Category Archives: From the Veggie Fields

Let’s Call it a Party

We’ve got short rads, pink rads, long rads, white rads, and black rads.  Even watermelon rads.  Its a radish party over here and they are so good to us. Radishes are a good source of of vitamin C, Potassium, Folate, … Continue reading →

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Torrid Tropics in Wintertime

  Yes, you are probably over talking about the 80 degree weather in December. But in agriculture we gotta talk about it. Even some of our heat tolerant winter crops are succumbing to bolting. We have more successions of crops … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Celery

Our celery is growing up! While it won’t be ready for a little while yet, we thought you’d like to see how it’s coming along. The farmers always get a little tear in their eye when their babies are growing … Continue reading →

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Not Bolting into Winter

Broccoli, cabbage and kohlrabi (all in the Brassica family) are starting to take shape and be ready for harvest.  These plants prefer the cooler winters in Central Florida. Many of the winter crop seed varieties grown at the farm are … Continue reading →

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The Choi-ful Season

With the abundance of various Choi’s this season here are some facts to ponder as it sits on your plate: -Joi Choi as well as Pak Choi, Pak Choy, Bok Choy are all the same crop as Bok Choi (just … Continue reading →

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Lousy with Lettuces

This time of the year vegetables feel the neglect. With cookies, key lime pie, kugel, monkey bread, lasagna, and holiday parties vegetables tend to get kicked to the curb for a month.  Try to stay inspired to keep up your … Continue reading →

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Now is the time to plant

It’s time to get our planting faces on. Plants in the trays, plants on the bench, plants in the greenhouse, plants growing up the fence.  Well, maybe not quite that extreme but we’ve got some planting to do.  In the … Continue reading →

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What’s afoot in the seed trays

With the kids away for Thanksgiving break, experimentation is afoot. Caroline, our Education Program Manager, is experimenting with Hydro-priming her seeds in the education gardens while she takes a break from teaching visiting students.  Hydro-priming is a technique where a … Continue reading →

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Lights, Camera, Action!

Lights! (are strung), Camera! (for the photo booth), Action! (party) Today is the day we’ve been seeding, planting, and sweating for– its the harvest celebration Planter’s Ball! Throughout the day we have over 40 volunteers coming to get the farm and food … Continue reading →

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It Must Be Planter’s Ball Time

Our fruiting vegetables are rolling out out of the fields with the farmers and greens fan the landscape at the farm at this time of year. Which means it must be Planter’s Ball time. Planter’s Ball is an annual celebration … Continue reading →

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