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Farm Happenings at Covey Rise Farms
Farm Happenings for February 1, 2021
A few days on the warmer side and these mustard greens started blooming like crazy! The flowers were surrounded by our hardest workers, honey bees! As much as I love the winter and cooler weather, I am ready for some sunny and 75 degree days. We will be busy again this week planting and getting rea1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 25, 2021
Second to last round of Winter transplants are going in the ground! It is a wet and muddy mess out on the farm right now, but its not slowing us down with getting plants in the ground! We have some fair temperatures in the forecast so we are trying to get as many young transplants in the ground as1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 18, 2021
January is flying by for me, I am ordering seeds and working on the Spring farm plan this week! It will be here before you know it! We typically start planting our squash, tomatoes, peppers, and cucumber transplants around March 10th, depending on the weather. When the transplants show up from the1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 11, 2021
We are planting our last batch of onions! I wanted to share a picture of the onion sets we get before planting, they are about the size of small ink pen with 75 in each bunch! We plant yellow, white, and red creole and we usually start harvesting the first in late February or early March. We start1 read more »
Farm Happenings for January 4, 2021
Happy New Year to everyone! I know everyone is glad to put 2020 behind them, lets hope 2021 is a much better year for all! The picture is some Kohlrabi (Green and Purple) that we are starting to harvest. It is considered a superfood (nutrient-rich food beneficial for health and well-being) that is1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 28, 2020
I hope everyone had a good Christmas! We are just starting to pick some Green Garlic out of the field. We call it green garlic bc we pick it before it starts to form in pods. We typically plant the garlic pods in mid-August to early September and normally they are ready in mid to late January (so a1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 21, 2020
It has been chilly on the farm the last few days, but not as cold as it was in December of 2017! The picture is a plot of Tuscan Kale covered in the snow, I was actually on vacation when this happened and after seeing the pictures I didn't get much sleep! One thing we learned from that was the snow1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 14, 2020
FINALLY!! We are finally picking some carrots! One of my favorite crops to eat for sure, but also one of the hardest crops to grow! The hardest part about growing carrots (for me anyway) is getting them to germinate and have a good stand in each plot. Soil temperatures need to be in the 60 to 75 de1 read more »
Farm Happenings for December 7, 2020
Well we got our first frost/freeze of the season as expected, temp dropped to about 28 degrees! We have some damage but overall we I think we faired okay. The picture is a plot of young (6-8 weeks old) cole crops like broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage that we covered with our row covers. These cov1 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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