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Farm Happenings at Covey Rise Farms
Farm Happenings for April 9, 2022
Tomatoes are looking good and enjoying this warmer weather, they are my favorite plant to grow, and also to eat! We are a little behind schedule with them this year because we had such a late winter, a frost in the 3rd week of March hasn't taken place in a few years. I am hoping we will still have1 read more »
Farm Happenings for April 2, 2022
Blueberry bushes have started to bloom and the bees are in them thick, doing what they do best. There is a bumble bee in the picture if you look close, it was hard to capture with the 20-30mph gust but I did my best! Hoping everything doesn't get too beat up in this wind. Planting more this week, s1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 26, 2022
Squash and cucs are coming up good, they made it out better than my first planting of tomatoes with all this wind we have been getting. We will be planting and replanting more tomatoes this week, along with peppers and eggplant. I hope every faired well with the crazy weather we had, the farm did o1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 19, 2022
We will start harvesting Spring onions next week, although they are a bit later than usual, they look great and I can't wait to eat some! This week we are also planting tomatoes, peppers, squash, and cucumbers on our fresh plastic, it has been muddy but we are getting them in the ground. Sweet corn1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 12, 2022
Green garlic is finally here! The warmer weather we had really made it jump. Looking like we are gonna have a frost over the weekend, hopefully the last one. We have more spring transplants that are frost sensitive in the barn and ready to go in the ground. We will have to cover up some squash, cuc1 read more »
Farm Happenings for March 5, 2022
I hope everyone had a great Mardi Gras, I can't believe it is March already. We got some new black plastic laid for all of our spring crops like tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, peppers, okra, and eggplant. Forecasts are not showing anymore freezes for a least 2 weeks, which means we will be planting o1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 26, 2022
Happy Mardi Gras to everyone! We have some beautiful purple and gold cauliflower that is getting close, my goal was to have it for Mardi Gras week but it is not quite ready. Warmer weather is here for a bit and everything is growing great, hoping we can get a few cooler nights but it wouldn't hurt1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 19, 2022
We are planting our first batch of sunflowers this week! (5,000 seeds for 1st planting) Hoping they do okay with any other cold weather we get, once they germinate and are about 2 weeks out of the ground they can handle a light frost. Hard freezes will often zap them but we usually gamble on the fi1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 12, 2022
Warmer weather has definitely been welcomed by everything in the fields. Just some sunshine and dryer weather has been really nice! We got strawberries uncovered and let the sun hit them and picked a decent amount, although they are flying out the cooler as quick as they come in. Planted some more1 read more »
About the farm
Covey Rise Farms is located in Husser, LA just north of New Orleans in central Tangipahoa Parish and is part of the Covey Rise Sportsman's Retreat. The farm started growing vegetables on 10 acres in 2009 and has expanded to over 60 acres at present. The farm not only grows multiple varieties of over 30 types of vegetables, but in recent years has added fruit trees and flowers. Our produce is enjoyed at various types of restaurants in New Orleans and surrounding areas, from the finest restaurants to quaint neighborhood cafes and everything in between and by our local produce/CSA members.
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