The garden is where this farm starts feeding us directly. We’re building toward year-round production with a mix of annual vegetables, perennial vegetables, and cut-and-come-again greens — all on no-till, heavily-mulched beds.
Approach
- No-till. Beds are built up with compost, leaf mulch, and whatever organic matter we have, then never disturbed. The soil life does the tilling for us.
- Heavy mulch. A thick wood-chip or straw mulch keeps moisture in, weeds out, and feeds the soil as it breaks down.
- Drip irrigation. Hand-watering doesn’t scale and overheads waste water. Drip lines on a timer for the dry months.
- Succession planting. New crops go in every 2–3 weeks during the shoulder seasons so we’re never staring at an empty bed.
What we grow
Spring & fall (cool season)
- Lettuces, spinach, arugula, mustards
- Kale, collards, chard
- Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage
- Carrots, beets, turnips, radishes
- Peas (snap and shelling)
- Onions, garlic, leeks
Summer (warm season)
- Tomatoes — heirloom and disease-resistant slicers
- Peppers — sweet and hot
- Squash and zucchini
- Cucumbers — slicing and pickling
- Beans — bush and pole
- Okra, eggplant, tomatillos
- Sweet corn (when we have the space)
- Melons and watermelons
Perennials
- Asparagus
- Rhubarb
- Sunchokes (Jerusalem artichokes)
- Walking onions, perennial alliums
- Herbs: rosemary, thyme, sage, oregano, mint, lemon balm, chives
Cover crops & green manures
- Crimson clover, hairy vetch, winter rye (winter)
- Buckwheat, cowpeas, sorghum-sudangrass (summer)
How it ties to the rest of the farm
- Chickens clean up beds at the end of each season — debugging, fertilizing, and turning the top inch of mulch.
- Compost comes from animal bedding, kitchen scraps, and garden waste. Closed loop, mostly.
- Records go in the Farm Tracker: planting dates, varieties, harvest weights, what worked.
Want some?
When we have surplus we sell at the gate or by arrangement. Email hello@texanpermaculture.com for current availability.