M and R Farm

Seguin’s Farmers’ Market

Ray — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:08:40 +0000

The Guadalupe Valley Gardeners’ Market is looking for farmers/gardeners to join the market. If you grow fruit or vegetables and would like to market your produce this may be the place. You can only sell what you grow. An inspection is conducted to verify what you grow.

Other farm products like meat, milk and cheese are also welcome along with baked goods. These products require certain permits and certificates and are required before you can sell them at the market.

If you are interested in joining the market you can contact me (under contact us on web site on contact information for Ray.) The Guadalupe Valley Gardeners’ Market is scheduled to meet at the Ag Building in Seguin on February 22, 2011 at 6 PM. After the meeting all current members and new members will complete applications for 2011.

Garlic at the Farm

Ray — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:43:13 +0000

I have been slow getting started on writing this.

Last garlic season I had planted 12 varieties of Garlic. Garlic season here starts in early September when the garlic is planted until June or July or later when the last is harvested and hung to dry. Those varieties included hard necks and soft necks and all did well.

This season I planted 27 varieties. Of these there are 25 varieties that are in a garlic test with Dr. Joe Masabni, Horticulturist with Texas AgriLife Extension Service at Texas A&M University College Station.

There is garlic native to just about all parts of the world. They do best in areas where the climate is close to the climate in the area where they were found. My farm is located in USDA Zone 8B. Only soft neck garlic is recommended for this area. The hard necks are recommended for colder areas. I am trying the hard neck varieties that appear to have the best chance in this area. They all grow here and the true test is the size of the bulb when it is mature. A small bulb does not spell failure and it may only be a matter of replanting to see if it will adapt to the area. The garlic saved from last season sprouted a lot quicker than the seed garlic that was brought in from other areas. That could show that it is already adapting.

I have about 8,000 garlic plants in the field. I am also growing 4 varieties of onions and 3 varieties of shallots and currently 1 variety of leek but am looking at 2 more varieties of leeks.

If you have checked the Garden section of the web site you saw that I plant a lot other varieties of vegetables.

February 2010 Kids

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:48:01 +0000

We just sold out of all the February kids.

Austin Farmers Market

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:41:43 +0000

The Austin Farmers Market operates Wednesday and Saturdays.

The Wednesday market is at 46th and Lamar from 3pm-7pm

Saturdays are at 4th and Guadalupe from 9am-1pm

Seguin Farmers Market

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:22:38 +0000

Seguin’s Farmers market is the Guadalupe Valley Gardeners Market that operates Wednesdays and Saturdays in Seguin.

The Wednesday market Takes Place at 510 Court Street in the Silver Center parking lot from 3pm-6pm. The market may occasionnaly be set up towards the back of the parking lot.

The Saturday market occurs on the corner of Donegan and Austin streets from 8am-12am.