Farming Realities

After a crazy winter, we thought we had experienced the worst of it. But, the freeze that occurred on the night between March 3rd and 4th turned out to be pretty devastating for the majority of our crops. Fortunately, we had plenty of transplants and seeds and have been busy replanting. So, this week at the market we mostly had cabbage for sale and just a tiny bit of other stuff. So, sales were slower. As usual, I enjoyed interacting with the local community. A TAMU class studying an anthropology of food and nutrition came out to the market. It is definitely neat to learn about where our food comes from. 

The weather has certainly caused some set backs. If anything, I am certainly obtaining a value lesson about the realities of farming. It is really interesting, in a day where we take so much into our own control, farming is something we cannot really control. Though we can toil, water, fertilize, and any number of things, at the end of the day, the biggest factor, weather, is out of our control. I can only imagine what it would be like if I relied on things I grew to feed or support family, as many do. 

Here a few pictures of recent things we have planted at Howdy! Farm

Some onions that managed to survive the freeze....

I cannot wait until all of these new things are ready to harvest and we have an abundance of things to sell to the local market!