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Farm Happenings at Covey Rise Farms
Farm Happenings for March 14, 2024
We are ready to get some spring/summer crops planted on this fresh plastic mulch, even though I do think we could see a frost in early April! I am hoping that doesn't happen but it seems to be the norm the last couple Spring seasons. We will be getting some summer squash and cucs planted soon thoug1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 7, 2024
Strawberries are coming in great at the moment, we picked about 25 flats over the weekend. The other thing I noticed over the weekend was our blueberry bushes are starting to bloom and they seem thicker than ever, so hopefully we will have a great season. We are ready to start planting some Spring1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 29, 2024
The warm weather has definitely been making it feel like Spring, the broccoli plants that are blooming yellow tell that story for sure. If you look close you can see a honey bee in there doing its thing, they were thick in those blooms! Hoping to have some younger broccoli plants make the cut befor1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 22, 2024
It is starting to look like the Groundhog prediction will be be correct with the forecast we are looking at. Not much rain in the forecast either, which means we will be busy prepping for Spring plants to go in the ground. I love cold weather but typically by mid February I am ready for some warm s1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 15, 2024
I swear we have some of the best sunrise and sunsets here on the farm, this particular one was taken in October of 2022 and if you look close you can see the giant fall tomatoes in the back! I am ready for some sunny Spring days where the highs only get into the low 70's! We will be planting out ou1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 8, 2024
Green Garlic is getting very close to being ready, I am hoping we can harvest some late this week or next week and start offering it in the boxes. I am waiting to get a few more seed deliveries in and I will be sending off our spring seeds to the nursery. In the mean time we will be working ground1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 1, 2024
We got a ton of rain last week, roads were flooded and it was a muddy muddy mess. Out of all the current growing crops, the strawberry plants took it the hardest for sure, I walked through them this morning and couldn't find one single strawberry worth picking. As you can kinda tell in the picture1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 25, 2024
Well the weather that was projected was spot on for us at the farm, we got down to 19 degrees the first night, and then 15 degrees the following night. Thankfully we had some rain before the 19 degrees that first night, that actually insulated the plants that we weren't able to cover. Everything lo1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 18, 2024
Another artic blast for us to deal with is on the way, with projected temps to hit 16 degrees we have been doing all we can to prep for it. It is gonna be a tough week for sure, especially with another cold front to hit us by the weekend. We picked a good bit of stuff over the weekend and now we ar1 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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