Farm Happenings at The Farm at Millican Reserve
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Farm Happenings at The Farm at Millican Reserve

Farm Happenings for August 19, 2023

Posted on August 17th, 2023
Good Morning Everyone, Just a reminder that this week will be the last CSA of the season. It was a pleasure getting to know everyone at the CSA pick-ups. Thank you for supporting the farm! Thank you, Alexander  read more »

Farm Happenings for August 5, 2023

Posted on August 3rd, 2023
Howdy!  This week at the farm we have begun flipping some of our tomato rows as it is too hot for tomato production. We have decided to keep a few tomato beds in production that have the possibility of production in the fall. One night last week, we had some raccoons that enjoyed 3 100ft rows1 read more »

Farm Happenings for July 29, 2023

Posted on July 27th, 2023
Howdy! This week at the farm we were able to weed the growing areas as well as trellis some of our red noodle beans. The Armenian cucumbers have started producing so we are expecting our first harvest in two weeks. Thank you, Farmer Alexander  read more »

Farm Happenings for July 22, 2023

Posted on July 19th, 2023
Howdy! This week at the farm we planted armenian cucumbers, asian eggplant, summer squash, and winter squash. These sessions will allow us to produce into late summer and early fall. Cantaloupes are finally here! I expect to have them over the next 3 weeks.   If you have any fall/winter crop s1 read more »

Farm Happenings for July 15, 2023

Posted on July 13th, 2023
Good Morning, I hope everyone is stay cool as the summer heat is ramping up. This past week we were able to do a deep weeding of our cantaloupe beds to prepare for the harvest in 2 weeks. We also began seeding out some of our last summer sessions of eggplant, roselle, and okra. It is hard to imagin1 read more »

Farm Happenings for July 8, 2023

Posted on July 6th, 2023
We are grateful that the Brazos Valley Summer weather has been kind to us so far. This week we have seeded more tomatoes, basil, squash, & cucumbers. As always, thank you for your support! -The Millican Reserve Farm Team read more »

Farm Happenings for July 1, 2023

Posted on June 29th, 2023
Howdy! This week at the farm we prepared half of our field with cover crop to prepare for fall planting. Since we have a sandy-loam soil structure this cover crop will allow us to add more organic nutrients to the soil. Or first session of roselle is doing great out in the field, I believe that we1 read more »

Farm Happenings for June 24, 2023

Posted on June 22nd, 2023
Howdy! This week at the farm we were able to instal our drip tape for summer field irrigation. Next week we will begin processing our storage onions and potatoes for the CSA, so keep a look out for them in the coming weeks. The cantaloupe plants have been thriving in this weather so I expect to hav1 read more »

Farm Happenings for June 17, 2023

Posted on June 15th, 2023
Howdy! This week at the farm we were able to harvest our storage potatoes and carrots. We will offer the potatoes in 3-4 weeks once they have dried.  We are also finishing up our summer preparations by adding the shade cloth to the high tunnel. The shade cloth will allow us to grow our tomatoe1 read more »