PHOTOS FROM THE FARM: 3.10.21

03/12/21 — Ada Broussard

Very suddenly, it seems like acres of reminders of the winter storm have vanished. We've cleaned up just about every field of dead crops, the mushy leaves mowed, pulverized, and then turned into the soil adding organic matter back into the ground. Many of these beds have already been replanted, and many more will be replanted soon. Believe it or not, there are certain areas of the farm that are still too wet to work the soil, and we're waiting until they dry out a bit more to work the beds and get new crops planted. Memories of ice and snow feel distant, and we are fully engrossed in all-things spring. This week we planted tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, and peppers! Our Transplant Sale is still happening every Saturday from 9 am-1 pm at our Garfield, Texas greenhouses and we are SO grateful to everyone who has visited. We re-arranged the greenhouse a bit and have made for a more streamlined shopping experience. Here is an Instagram video where we give a tour of the sale. In addition to transplants, we are also setting up a market stand at the sale so you can snag your transplants and weekly vegetables. We are really enjoying having visitors out to the farm on Saturdays, and this year's Transplant Sale has us dreaming of setting up a more permanent "market stand" at the Garfield farm because really, is there any place to get your veggies that from the farm itself? Hope you'll join us this weekend. Don some sneakers, and walk the fields! It's beautiful out there!

The green onions are looking green again! Photo by Scott David Gordon.

Green garlic - use the green and white parts of this baby-garlic for a mild, sweet, garlicy punch. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

Before we are ready to get on the tractor and transplanter, we "pop" the cells trays of the baby plants. We use slender wooden dowels and gently push up through the drainage hole that is at the bottom of each plant. Photo by Scott David Gordon.