Weekly Newsletter
May 22, 2025
Find us at Robson Ranch tomorrow (5/23) from 8 - 11 am and the Keller Farmers Market Saturday (5/24) from 8 -noon. We will also have the Flower Cart out Sunday morning after 10:30 am.
In bloom
Chamomile, milkweed, and poppies are wrapping it up this week, but the gladiolus, lilies, lemon bee balm, and hydrangea are in bloom. The forget-me-nots, love-in-a-mist, yarrow, larkspur, dianthus, bachelor buttons, nicotiana, bells of Ireland, black & blue salvia, daisies, and tassel flower are also still in bloom.
Available Starters / Seeds
Seeds: Bluebonnets! 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: Black & Blue Salvia (see picture), cauliflower, tarragon, yarrow, 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, coleus, dill, & cilantro.
Farm Tasks for the Week
Looks like it is soon to be a buggy year! We have tons of grasshopper nymphs jumping about, so bought a nest of praying mantis. We’ll see how it turns out. We’ve also put several bird feeders around the playing areas.
Fire ants have been a large problem setting up shop in nearly all the beds. Although the bites are no fun, the bigger problem is that they love to chomp on our sunflower babies. Will be spreading dried molasses as I’ve been told they will pack up and move as they do not like sugar. Seems counter intuitive but giving it a go.
Transplanted the gomphrena starters into their sections and finished planting the crocosmia (super late on them!).
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 Peach Jam, Peach Butter, Peach Jalapeno Jam, Ginger Peach Jam, and Cinnamon Peach Jam!
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. Have been pressing a lot of yarrow due to the large quantity in bloom these past weeks.
*One of three black lab mix pups (Flutterina with her white sock) … they are very difficult to photograph due to non-stop motion.