Farm Happenings at The Farm at Millican Reserve
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Farm Happenings at The Farm at Millican Reserve

Farm Happenings for May 22, 2021

Posted on May 19th, 2021
Howdy All! We are well soaked out at the farm! This will put some limitations on what is harvestable but we still have a great variety of veggies this week. We are definitely seeing some growth in our summer crops such as okra and eggplant. It won't be long before they are producing enough to inclu1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 19, 2021

Posted on May 16th, 2021
Howdy All! The farm continues to flourish with production! We are expecting another round of heavy rain this coming week but with our field completely planted out and our plot of cover crops, I do not expect it to hamper our harvests too much.  We are coming to the end of our CSA yearly season1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 15, 2021

Posted on May 12th, 2021
Howdy All! We are excited to start digging into some of our potato beds this week. New potatoes to be exact! This means they are fresh out of the ground and not cured for longer storage. New potatoes may be my favorite vegetable of the Spring. Combine them with our carrots, sweet onions, and celery1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 12, 2021

Posted on May 9th, 2021
Howdy All! Temperatures seem to be rising and that means good news for some crops but bad for others. Our winter and early spring crops are coming to an end with the last couple harvests happening over the next week. The summer crops are really enjoying the heat though! I've spotted a handful of ba1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 8, 2021

Posted on May 5th, 2021
Howdy All! This week's focus is on harvesting and drying our onion crop for the year. We planted over 8,000 onions with a 50/50 mix of Red Creole and Texas Legend sweet onions. As you have probably noticed, we have been including them in the CSA for a few weeks now. These are the final weeks of our1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 5, 2021

Posted on May 2nd, 2021
Howdy All! It's been a soggy few days out at the farm! While excess rain isn't typically good for the fields, everything seems to be draining well and I was happy to see that the beans, winter squash, cantaloupe, and watermelon seeds that I planted have germinated and weren't washed away. The farm1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 1, 2021

Posted on April 28th, 2021
Howdy All! We received some much needed rain this past week that should get our winter squash, watermelons, and cantaloupe off to a great start. New items in limited quantity are coming out of the field every week. As the weather warms, we will be producing more. New potatoes should be making their1 read more »

Farm Happenings for April 24, 2021

Posted on April 22nd, 2021
Howdy All! We are still pushing ahead with all our planting. It is hard to believe that I am running out of space and beds to as our focus shifts towards our deep summer crops. The good news is that more beds will open up as we begin to harvest our storage sweet onions, red onions, and potatoes in1 read more »

Farm Happenings for April 17, 2021

Posted on April 15th, 2021
Howdy All! I apologize for the tardiness of the Share adjustment email. We are working quite hard in the fields getting things ready for our Spring harvests! Over the next few weeks we will see a few new items trickle into the shares. While I won't have enough just yet for everyone, the fields shou1 read more »