Flack Farm

I am LOVING my strawberry patch. 🥰 My back, not so much. LOL

Not too shabby for one of the first harvests! Keep your 👀 peeled- we should be back at the weekend markets soon!

Flack Farm is excited to celebrate the return of Spring!

I just wanted to reach out again with some resources you can stay up to date, and ask you to consider signing the petition if you have not yet. This battle is going to be a long one, and the local community can not fight it alone.

Change.org - https://share.google/r7xhvxUdNTfcJQz7R

If you have the time drop an email to your representatives! You can easily find them and the links here-
wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home

Please visit these for more info and updates-
www.defendbigbend.com
Www.nobigbendwall.org
Www.no-al-muro.com

I am happy to answer any questions you may have, share the official resolutions of cities, sheriffs, counties, and members of Texas house of Representatives. Just send me a PM.

Dear Friends,

I am writing to you today with a heavy heart—but also with hope.

This note is not about politics or party lines. Truly. It’s about our shared community, our shared landscape, and the spirit that brings so many of us to Big Bend in the first place.

Right now, the Department of Homeland Security has fast-tracked construction of a physical steel wall through Big Bend National Park and nearby Big Bend Ranch State Park lands. All environmental studies and protections have been waived. We are being told that construction could begin in just a few weeks. Things are already moving fast on the ground. Local businesses and landowners are being approached daily as contractors scramble to house 600 workers who would build this wall. Our own electrical company was contacted to attempt to hire us to begin the electrical portion of the camps intended to house them!

If this moves forward, the impact will be devastating and permanent:
• 116 miles of Big Bend National Park land and access to the Rio Grande will be lost- basically conceding it ALL to Mexico
• Over 20 miles of riverfront land will be gone, from the parks, from the landowners, etc.
• Hoodoos and Balanced Rock trails will be permanently inaccessible
• Paddling through Colorado Canyon would be blocked forever
• Several area campgrounds will have to close
• There will be no access to the Langford Hot Springs
• Wildlife corridors for black bears, mountain lions, and many other species will be cut off
• Multiple irreplaceable archaeological sites will be destroyed
• Our internationally recognized dark skies will be polluted by unnecessary permanent lighting
• Our landscape will be altered forever—this damage cannot be undone

Please sign the petition, write, call, email your representatives and follow for more ways to take action.

Thank you!

A month early! But its asparagus time. 😍

Potatoes are in the ground! Drip system is set back up, tested and repaired. Onions are settling in nicely. Strawberries are blooming. Garden is tilled and resting before planting more as it warms up. ❤️

The sunshine is glorious! 😍

It's time to plant your onions, carrots, lettuce, spinach, kholrabi, radish etc.

I'm prepping to get my potatoes in the ground, peas, kale and more this weekend.

"Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond." ~ Kimmerer

I treasure this sacred bond we have built together, my garden & my soul.

Happy Valentine's day everyone!