Sweet Berry Farm’s Harvest the Fall Fun 2010 (Marble Falls)

Over the weekend, our family went with some friends to Sweet Berry Farm in Marble Falls, taking the scenic 1431 route out there. Our kids love pumpkin and fall festivals, and the weather could not have been more cooperative. We arrived shortly after 10 am, and about half of the parking spaces were already occupied. [...]

Cedar Park Farms to Market

Oh, hallelujah! As much as I love downtown Austin, trekking there with two kids in tow is always a major event (even with hubby’s help) so I can’t tell you how excited that I am with the new Cedar Park Farms to Market. Though the Brushy Creek farmers market had been available to the northwest [...]

Evergreen Farms fall festival 2009 (Elgin)

There is just one weekend left of this year’s Evergreen Farms’ fall festival, the “Pumpkin Hunt.” This is another Christmas tree farm in Elgin that hosts “pumpkin” events for families to enjoy.  We have always gone to the Elgin Christmas Tree Farm, but this year we decided to try out Evergreen Farms for a change [...]

Elgin Christmas Tree Farm fall festival (2009)

It’s that time of year again where local farms sell gorgeous Cinderella pumpkins, carving pumpkins, pie pumpkins and gourds.  Parents scramble to find a good pumpkin patch to take the obligatory yearly pumpkin picture, and posts start popping up all over parenting boards asking if anyone has spotted a good pumpkin patch.  We make our [...]

Greenling.com – local, organic food delivery service

A little while ago, I saw for the first time, zipping down Mopac, Greenling’s delivery van with its tagline for organic food home delivery, and it made me curious to look into it though I never did use the service right away.   We would go to the farmers’ markets to pick up what we needed on [...]

The Mediterranean Chef and “Grandma’s Humus”

Each weekend when we visit a local farmers’ market, I look for The Mediterranean Chef stand because I need my “Grandma’s Humus” fix.  My love of hummus is almost as great as my love for Pocky, so much so that even my child recognizes the “chicken pea” as she calls it.  We use it for [...]

Austin Farmers’ Market at Republic Square (downtown)

Our love affair for locally grown produce and foods continued with a trip to the Austin Farmers’ Market this past Saturday where AFM celebrated all things tomato.  For those who have never taken the time to check out one of the many farmers’ markets in town, I have created a list of all the markets [...]

Boggy Creek Farm and Farm Stand

Boggy Creek Farm is a USDA certified organic urban market located in East Austin on 5 acres of land with a historic farmhouse building.  All the produce and flowers sold at the farm stands are produced at this farm and at a farm which the owners operate in Gause, located in Milam County.  Together the [...]

Sunset Valley Farmers’ Market

Open every Saturday morning from 9 am to 1 pm, we try to take the kids every chance that we can to support local farmers and food artisans.  Though the prices are a bit higher than at grocery stores, there is no comparison in freshness.  We have purchased just harvested mushrooms, yellow cauliflower and other [...]