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Marie profiled in Green Source DFW June 29th, 2015
Growing Urban Roots -
Acres USA Dec. 2014 Issue
Voted Best CSA 2013!
Living Natural First Radio Interview
Featured in
Edible Dallas & Forth Worth -
Winter 2009
Market Day Feature Story in
NeighborsGo - July 2010
D Magazine -
Chefs for Farmers Launch long-table style benefit dinner at
Eden's.
Market Day - Our Humble Beginnings
"...an urban country adventure." - Kim Pierce DMN
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What's growing at Eden's?
To give you an idea of what is going on at an organic farm located in north
Texas, as we plant, (and have time to update the website), we'll share with you
what we're currently growing.
The purpose of this page is two-fold; to help gardeners looking for basic
guidance on planting times as well as to help inform folks of real time farming
versus planting that vegetable garden in your back yard where conditions are
more manageable and controlled. When you go to a local market stand and
wonder why something isn't there, perhaps this information will help you to
understand local produce in north Texas.
Spring is coming! - The greenhouse is
overflowing with warm season goodies waiting for the night temps to warm up
consistently. Irish potatoes and onions are in the ground and waiting on
rain. Seems we're always waiting on something in farming.
Lettuces are in the ground and growing, as are cabbage and carrots, radishes and
snow peas. We'll put in more every couple of weeks to extend our CSA
harvest season and give crops time to re-grow between cuttings.
Soon it will be time to get beans seeded, corn and even an early "risk" crop of
squash and cukes. I'll not put out the tomatoes or peppers for several
more weeks unless it is in a low tunnel - and even that won't happen for about
another week or so. Easter is late this year and since it coincides with
the lunar cycle, which often brings us a cold snap and subsequent freeze!
Raining Cats & Dogs!
With all of the rain and cold, we've had a difficult time getting the soil ready
to do much of anything. In between rain events, we managed to put a few dry days
together and get some staples in the ground with the existing cool season
veggies already struggling through the coldest winter on Dallas' record books in
quite some time.
Kale, collards, mustard greens, spinach, lettuces, cutting (green) onions,
garlic, cabbage (which is struggling to form heads) and a few other cool
season crops are in and growing.
We'll be waiting a bit longer to put in tomatoes and peppers - the nights are
still pretty chilly and the soil has not warmed up yet either. But, with this
week's warm temps we may be out of the woods early this year. Hope so!
Potatoes are finally in the ground....
Purple Majesty
This potato was developed by Colorado growers using natural
cross-breeding techniques that somehow resulted in a superspud containing
freakishly high amounts of antioxidants. We like that! (Read
more)
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