Pauline's Lucky Market Garden

It's not even December yet but today we will be pulling row covers over many of our veggie beds to keep the greens from getting damaged as we expect temps to be at freezing tomorrow morning.  Yes we do get frosts in Central Florida especially inland most winters although most often in January and February.  We hate to lose a week of harvesting greens or anything for that matter!  We have found that using light weight row covers over our peas, letttuces and even kales makes a difference and prevents most of the leaf damage we would find by not doing anything.  When we see a forecast with temps 36 f or lower, on go the covers!

It's a busy week as we prepare to welcome the public for a brief visit 11:45-12:30 on Friday Nov  21,  as part of  the 2014  Volusia County Farm Tour.  This will be our third time participating and we are excited about this opportunity to give those who come a glimpse of our small farm lifesyle and how we operate our mini farm.  We are getting ready for a big crowd, setting up things we think our visitors might be interested in. For those who wish to buy our farm fresh veggies on site, we will have a tent with tables of  our seasonal specialty veggies (whatever is plentiful and ready for harvest) on sale.  This year we will also have jars of our very popular Beauty berry syrup a new cottage food that we began to make in our farm kitchen  this summer.  We enjoy sampling it out at our farmers markets. So many people recognize  the branches with their vibrant purple berry clusters that we display next to the jars of syrup and but are s...

Ever wonder what else the Artisan Alley Farmer’s Market has to offer besides Pauline’s fresh veggies? Check out the intern page to find out!   Read more !

Hey veggie eaters! Nicki here, youngest intern at Lucky Market Garden. Pauline asked Audrey, Allie, and me to tell y'all about anything we found interesting, so click on the Intern Adventures tab to read all about it!  Read more

Farm interns from Stetson University In the fall of 2010 we had our first intern at our farm.  Lauren became like a member of our family, spending many hours out in the fields doing various farm activities, taking photos, counting squashes, transplanting and seeding.  A member of the Stetson Hatter Harvesters, she encouraged us to join the Stetson Farmers Market that eventually provided the seed of inspiration which grew into the Artisan Alley Farmer's Market.  Lauren got a taste of farming and a college credit, we got helping hands.  It was a big win win and we still are in touch with Lauren.  Thanks to that very positive experience we have continued to offer intern positions and have been extremely happy with all of our interns since:  Kristina, Maria and Audrey.  2014 has given us 2 new very promising interns:  Nicki and Ali and we are really excited about having them....