Farm Happenings at Heritage Family Gardens
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Farm Happenings at Heritage Family Gardens

This week in the garden.. Summer week #7

Posted on July 5th, 2019
It's been a slow start to the summer but it's finally arriving! We've got lots of baby peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and summer squash that we hope will grow quickly now in the heat, and tons of blooms everywhere too so many, many more are coming!  We're all looking forward to it! read more »

Summer Week 6: Change in schedule, Volunteer Day and Facebook group

Posted on June 27th, 2019
We're cruising through the summer now! Please be sure to note that pickup and delivery days are adjusted next week due to the 4th of July. Roosevelt pickup will be on Monday, Vernal pickup and home deliveries will take place on Tuesday, and Jensen pick up will be on Wednesday. Same times, same plac1 read more »

Guinea Fowl: Our Pest Crusaders

Posted on June 21st, 2019
Look at our cute little guinea! They're so cute as keets (baby guinea) yet they grow into very unusual looking birds. read more »

Summer Week 4 and we're waiting on the heat!

Posted on June 13th, 2019
I never thought I would ever say that I'm ready for it to get hot but I just might be.  The cooler temperatures have been nice on one hand, but we're definitely noticing a difference in the speed of growth of our warm-loving crops like tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, etc.  Even ou1 read more »

Summer Week 3

Posted on June 7th, 2019
We've had some very hungry caterpillars in Ernie (one of our hoophouses).  The children's book is cute (Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar), but in really life, it's such a nuisance.  The last cold snap, we closed up Ernie to protect the crops from a potential frost, and that raised1 read more »

Summer Shares Week #2

Posted on May 31st, 2019
And we're off!  Summer Shares are underway! For those that are our bi-weekly shareholders, this is your first week of shares for the summer. We're excited to see our returning shareholders again and to meet our new shareholders.  New shareholders, if you're having a hard time finding your1 read more »

First week of summer shares!

Posted on May 24th, 2019
Welcome to the 2019 summer season! We’re excited to see our returning shareholders again and to meet our new shareholders. For new shareholders, if you’re having a hard time finding your pickup location, please call/text Stacey (435-219-8670) for more detailed directions. As far as farm1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 22, 2019

Posted on May 18th, 2019
This is the final week of the Spring Greens share!  Thanks so much for joining us on this inaugural adventure of gardening and producing so early in the year.  Mason and I have learned a lot about spring gardening this year and we're excited to apply what we learn in future years and seas1 read more »

Farm Happenings for May 15, 2019

Posted on May 11th, 2019
Well, well, time is flying! We've only got 2 more weeks left of our Spring Greens share before rolling into our Summer shares.  The temps are warming up and some of our cool season crops are starting to go to seed already.  We enjoyed Bok Choy blossoms in our salad for lunch today and the1 read more »