Farm Happenings at Heritage Family Gardens
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Farm Happenings at Heritage Family Gardens

Winter #2 - Cold yet green in January

Posted on January 14th, 2021
Baby it's cold outside! Gonzo, the hoophouse with our winter greens, is staying relatively toasty, however, which we're thrilled about! Under that white frost fabric, (which is thick and heavy!) there's lots of green plants!! And here's a peek at what's under the fabric! It's a little smushed being1 read more »

1st Ever Winter Shares

Posted on December 9th, 2020
Welcome to the first ever Winter Shares! Thanks for joining us this winter! It will be exciting as we experience winter growing together! We have gone back to resources from yester-year to learn about root cellar storage and field storage as well as looking at newer resources to learn about winter1 read more »

Fall Week #5 - Last week of our Fall Shares

Posted on November 11th, 2020
It's our last week of Fall Shares although it's looking more like winter outside right now.  We're not ready for winter yet for many reasons - although we are super grateful for the all the moisture in this wet snow because it's been SO dry.  One reason is because we haven't totally gotte1 read more »

Fall Week #4 - Stocked up and ready for winter!

Posted on October 29th, 2020
This time last week we were working overtime to get as much harvested out of the garden as possible before the freezing temperatures were forecasted to arrive.  We farmers end up end up worshipping our weather apps as we're trying to stay ahead of whatever is coming.  read more »

Fall Week #3 - Looking ahead...

Posted on October 15th, 2020
As we're taking down and cleaning up around the garden and farm for the year, we're also in the midst of a lot of preparations for our Winter Season and our 2021 Seasons.  We always need to be looking ahead... We can't plant a seed today and expect vegetables tomorrow. So many life lessons to1 read more »

Fall Week #2 + New Flower Offerings

Posted on October 2nd, 2020
We've had a great week catching up on everything.  We spent a lot of time in the back pastures of our property doing work back there, improving an irrigation line and trimming and removing trees.  One evening as we sat around the campfire after the days work was done, we watched the sun s1 read more »

Happy Fall! Fall Week #1

Posted on September 17th, 2020
And just like that, the new season of Autumn is upon us...  It's going to be a beautiful and delicious fall! read more »

Last week of Summer Shares! Summer Week #14

Posted on September 10th, 2020
Wow! What a great summer we've had and here we are at the end which I suppose is a good thing since Mother Nature seems to be quickly ushering us into Fall... Even still, we're hoping for a nice, long, and mild fall. How about you?! ;)  This past week we harvested watermelon all bundled up whi1 read more »

Summer Week 13 and U-Pick-It This Saturday :)

Posted on September 3rd, 2020
Our first U-Pick-It of the season is this Saturday, Sept 5th!! From 8 am - 5 pm, bring the whole family out to your farm and enjoy a beautiful late-summer day all while picking your own tomatoes and tomatillos. :)  Don't forget that there's special discount pricing just for Farm Shareholders,1 read more »