Weekly Newsletter
May 15, 2025
Find us at Robson Ranch tomorrow (5/16) from 8 - 11 am, the Coppell Farmers Market Saturday (5/16) from 8 -noon, and the Sanger Farmers Market Saturday (5/16) from 9 -1. We will also have the Flower Cart out Sunday morning after 10 am.
In bloom
Roses, clematis, Siberian wallflower, and delphinium finished up last week. The forget-me-nots, love-in-a-mist, yarrow, larkspur, dianthus, poppies, bachelor buttons, nicotiana, chamomile, and tassel flower are in blooming. New this week are the bells of Ireland, milkweed, black & blue salvia, gladiolus, daisies, and lilies!
Available Starters / Seeds
Seeds: Bachelor’s button, love-in-a-mist (nigella), forget-me-nots, cosmos, dara (colored queen Anne’s lace), Mexican sunflowers, gomphrena, bee balm, celosia, cock’s comb, lime basil, blue spice basil, Persian basil, Thai basil, purple hyacinth bean, hardy hibiscus, bupleurum, tassel flower, and marigold.
Starters: cauliflower, tarragon, yarrow, apple mint, oregano, catnip, green beans, marjoram, curly parsley, orange thyme, spearmint, rosemary, lavender, cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash, sweet 100 tomatoes, better boy tomatoes, Genovese basil, sweet basil, lime basil, and coleus. New* dill & cilantro.
Farm Tasks for the Week
Fertilized the hydrangea for the last time of the season. We delayed it a week as it was too rainy the first week of May which would have washed away the fertilizer.
Dug out the anemones for storage. We left the anemones in place last year and lost a few. That coupled with the dense spacing led to experimenting with digging them out. It turned out to be the right decision as that roughly half of the corms either disappeared or were in a serious state of rot. The other half are safely drying for storage until the fall.
Continued to flip the early spring crop beds to zinnias, sunflowers, and celosia. The gomphrena “babies” are still a little small to transplant but they are growing quickly.
Bluebonnet seeds are coming soon! Definitely within the next month.
Chickens
We will only have eggs available at the Robson Ranch Farmers Market this week. If you’d like some to pick up at one of the other markets, email/text.
Jams / Jellies
We have peaches! Picked up a bushel on my drive back up from Houston through Fairfield. Haven’t had time to make the jams, but they will definitely be available next weekend! Be on the lookout for Peach Jam, Peach Butter, Peach Lime, Peach Cinnamon, Peach Jalapeno, and Peach Ginger!
We have the following jams available:
Usual Flavors: Seasonal Flavors:
Strawberry Jam - Strawberry Lemonade
Strawberry Blueberry Jam - Chamomile Jelly
Strawberry Peach Jam - Viola Jelly
Strawberry Jalapeño Jam
Blueberry Peach Jam
Blueberry Lime Jam
Blueberry Jam
Blueberry Jalapeño Jam
Apple Butter
Mango Raspberry Jam
Raspberry Jam
Cherry Jam
Cards
We have a large assortment of handmade pressed flower or quilled cards along with quilling kits.