Wow you guys. What a couple of weeks. Yes, a lot of our crops that were in the fields died, but our transplants survived. Again and again, we are overcome with extreme gratitude over two things: 1) at our supportive and kind community and 2)the fact that our transplants, both those we had destined for our fields as well as those we seeded for the Transplant Sale have survived.

Last spring when folks suddenly realized they were going to be spending more time at home than usual, our community flocked to our greenhouses making 2020 was one of our most successful transplant sales ever. (Here are some of the beautiful gardens that bloomed from JBG transplants.) We again planned for a “larger than usual” transplant sale, and considering our supply of vegetables to sell will slow to a trickle, we are seriously grateful for the revenue stream that this transplant sale will provide for our farm. It will hopefully be a success and help us keep our staff employed when vegetables are at a minimum. We hope you will support the sale this year… we promise you won’t regret it!

The 2021 Transplant Sale begins tomorrow (2/27) and there are two main ways you can get your transplants this year.

OPTION 1: Come to our Garfield Farm Transplant Sale happening on Saturday, Feb. 27, March 6, and March 13, March 20, March 27, April 3, April 10, April 17, and April 24 (or until transplants run out) from 9am-1pm. The address to our Garfield farm is 4008 River Road, Garfield, 78612. Make sure to use this address! Google may lead you to our other location. We will have our biggest selection of certified-organic transplants at this greenhouse sale, and will also be setting up a market stand so you can get some veggies, too! We will open all the doors to our large greenhouses, masks will be required, and social distancing procedures will be enforced. Luckily, there is plenty of space to spread out in. We will also have a selection of organic compost, soil amendments, and farm-grade tomato cages and stakes available for purchase. Farmer Brenton will definitely be around tomorrow, and maybe some other weekends as well, so if you’re looking for some planting advice, we’ve got plenty of that, too. If you're wondering what type of plants we'll have, you can peruse the online page, though there will be even more at the in-person sale that was not included online. Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, herbs, greens, and much, much, much more. We've only grown transplants that we know are well suited for Central Texas gardens.



Each spring we usually have a large party at our farm where guests can meander through our fields and check out the spring crops. Although we're not having a big gathering this year, we still would love for you and your family to come out and enjoy the farm. Bring a picnic, and feel free to walk around with your family and stay awhile. There are 200 acres of vegetables for you to explore! Truly. Join us, and explore the farm’s fields. When we first thought of this invitation, we anticipated you strolling through lush and verdant fields, but of course things look a little grim, right now. Nonetheless, it’s a poignant reminder of the risk (and future reward!) inherent in farming.

OPTION 2: Pre-order your transplants through this page and pick them up at a participating farmers' market on the selected date. We will only be sending pre-orders to markets the weekend of March 6 & 7 and the weekend of March 13 & 14.

Just a quick view of what the online page looks like. Pre-order and pre-pay for a quick, contactless market pickup.

Our greenhouse manager, Giana, potting up some plants last year. Thanks Giana for again helping to organize such a wonderful sale!

Some closing thoughts: All of our transplants did not survive by chance, and some of the heroes of the past weeks are our staff that work in our greenhouse including Gianna, Adam, Isabel, and Ki who spend 2 frantic days moving thousands and thousands of transplants from our greenhouse into our office, warehouse, and the one greenhouse space with heated floors. Checkout this quick clip on our Instagram to see a shot of the warehouse, usually used to store soil amendments, empty cell trays, and equipment, covered floor to ceiling with trays of plants. Our office, a small 500 or so square feet, was also completely full of transplants. Computers and keyboards were draped with lettuce, and desks crammed with tomatoes. The transplants that couldn't fit in the office or warehouse were crammed into our one greenhouse space that has heated floors, that were then covered with burlap (leftover from seed potato deliveries) and two layers of frost cover that we luckily had hidden in a storage closet. Thank you Brenton for never getting rid of anything. Truly, the transplants looked as though nothing had happened, making our replanting and your spring gardens destined for success.

This one section of our greenhouse has a grid of copper coils underneath the concrete. The hot water heater in the corner pumps hot water through the coils, creating a heated floor. Transplants that wouldn't fit in the office or warehouse were covered in burlap, and then two layers of frost cover, and managed to stay nice and cozy. Photo snapped by Isabel.

As always, thanks for reading. Hope to see some of you at the sale! If you can’t make it out this weekend, no worries. We’ll be setup every Saturday in March, and into April, as well.