Our Spring Picnic + 5k Garden Gallop is coming up on March 26th! Photo by Scott David Gordon

As a Community Supported Agriculture farm, we're always looking for opportunities to get the community - YOU - enjoying the farm as often as possible! With 3 great events coming up, we hope that you will have a chance to join us this month. The farm is as beautiful as ever right now - we just barely beat the rain this week to finish transplanting squash, peppers, okra, tomatoes and more warm weather goodies, and the fields look amazing. Bring your families along for the fun and enjoy one of the loveliest times of year in central Texas with JBG! We promise you won't regret it.

Organic Gardening Workshop with Brenton Johnson

Missed your chance to grab transplants last week? Fear not! This Saturday, March 12th, in conjunction with the second weekend of our Transplant Sale, Farmer Brenton is hosting an Organic Gardening Workshop for all levels at our Garfield Farm. He'll be offering wisdom on everything from site selection to fertility, variety choices and more. Gain the confidence you need to start growing some serious backyard veggies with hands-on demos from our own backyard gardener gone wild. Participants will have plenty of opportunity to ask questions as well - so you can finally find out why your tomatoes just won't set fruit and what those darn black spots on your basil mean!

We invite you to bring your families along, and stay after the event for a picnic at the farm. This rain looks to be clearing up for the weekend, so don't let the weather deter you! Workshop participants also receive a 10% discount on transplants and a special "crop insurance" discount for a CSA share from the farm.

Tickets are available at jbgorganic.com/workshop

Photo by Scott David Gordon

Pop-Up Transplant Sale at Salt + Time

If you can't make our weekend transplant sales, your garden space isn't quite ready yet, or if you just like fine, locally sourced and cured meats to go along with your garden planning, we've got a solution for you. JBG is partnering with our good friends at Salt + Time Butcher Shop and Salumeria to host a one-of-a-kind pop-up transplant sale on Wednesday, March 23rd from 3-7 pm. Coincidentally, Salt + Time runs a fantastic happy hour from 4-7, and new neighbors SPUN Ice Cream will be dolling out free scoops for select customers at the same time.

This will be the last chance to purchase certified organic transplants from the farm this spring, and what better opportunity could you think of? Happy Hour! Salumi! Ice Cream! Plants! Farmers! Butchers! You!!!

Pre-orders for this pop-up event start this Wednesday, March 16th at jbgorganic.com/transplants

JBG's Annual Spring Picnic and 5k Garden Gallop

On Saturday, March 26th, join us for one of our absolute favorite events of the whole year - our spring Picnic and 5k Garden Gallop! Celebrate the return of Spring with your community and your famers with a full day of family-friendly fun at JBG.

Tickets to this year's event are just $10 (kids under 12 are free!) and include admission to our third ever 5k on the farm - the Garden Gallop. With the help of our friends at Rogue Running, we've created an exciting fun run to give you a tour of our 186 organic acres of farmland! Run, walk, skip or hop around the field and enjoy seeing your veggies growing all around you. Our Kid's Fun Run is back again as well - a 1 mile course for the little ones that includes prizes for participants!



Following the run, we've scheduled some swingin' local groups to liven up the day with their music. Doug Moreland and The Bottom Dollar String Band are both back for a second show at JBG, with a third band TBA.  Bring a chair or blanket, and a cooler of food and drinks from home so you can sit back and enjoy the tunes and weather while your kiddos play on our famous sand pile. Frank Hot Dogs and Cold Beer will be bringing their trailer along if you don't want to bring your own food - or if you just love their hot dogs.

It's always easier to throw a party when you know how many people are coming, so buy your Picnic and Garden Gallop tickets today! We also have a limited number of volunteer slots - please email the farm if you are interested in helping out. We can't wait to see you on the 26th!