Our plants can swim!
Did you know our garden plants could swim? We didn’t either! In an average year, this area sees about 43 inches of rain, with about 13 of those inches falling by late April. Last year was a bit on the…
Spring Soil Fertility
All weekend we’ve been preparing garden beds, spreading compost, tilling, marking, and even found time for a little planting. Unfortunately our splendid new equipment we raved about in a previous post let us down, and we had to resort to…
Spring CSA Menu
Are you wondering what to expect in your CSA shares this spring? Here’s a menu of what we’re working on for you. It’s going to be a great season. We harvest 6-8 items each week for our members in as…
Building it up!
Throughout 2014 Red Moon Farm experienced major growth, not only in our beautiful and abundant gardens, but also in our infrastructure. We started out the year committed to grow for over one hundred farm families in our 6 acre garden…
Our new useful farm tool: manure spreader!
One year ago, Justin and I loaded our little Nissan pick-up truck with compost and drove back and forth across our pasture. In first gear and riding the clutch I crept across that 6 acres, Justin balancing on top of…
Summer Irrigation
To keep producing fresh crops year round in Texas, it’s pretty risky to rely solely on rain water. With the inconsistent rain patterns in the South, choosing to forgo irrigation would mean our growing season would be coming to a…
Cover Crops
Some of you may have heard of farmers using cover crops in their fields and you might be wondering, what’s that all about? Cover crops are used for a wide variety of reasons, and different crops can provide different benefits…
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