Author Archives: Mark

Elgin Local Goods Store

Elgin Local Goods just opened in downtown Elgin.  It’s a new store affiliated with the farmers market and carries produce and meats from local farms, as well as crafts and other locally made wares.  We’re stocking some of our produce and grass … Continue reading

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Spring Harvest and Summer Planting

Harvest is coming into full production, while planting continues for middle and late summer vegetables.  Take a tour of our main garden…  Wider view of the producing rows, with newer green beans in the front, tomatoes in the background 100 … Continue reading

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Austin Area Farmers Markets

         Visit us weekly Thursday afternoons in Georgetown. We’re at the Georgetown Farmers Market Thursdays 3:30-6:30 in the Church of Christ parking lot.  Highway 29 west of I-35 at the DB Woods intersection. Visit our public Facebook page for … Continue reading

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How to Fix Collard Greens

Collard greens grow well this time of year and we have a steady supply at the farmers market.   Did you know you can cook and use them in many different ways?  We didn’t, until we read this article: Collards … Continue reading

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Grass Fed Beef Hamburgers in Downtown Austin

Get on down to Svante’s Stuffed Burgers in downtown Austin for one of their delicious all grass fed beef hamburgers. For the next week these are made with our new ground steak. Svante’s normally has beef from their own ranch but the … Continue reading

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Turkeys and Chickens

A family we know is moving out of the area so we acquired their flock of mature poultry – 10 turkeys and 7 chickens.  These are heritage turkey breeds of Spanish Black, Royal Palm, and Rio Grande.  Most were born … Continue reading

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Seed Starts for 2014

We’ll have a series of seed starts this spring.  Every two weeks starting in mid January we’ll start seeds for transplants.  These will be replanted in the garden about 6 weeks after planting.  The first couple of seed starts will … Continue reading

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