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  • Gifting your favorite farm

    Gifting your favorite farm

    If you’re looking for something real, local, and small to gift, here are a couple of options from the farm: *New!* Gift Membership: Gift a Farm Membership to someone you love! You choose how to gift it. eGift Card: Never expires. For redemption at the farmers market. You choose how to gift it. Purchase anContinue…

  • For a local, organic thanksgiving – shop this weekend

    For a local, organic thanksgiving – shop this weekend

    If you’re planning to have a local, organic thanksgiving this year, here is a list of what is abundant this weekend at the market. This market is your chance to get everything you need to celebrate in the coming week. Holiday staples: green beans, butternut squash, summer squash and zucchini, carrots (orange and rainbow), turnips, kale,Continue…

  • Florida-grown dahlias are here! November through April.

    Florida-grown dahlias are here! November through April.

    Dahlias are beginning to bloom in the greenhouse. We plan to be harvesting an abundance of dahlias from mid-November, through April 2026 – through the winter. Find our local, certified organic, Florida-grown dahlias weekly at our farmer’s market in St. Pete! Wholesale buyers – inquire here!

  • Calling flower lovers!

    Calling flower lovers!

    Flowers are prolific this week – a volcano of color and scent erupting forth from the farm! Marigolds are at their peak abundance this week – right in time for those celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, happening now! Dia De Los Muertos, widely observed in Mexico and Mexican communities (whose celebrations include marigolds),Continue…

  • What we’re harvesting in October

    What we’re harvesting in October

    Here’s what we’re harvesting now: greens – bok choi, kale, collard greens, dandelion greens lettuce – romaine, red leaf, green leaf butternut squash & heirloom cushaw pumpkins eggplant – italian and japanese cucumbers, summer squash, zucchini squash blossoms! peppers – shishitos, banana peppers, hot peppers cherry tomatoes roselle hibiscus galangal – learn about it hereContinue…

  • Brand new crops this season

    Brand new crops this season

    Introducing two brand new crops this season: Heirloom Cushaw Pumpkins: White Galangal (Thai Ginger): ​Full harvest preview for opening day at Saturday Morning Market →

  • 🍉 What we’re harvesting this week! Opening day!

    🍉 What we’re harvesting this week! Opening day!

    The harvest season is here. Join us at opening day of Saturday Morning Market in St. Pete this Saturday from 9am-2pm! Here’s what we’re harvesting this week: We can’t wait to welcome you back on Saturday, October 4th at the Saturday Morning Market in St. Pete. Bring a friend, come say hello, and fill yourContinue…

  • Oct 4th – we’re back!

    Oct 4th – we’re back!

    Hey y’all, We’re all light on our feet, working with the momentum of the season. Racing toward the first harvest, now just two weeks away. We’re planting daily, sowing seeds, stringing crops, moving water, mowing borders, cultivating soil; every moment working toward one goal – grow, grow, grow! MARK YOUR CALENDARS and TELL YOUR FRIENDS,Continue…

  • Coming soon – Harvest Season!

    Coming soon – Harvest Season!

    Howdy friends, Have you felt the hint of fall in the air? Lower humidity, temperature turned down a notch. In this fair weather, we’ve been busy getting the fields planted for the upcoming harvest season. Crops are growing! We plan to be back at the farmers market for opening day in less than a monthContinue…

  • More members than ever before

    More members than ever before

    THANK YOU! The last three weeks introducing our new model of membership have been so inspiring and energizing. Seeing so many returning names – and so many new ones – has given us a huge boost of momentum as we plan for our best season yet. We’ve already welcomed more members than ever before, whichContinue…

  • Gratitude at the end of the season

    Gratitude at the end of the season

    Howdy friends, We’re still catching our breath after our final market of the season – and if you were there, thank you for helping send us into summer with full hearts. Thanks for showing up this season – it means the world to us. Right now, there might still be veggies in your fridge. MaybeContinue…

  • What IS the new membership?

    What IS the new membership?

    We’ve been talking a lot about joining the new farm membership – we want to make sure everyone has heard the news about the newly redesigned program. Here’s the short version: We redesigned the program to be simpler, more generous, and extra welcoming.​There’s no longer a Farm Card or a large upfront commitment. It’s easy to join, andContinue…

  • Brand new: redesigned membership

    Brand new: redesigned membership

    Here we are — with a little trepidation, but a lot of love — ready to release something new into the world. If you’ve been here a while, you might know our membership Farm Card.It was a big upfront commitment for our most die-hard market supporters. For the new season starting this fall, we’re changingContinue…

  • Happy Mother’s Day!

    Happy Mother’s Day!

    Dear friends, This weekend is for the mothers—it’s time to honor our loved ones and share all the love we have. We always go big for Mother’s Day – planting extra flowers in abundant variety for the occasion. Almost nothing makes us feel better than spreading and sharing LOVE! Come join us this Saturday atContinue…

  • Local, organic thanksgiving

    Local, organic thanksgiving

    If you’re planning to have a local, organic thanksgiving this year, we thought it might be helpful to let you know everything we will have in abundance this weekend at the market. This market is your chance to get everything you need to celebrate in the coming week. Holiday staples: green beans, butternut squash, summer squashContinue…

  • Market is back – after the storm

    Market is back – after the storm

    We’re thinking of all our friends in St. Pete and Tampa after Hurricane Milton. We made it through the storm on the farm. Our harvest will be reduced for some time, but thankfully we do still have many delicious crops to harvest. We are cleaning up the fields and replanting crops now. The farmers marketContinue…

  • Market Season Begins!

    Market Season Begins!

    We hope you are doing well in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. If you suffered the damages of this catastrophic storm – you are in our hearts. We were lucky to be spared and the farm suffered minimal damages from the wind we received.​So now – the season is beginning as planned. Our first harvestContinue…

  • Mid-summer update!

    Mid-summer update!

    The growing season is upon us! We have begun sowing seeds in trays in the greenhouses, planting young plants in the ground, and preparing more fields for the abundant growing season to come! This summer we received abundant rain – a welcome change from the past many summers stricken by drought. With ample moisture, ourContinue…