EXTRA CAREFUL!

It is dangerously dry and horribly hot. Our grass and fields are crunchy, crispy tinder just waiting for a spark.

Don’t be foolish. Don’t take chances. Keep yards and acreage mowed and weed-eated, and save the burning, campfires and grilling for safer weather.

We are incredibly grateful for our firefighters who show up and work quickly to get fires under control.

Let’s all do our part to protect our homes, neighbors, animals and land.

08/04/2026

All-Natchur-L

We love buying raw (cream on the top)
milk from this dairy in Grandview.

They also have an honor system self checkout store.
Open every day, in Grandview.

You should check them out.