Growing Together Texas

04/04/2026

I spent the morning supporting my favorites. Started at at 9 for their Saturday open art time. I did a botanical drawing of mint and rosemary from local community gardens and started to watercolor it… Then I hit up for some celebratory Easter treats. Next we went to to load up on produce from and got an amazing meatball mushroom sample from ! And then I finally got to have lunch at the new brick and mortar location for . To say I was excited is an understatement. and have sooooo many amazing local businesses to enjoy! 🤗

04/02/2026

When we say we get practical experience at the Saturday service days we mean it! In March we had three separate service days where we taught volunteers from twelve years old to adults how to customize and repair drip irrigation. We have been able to improve the irrigation to maximize our growing space in four of the fourteen beds. So come on out and join us April 11 or 25th from 11-1 and hopefully we can get the rest of the beds done in April! Whatever skills we teach, we share to help all of us growing more produce at your own gardens!

03/31/2026

We had such a great visit with last week. and let the Square Mile team come tour and ask questions. I love helping gather growers we always learn so much from each other! We are working on some collaboration projects as well! More to come soon!
Visit Lucy at Idalou Harvest in Idalou and pick up some apples while you still can! You can find produce from E3farms and many more local growers at at both Adelphos cellars on Tuesdays and the Arboretum on Saturday morning!

03/02/2026

Thank you Lubbock AgriLife Extension Horticulture for all you do to support growing in west Texas!

02/16/2026

We don’t get a lot of rain in west Texas but when we get around an inch it almost fills up the rain barrel at thanks to our shade structure and catchment system funded by
We turned off the irrigation at the garden today and we will start to use this stash up!

01/02/2026

First Saturday service day of 2026 is tomorrow from 11-1!
still has collard greens, parsley, rosemary, and there is some green garlic available!

12/20/2025

We had our last Saturday workday of 2025 at the this morning! We will be open on Monday at 11 am if you’d like some collards, kale, parsley, rosemary, or green garlic for meals with your loved ones this holiday week!
Roots will be closed on Wednesday of course but we will be open again on Friday at 11!
Today we added worm p**p (the scientific word would be “castings” if you want to impress your friends 😆) and worms to the Garlic bed. We are trying a new thing at the Roots garden where we are copying the and ONLY planting Garlic in this bed. We somehow lose the garlic every year when we interplant it with leafy greens so we are actually trying their method and hoping for better results. 🤞🏻
Garlic is a heavy feeder though so you need to keep giving it food throughout the long growing season (November through May). We added worm castings I made at home with lots of worms in it and will follow up with blood or bonemeal anf a balanced organic fertilizer ~every month.
Anyone else out there growing garlic in west Texas? What’s your favorite way to feed it?

11/28/2025

We got to enjoy butternut squash two ways this Thanksgiving! We made both “Squash salad with Kale and Roasted Garlic” with apples from
and also the new contender for our favorite dessert, “Butternut custard cake” from
I have made this cake twice now and each time multiple people ask for the recipe!
You can find butternut squash from on LBKGrown.com

11/24/2025

The will be open on Wednesday from 11am- 1pm for you to come harvest some for your Thanksgiving meals! So come on out and get some free greens and herbs!

11/22/2025

Drop off your pumpkins at the Peikert Farms farm stand and pick up some goodies while you’re there! 😋

Just a reminder that one person’s trash is a pig’s and chicken’s treasure! We would be so grateful to have your pumpkins when you are finished with them! They go a long way to feed our animals during the winter! You can drop them off in the trailer by the farmstand (if it’s not there when you stop by just put the on the east side of the house). We are also happy to pick them up if you just send us a message! Thanks everyone for supporting our little farm! Please feel free to share this post!