Flock and Field

And the bounty continues! The harvesting is a tedious and messy process. Worth it? We will see …

Working on a project for my Social and Behavioral Health class, and came across this Swedish video campaign from 2016 about why we should pay attention to how our food is grown. It's a worthwhile 90-second watch!
While it is a commercial campaign for a Swedish grocery store chain, the messaging is powerful.

The following year, the company who produced the video was sued and lost -- they can no longer use this video to advertise as it was found to be "misleading" to the public and "fearmongering".

I still think the message is strong, and the plaintiff didn't prove the science was wrong.

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Heirloom Tomato plants are ready to go in the ground! Yay for an early spring 🤩

I have lots and lots. You can get them from me directly or pick them up at Foreman’s in Colleyville on Hwy 26 and Cheek Sparger.

Varieties still available:

Valencia
Ukrainian Purple
Supersweet 100
Striped German
Moskvich
Bean’s Yellow Pear
Black Krim

$3 each (4” pots, grown organically)

What’s going on in the garden this week? Well, I’m glad you asked 😀

The cute little bachelor buttons and scabiosa I planted last fall are hanging in there during the freeze. I covered them with frost cloth for the snow event we had on Jan 10, but I got lazy during this week’s temps in the low 20s (F). They look like they are doing just fine without the frost cloth. They should be ready to bounce in a month or two 💐

The Meyer lemon trees in the greenhouse are budding out. These take FOREVER to get ripe, but so worth the wait 🍋

Most of the tomatoes are seeded in the pink trays from Bootstrap Farmer. 10 different varieties of heirlooms (yum!) and a couple of hybrids. These will be ready for sale about March 1, give or take.

Handy hubster David built a new 3-bin compost setup. Outgrew the last one! He used recycled pallets given by our friends at Nothing Bundt Cakes in Hurst.

Propagated a bunch of random stuff to give away after they are mature enough. Mostly I just wanted an excuse to hang out in the greenhouse on these chilly days 🥶

And my Aunt Kale from NC sent me this hysterical stuffed fluffy chicken. We named her Sabrina, she hangs out on our mantle, and I love her!

What’s in your garden right now?

If I were to order some short-day Texas Legend onion sets in bulk, would you be interested in buying some to grow out in your garden? Pricing would be somewhere in the range of $9.00 per bunch (one bunch is about 48 plants) or $5 per half bunch (24 plants).
They need to go in the ground here in N.Texas by end of January.

Yellow, Globe Shape, Sweet, Open Pollinated
Size Potential: 6″
Storage Potential: 3-4 months
Days to Harvest: 100-105 (matures 10-14 days earlier than the 1015Y Texas Supersweet)

A worm walks into a café, and the owner says...

"How did you do that?"

You know it’s going to be a great workshop when you get to meet your heroes!

Just now harvested the cauliflower and romanesco before the hard freeze. Do you have anything growing in your garden right now?

January is seed starting month, woohoo!!!

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