• The Beauty of Foggy Bottom Farms.
  • Begins with the Farm
  • Continues Through the Mountains
    • Round Top Mountain
    • Hodge Mountain
    • Larkin Mountain
  • Embraces the water
  • Reflects on the Floods
  • Visits the Waterfall
  • Marvels at New Discoveries
• What we learn from our animals.
  • Dexter Breeding Problems
  • We Learned About Boundaries
  • Cows Know Food
  • Chelsea - The Enforcer.
  • Aggie and Gryffindor - A wee bit o' Scotland.
  • Carter- The Great Pyrenees.
  • Who you callin Fowl?
• Dexter Cattle For Sale
• What we learn from our plants.
  • Bugs are Nature's collection department
  • Herbicides are bad, Hm'Kay?
  • The Old timers knew more than they told us.
• What we learn from our friends
  • Know what's enough
  • It's okay to be wrong, just don't be mean.
  • Share a lot
  • Cherish the Past
• Why I enthusiastically Support The Weston A. Price Foundation
  • Because You Have a Right to Wholesome Food
  • What You Need to Know About Processed Food
    • How Processing Removes the Food Value
    • Why Traditional Diets are Better
    • Raw Milk is the BEST Milk
    • Safe Sources for Fresh Milk
    • Finding a Local Food Source
  • What's Wrong with the FDA, FTC and the USDA?
  • Why Are So Many People Excited About Grass-fed Beef?
  • What To Look For in a Farm
    • Look At Farm
    • A Relationship, NOT a Bargain
    • Clean, But NOT Disneyland
    • A Complete Circle of Life
    • A Two to Five Year Development Plan
  • What the Farmer Looks for in YOU
    • Do you value QUALITY over Quantity
    • Can You Be Shown a Better Way?
    • Can you embrace "Seasonality"?
• Website Discount for WAPF Members
• Meet John and Marsha Langlois
• Have Fun with "The Spoof"
• Contact Us
• In the News
  • The Nature Conservancy Assists FBF
  • Foggy Bottom Farms featured in AcresUSA
  • USA Today Quotes Us
• Spring Fun at FBF
• Other interesting places

Minimum City, Maximum Nature

The annual flooding of many parts of the Paint Rock Valley scares most developers away.

On our farm the Larkin Fork will jump its banks about 3 times per year. The flooding leaves a nice silt deposit for which the grass is grateful.

Some of the roads farther South, including State Highway 65 may be closed for up to 12 hours until the water recedes.

We can only hope that this acts as buffer against the urban sprawl that plagues so much of America.

Fanning Cove

Fanning Cove is framed by Hodge Mountain to the North and Maxwell mountain to the South. Our Eastern view includes Round Top Mountain, Miller Mountain and a portion of Brewer Mountain.

The convergence of these mountain ridges makes possible the beautiful waterfalls. This valley also creates its own microclimate. We receive more annual rainfall than Huntsville, Al and are generally 5 to 7 degrees cooler. The combination of extra moisture and cooler temperatures makes for some really foggy mornings, hence the farm's name.

How big are those mountains?

My West coast friends tease me that they don't consider anything a mountain unless it exceeds 2,000 ASL.

Our perspective is "how bad would it hurt if you fell off of this one?

Sorry, We Have No Caves.

The geologic formations of this area are remarkable. Caves and sinkholes catacomb certain areas. Blowing Cave is located about a mile West of us.

Many cavers visit Russel Cave, which is farther North.