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Farm Happenings at Covey Rise Farms
Farm Happenings for January 5, 2023
Happy New Year to everyone and also Happy new CSA season! I want to apologize for last week being an off week, I don't remember telling Harvie that I wanted to skip the week after Christmas but apparently I did in December 2021. We fixed that so we will have a full year of boxes this year. The cold1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 28, 2022
The cold really did a number on us this go round, lowest temp I saw was 18 degrees but it may have dipped to 17 at one point. While we covered everything we could, 20 degrees and a bit below that, doesn't sit well with most of the plants we are growing at this time. Some will die off from it but ho1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 22, 2022
In the farming industry in South Louisiana, a forecast that looks like this weeks is something you never wanna see, but it is part of farming that we can not control. We will be draining everything, protecting as many of the exposed pipes that we can, covering what plots we can, winterizing all tru1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 15, 2022
Looking like we are going to have some cold weather moving in and possibly sticking around for a while. We have been stretching out our cloth covers and filling sandbags to get ready for it! One of the things that I try to do is get the 4 to 5 plantings of braising greens(Kale/Chard/Collards) big e1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 8, 2022
Romanesco is coming in well and it is beautiful! My kids always call it Christmas trees when we cook it, as they eat it up better than most winter veggies. Weird weather patterns have made some things slow down and others seem to do better with it, but that's Louisiana weather for you. We have a go1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 1, 2022
Strawberries are in and they look great. I can't believe December is here, this year flew by. We typically start planning and buying seeds for the Spring in mid December, just to make sure we get the varieties everyone likes before seeds sell out. The first planting of onions have been planted, and1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 24, 2022
As much as I hate to see tomatoes go, I know we will be back planting them again soon. We had a decent run with these Fall tomatoes, but as you can see the cold got to them. We were lucky we didn't loose them in October when we got that early season frost, I could not cover them up because they wer1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 17, 2022
The cold weather has set in and it looks like it may stick around for a while. The forecast for the farm this week doesn't get out of the 50's for the high! We will still be out in the elements picking, planting, and taking care of everything! With thanksgiving around the corner, we will try to get1 read more »
Farm Happenings for November 10, 2022
We are starting to harvest some shallots finally, they look great and I am excited to start cooking with them. I hope everyone is still enjoying their boxes, I feel like we have a good variety right now with some newer winter stuff but also some late summer/Fall stuff as well. We got all of our str1 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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