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Farm Happenings at Covey Rise Farms
Farm Happenings for February 1, 2021
A few days on the warmer side and these mustard greens started blooming like crazy! The flowers were surrounded by our hardest workers, honey bees! As much as I love the winter and cooler weather, I am ready for some sunny and 75 degree days. We will be busy again this week planting and getting rea1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 25, 2021
Second to last round of Winter transplants are going in the ground! It is a wet and muddy mess out on the farm right now, but its not slowing us down with getting plants in the ground! We have some fair temperatures in the forecast so we are trying to get as many young transplants in the ground as1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 18, 2021
January is flying by for me, I am ordering seeds and working on the Spring farm plan this week! It will be here before you know it! We typically start planting our squash, tomatoes, peppers, and cucumber transplants around March 10th, depending on the weather. When the transplants show up from the1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 11, 2021
We are planting our last batch of onions! I wanted to share a picture of the onion sets we get before planting, they are about the size of small ink pen with 75 in each bunch! We plant yellow, white, and red creole and we usually start harvesting the first in late February or early March. We start1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 4, 2021
Happy New Year to everyone! I know everyone is glad to put 2020 behind them, lets hope 2021 is a much better year for all! The picture is some Kohlrabi (Green and Purple) that we are starting to harvest. It is considered a superfood (nutrient-rich food beneficial for health and well-being) that is1 read more »
About the farm
Covey Rise Farms is located in Husser, LA just north of New Orleans in central Tangipahoa Parish and is part of the Covey Rise Sportsman's Retreat. The farm started growing vegetables on 10 acres in 2009 and has expanded to over 60 acres at present. The farm not only grows multiple varieties of over 30 types of vegetables, but in recent years has added fruit trees and flowers. Our produce is enjoyed at various types of restaurants in New Orleans and surrounding areas, from the finest restaurants to quaint neighborhood cafes and everything in between and by our local produce/CSA members.
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