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Debbie's Garden -
Wednesday September 28, 2011 - By Chickadee1
The fall garden at my house consists of broccoli, cabbage, collards, sugar snap peas, and lettuce. Planted some celery, too, still waiting to see what that looks like! I still have arugula, as it reseeds itself pretty well. Still getting a few...
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Elliott Family Farm -
Thursday August 25, 2011 - By Samuel
2011 has been a very dry year. It has been very challenging to attempt farming. The word is that produce crops are failing all over East Texas or have already failed. The only bright spot on Elliott Family Farms has been sweet potatoes. We planted them in out...
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Conroe Saturday AM market -
Wednesday August 03, 2011 - By Fred
Now I have heard of Golumpki because the wife is Polish. But have you ever heard of Stuffed cabbage casserole. Let me explain how this worked out. I wanted to use up what was left of my head of cabbage bought at Peas Farm this past weekend. It had been...
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Conroe Saturday AM market -
Monday July 25, 2011 - By Fred
SamM I Am "I like Green eggs and Ham". Until a few months a go I did not know Green eggs were real. Peas Farm showed me the reality. They bring Organic Eggs to Market every Saturday and often they are the first thing they sell out of. Here is my...
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Conroe Saturday AM market -
Friday July 08, 2011 - By Fred
Tomorrow Saturday July 9 should be another exciting visit to dwntwn Conroe. I am hoping that Elvis with Peas Farm will have Guajillo Peppers so I can learn to make Adobo sauce from scratch. This evening for dinner I cleared out the fridge with the weeks...
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Conroe Saturday AM market -
Tuesday July 05, 2011 - By Fred
July 4th was unique in SW Texas this year. Fire Bans were in full effect. I did not see fireworks in our neighborhood . Only on TV from dwntwn. Houston and Boston Harbor. After having eaten hotdogs all day on Sunday . I decided Italian sausage was the food of...
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Moonstruck Farms -
Monday March 28, 2011 - By Rowena
Well we are buying seed by the ounce and by the pound...big difference from last year. 150 feet of snow peas went in today instead of 20 feet like last year....100s of feet of squash, melons and green beans are planned. We have radishes with greens...
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Elliott Family Farm -
Sunday March 27, 2011 - By Samuel
English peas podded early. Too much heat. We are switching to an old heirloom Wando next season. On the other hand turnips are doing nicely. Most folks in tis part of the world prefer the greens rather than the turnips so we will be harvesting both. The...
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Cookus Interruptus -
Friday March 18, 2011 - By Cynthia
(The new neighbor) Not real pretty to look at but neither is the new neighbor. We give you the how to on both a vegetarian version
and one that includes ham. The cumin + dill marry well with peas. Try
it. You'll see. Watch video and...
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Moonstruck Farms -
Saturday February 19, 2011 - By Rowena
Okay the winds were a real test on the overall structure, but now we get to find out what the snow load is on the single layer of polyethylene...came home from church and dinner and found 4 inches or so already built up and decided not to take any chances and...
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Elliott Family Farm -
Saturday February 19, 2011 - By Samuel
I have been posting some baby turnip recipes on the Facebook page, Elliott Family Farm, and a few on the Dallas Farmers Market page. We have a good crop started and barring any bad weather, it should develop nicely.
Baby turnips are sometimes...
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Spring Hill Farms -
Monday November 15, 2010 - By David
The practice of letting pigs eat the corn from the stalks is a good alternative way of finishing pigs. It is a great labor saving practice because instead of having to pick the corn the pigs do the picking! It was a popular method in the early 1900's...
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Lazy Ox Farm -
Thursday September 09, 2010 - By Margie
We didn't intend to do hot summer garden trials this year, its just one of those things that happened to us. Gardens were failing all around our area, but we ate well and had an abundance to share. So, we thought we should share our successes with other folks...
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Elliott Family Farm -
Tuesday September 07, 2010 - By Samuel
Good rainfall the last couple of days and on our well drained East Texas hills, this will bring the last session of purple hull peas to fruition. Those of you who did not get any, or need more, there will be some for the fall. We decided not to plant...
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Elliott Family Farm -
Friday August 13, 2010 - By Samuel
The summer pea season was fast and furious. We picked sold and shellled a record amount of peas right on the farm. On farm response was so good, we didn't take anything to the Dallas Farmer's Market. Folks were buyng peas straight off the back of the picker....
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Elliott Family Farm -
Wednesday July 28, 2010 - By Samuel
Hot summertime Texas weather and good moisture have combined to give us peas a coulple of days early. The harvest started yesterday and will continue until tomorrow. Plan to come see us no later than tomorrow, and preferably today. We have sold lots of peas so...
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Elliott Family Farm -
Friday July 16, 2010 - By Samuel
The rain came down and the crops came up. God is good. We are going to have a bumper crop of southern peas. These pinkeye purple hulls are wonderful. We think they are far better than BVR or Quick Pick and certainly yield better. Harvest date should be July 28...
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Allways Farm Collective -
Monday April 26, 2010 - By Julie
Our farm collective represents the work of three farms, all under the grand tutelage of Ande Schewe, permaculturist extraordinaire. Over at the established Winddance Farm, things are moving along steadily. The asparagus was harvested this week - 7 pounds! The...
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Dragonfly Farms -
Friday March 12, 2010 - By Teresa
So I wake up this morning ready to face the day and look at digging my next deep dug bed to find it snowing. Not just a little drizzle of snow a full fledge storm, so I turn on the news to find out what it states and sure enough. WINTER STORM hitting the 4...
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