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Farm Happenings at Covey Rise Farms
Farm Happenings for February 22, 2021
It is looking like most of our crops made out okay with the cold. The rain that turned to ice actually insulated the plants and kept them warmer than the 18 degrees we had last week. The rainbow chard in the picture was taken Wednesday when the ice had started to melt. The sun has been out the last1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 18, 2021
We got down to 18 degrees at the farm, everything is still frozen at this point so I am not sure how we fared. One thing I have learned about farming is that mother nature has a mind of its own, with that said, the good thing about our growing zone is the changing of the seasons. Soon we will be co1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 15, 2021
We are covering up everything we can in hopes it will help save some of our crops! We are not sure how everything will handle the cold, one hope is that maybe the freezing rain will insulate the plants and keep them from getting as cold as the air temp. Fingers crossed and prayers said! As of now w1 read more »
Farm Happenings for February 8, 2021
Rain, rain, go AWAY! It has been an ugly last few days on the farm, wet and muddy does not begin to describe it. We are preparing best we can for this super cold front coming, luckily we have not started to plant tomatoes/squash/cucumbers just yet, hoping this is the last of the artic blast. The st1 read more »
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 »
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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