Welcome to Boggy Creek Farm
A USDA-Certified-Organic Urban Market Farm
since 1991/1992
3414 Lyons Road, Austin TX 78702
(512)926-4650
info@boggycreekfarm.com
(Larry Butler & Carol Ann Sayle)
Wanting to volunteer, intern, or work on the farm?
We get a lot of inquiries (3 each day!), and we are excited about the interest,
but at this time, we are fully staffed and unfortunately cannot accept any more workers.
Above, Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes....
Read the current issue of News of the Farm "The Next Stage"
Click on http://www.boggycreekfarm.com/pages/news-of-the-farm-current-issue.php
Scroll down for Future Events on and of the Farm!!
The Farm is Open for Visits Wednesday and Saturday 9-1.
Harvesting continues until 11 AM or Noon (depending on conditions) on market day,
but come early (prior to 11 AM) for best selection!
Above: Lambs' Quarters and Amaranth, our summer greens!
MARKET DAYS:
Read the Wall Street Journal article on Boggy Creek Farm:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203550604574360673556925330.html
And, listen to Heritage Radio Network on your computer! Marla Camp of Edible Austin interviews various folks in the food world about what they do and issues of interest!
http://www.heritageradionetwork.com/programs/48-Tap-Roots
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A USDA-Certified-Organic Urban Market Farm
since 1991/1992
3414 Lyons Road, Austin TX 78702
(512)926-4650
info@boggycreekfarm.com
(Larry Butler & Carol Ann Sayle)
Wanting to volunteer, intern, or work on the farm?
We get a lot of inquiries (3 each day!), and we are excited about the interest,
but at this time, we are fully staffed and unfortunately cannot accept any more workers.
Above, Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes....
Read the current issue of News of the Farm "The Next Stage"
Click on http://www.boggycreekfarm.com/pages/news-of-the-farm-current-issue.php
Scroll down for Future Events on and of the Farm!!
The Farm is Open for Visits Wednesday and Saturday 9-1.
Harvesting continues until 11 AM or Noon (depending on conditions) on market day,
but come early (prior to 11 AM) for best selection!
Above: Lambs' Quarters and Amaranth, our summer greens!
MARKET DAYS:
Open: July 28 (Wednesday, 9-1) & July 31 (Saturday, 9-1)
We accept Cash and Checks only. No Credit Cards!
Currently on our Market Tables: Larry's Smoke-dried Tomatoes (small crop, so no longer available by mail); FIGS; Lemon Boy Tomatoes; Cherry Tomatoes; Eggplants (3 varieties); POTATOES (Red La Soda and White Kennebec) Salads: Baby Arugula; Wild Native Salad/Saute (Lambs'Quarters & Amaranth); Frozen Figs (perfect for jams, toppings, pies, sauces, dressings, smoothies!) Frozen Heirloom Tomatoes for soups/sauces/sautes; Bunches of French Sorrel, Amaranth, Lambs Quarters, Arugula, and Herbs; Giant Sweet Marconi Italian Peppers -- eat raw, sauteed or fire-roasted and stuffed! Sunflower Bouquets; On the Shelf: Larry's Fire-roasted Hot Sauce, Larry's Fire-roasted Tomatoes, Wild Mustang Grape Juice, and GAUSE YAUPON HONEY!
July Events:
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Above: Pet hen Tootie J. Tootums eyes Brussels sprouts....
Sunday, July 11, 9 AM to 10 AM
FREE: The Fifth Annual Chicken Seminar!
The first two years we held the seminar at the farm, next to the Hen House. And this was the third year at the Natural Gardener. Over 150 chickinists attended.
Presenter: Carol Ann Sayle
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Coming in October:
October 10, October 12: Feasting at the Farm!
Nationally renown "Outstanding in the Field" (http://outstandinginthefield.com) the folks who first popularized dinners on farms, along with two local celebrated chefs, will offer two dining experiences on Boggy Creek Farm.
October 10, Sunday: Chef René Ortiz, of La Condessa Restaurant (http://lacondessaaustin.com)
October 12, Tuesday: Chef James Holmes, of Olivia Restaurant (http://olivia-austin.com/)
For more information on the multi-course/wine dinners:
http://outstandinginthefield.com/events/north-american-tour/?dinner_id=69
Outstanding in the Field first held dinners at Boggy Creek Farm in 2004 and 2005.
We are happy to have them back!
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October 24:
The 11th Fall Fundraiser for Green Corn Project!
Join us for an afternoon dedicated to Food, Gardening and Farming!
Over 20 fine local restaurants and food purveyors offer tastes of their artistry with local produce.
3 local musical groups provide live music from the farm house front porch.
On the back porch, 3 local chefs demonstrate their food art and of course the audience eats the results!
You are free to stroll the farm and visit the Hen House.
A Family Friendly Event!
For more information: http://www.greencornproject.org
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At the farm stand: Left, Straight from the Vine's Sauerkraut and Kim Chi
(made with organic ingredients; raw/fermented!) and right, Barrie Cullinan offers her "Word on Food" breads and pastry delicacies, often using Richardson Farms' local wheat and our Yaupon Honey.
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Visit The Atlantic Monthly website ("food channel") for the Boggy Creek Farm blog:
http://food.theatlantic.com/ Above: Left/Cherry Tomatoes and Basil; Right/Eggplants
Also at the Farm Stand: Pure Luck Dairy is back with a new Chevre "June's Joy," a honey/black pepper anointed "sweet" chevre (great in an arugula salad with toasted walnuts or pecans!), more Chevre, Feta, Hopelessly Bleu, and Ste. Maure Cheeses! Stacey Thompson's "Straight from the Vine" Sauerkraut and Kim Chi (made with organic ingredients; raw/fermented! Just what your body needs!!); Wateroak
Goat Dairy's FETA CHEESE (new!), Chevre, Yogurt, Milk, Ricotta, WHEY, and Ice Cream;
Milam County's Sand Creek Dairy raw/aged Cow Cheeses; Local-Humane-Grassfed Meat (Thunderheart Bison, Loncito's Lamb, Alexander Farm Ground Beef); Fresh
Eggs ( BCF Hen House eggs; Vital eggs on Saturdays); Local Miles of
Chocolate
(Gluten-free!); RainWater; the farm book "Stories from the Hen House" -- also at
Whole Foods Market, Lamar and The Natural Gardener); Jim Hightower's newest book, "Swimming Against the Current"....And, "Growing
Good Things to Eat in Texas" the very popular new book about farming
and farmers, written by Pamela Walker. Beautiful photos and interesting
stories....for sale at the farm stand and elsewhere...
Left: Golden-eyed Creamer Peas; Right: Native Purslane.
Okra, coming on strong now! Picked from tiny to grilling size....all sizes are tender.
In the Farm House Kitchen:
Above: After Saturday's farm stand, the Doctor Wyche tomatoes that weren't perfect enough for the tables were perfect enough for our lunch! Paired with fire-roasted Giant Marconi Italian Sweet Peppers,
they were the great additions to our tomato sandwiches!
Above, a yummy salad: Arugula with Figs, and Pure Luck's "June's Joy" Chevre,
sprinkled with Olive Oil & White Wine Vinegar. (No salt.) YES, Figs are in season now!
Tomato Sandwiches coming up! Oaxacan Jewel Heirloom Tomatoes with Basil, Arugula,
Sand Creek Farm Monterey Jack Cheese,
and toasted Sweetish Hill Bread.
Above, left: Costata Romanesco Zucchini Squash sauteed in Butter, blanched Italian Flat Beans,
toasted Walnuts, Salt. Above, right: Salad of shredded Tasty Jade Cucumber,
Cherry Tomatoes, and Wateroak Dairy's Feta Cheese. Dressing: Olive oil, White Wine Vinegar, Salt.
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left, The Wild Salad; right, Baby Arugula.
Left: Golden-eyed Creamer Peas; Right: Native Purslane.
Okra, coming on strong now! Picked from tiny to grilling size....all sizes are tender.
In the Farm House Kitchen:
Above: After Saturday's farm stand, the Doctor Wyche tomatoes that weren't perfect enough for the tables were perfect enough for our lunch! Paired with fire-roasted Giant Marconi Italian Sweet Peppers,
they were the great additions to our tomato sandwiches!
Above, a yummy salad: Arugula with Figs, and Pure Luck's "June's Joy" Chevre,
sprinkled with Olive Oil & White Wine Vinegar. (No salt.) YES, Figs are in season now!
Tomato Sandwiches coming up! Oaxacan Jewel Heirloom Tomatoes with Basil, Arugula,
Sand Creek Farm Monterey Jack Cheese,
and toasted Sweetish Hill Bread.
toasted Walnuts, Salt. Above, right: Salad of shredded Tasty Jade Cucumber,
Cherry Tomatoes, and Wateroak Dairy's Feta Cheese. Dressing: Olive oil, White Wine Vinegar, Salt.
July Events:
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Above: Pet hen Tootie J. Tootums eyes Brussels sprouts....
Sunday, July 11, 9 AM to 10 AM
FREE: The Fifth Annual Chicken Seminar!
The first two years we held the seminar at the farm, next to the Hen House. And this was the third year at the Natural Gardener. Over 150 chickinists attended.
Presenter: Carol Ann Sayle
The Natural Gardener nursery (http://www.naturalgardeneraustin.com) hosted this year's seminar before the store opened for business. The Natural Gardener is located at the corner of Old Bee Caves Road and Travis Cook Road, in Oak Hill (Southwest Austin).
********************************************************************************Chickens not only provide tasty, nutritious eggs, but they are also great pets: interesting, communicative, smart in their own way, and very humorous!
The topics to be covered include: recommended size of flock, breeds of layers and their attributes, starting new chicks, feed sources, hen house design, chicken tractors, predators, roosters, and more!
The event will take place outside near the nursery's beautiful gardens. Bring a lawn chair, water, and a hat. Also, bring your questions (and your answers!) for a stimulating discussion of all things chicken! (Laying chickens, that is!) For beginners and current "chickenists."
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Coming in October:
October 10, October 12: Feasting at the Farm!
Nationally renown "Outstanding in the Field" (http://outstandinginthefield.com) the folks who first popularized dinners on farms, along with two local celebrated chefs, will offer two dining experiences on Boggy Creek Farm.
October 10, Sunday: Chef René Ortiz, of La Condessa Restaurant (http://lacondessaaustin.com)
October 12, Tuesday: Chef James Holmes, of Olivia Restaurant (http://olivia-austin.com/)
For more information on the multi-course/wine dinners:
http://outstandinginthefield.com/events/north-american-tour/?dinner_id=69
Outstanding in the Field first held dinners at Boggy Creek Farm in 2004 and 2005.
We are happy to have them back!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
October 24:
The 11th Fall Fundraiser for Green Corn Project!
Join us for an afternoon dedicated to Food, Gardening and Farming!
Over 20 fine local restaurants and food purveyors offer tastes of their artistry with local produce.
3 local musical groups provide live music from the farm house front porch.
On the back porch, 3 local chefs demonstrate their food art and of course the audience eats the results!
You are free to stroll the farm and visit the Hen House.
A Family Friendly Event!
For more information: http://www.greencornproject.org
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At the farm stand: Left, Straight from the Vine's Sauerkraut and Kim Chi
(made with organic ingredients; raw/fermented!) and right, Barrie Cullinan offers her "Word on Food" breads and pastry delicacies, often using Richardson Farms' local wheat and our Yaupon Honey.
***************************************************************************************
Visit The Atlantic Monthly website ("food channel") for the Boggy Creek Farm blog:
Read the Wall Street Journal article on Boggy Creek Farm:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203550604574360673556925330.html
And, listen to Heritage Radio Network on your computer! Marla Camp of Edible Austin interviews various folks in the food world about what they do and issues of interest!
http://www.heritageradionetwork.com/programs/48-Tap-Roots
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Restaurants that regularly shop (twice weekly)
at the BCF farm stand:
Olivia (http://olivia-austin.com/) (Chef/owner James Holmes will be the presiding chef
for the October 12 (3 PM) Dinner in the Field,
presented by Outstanding in the Field. For information: http://outstandinginthefield.com )
Jeffreys (http://www.jeffreysofaustin.com/) (open Sunday evenings too! Artful food.)
Wink (http://www.winkrestaurant.com/ )(Cool Wine Bar & Exquisite Cuisine:Over12 years serving BCF vegs!)
AlamoDrafthouse and The Highball (http://www.originalalamo.com)(http://www.thehighball.com)
(Try our veggies at the Highball Bowling Alley!!!)
at the BCF farm stand:
Olivia (http://olivia-austin.com/) (Chef/owner James Holmes will be the presiding chef
for the October 12 (3 PM) Dinner in the Field,
presented by Outstanding in the Field. For information: http://outstandinginthefield.com )
Jeffreys (http://www.jeffreysofaustin.com/) (open Sunday evenings too! Artful food.)
Wink (http://www.winkrestaurant.com/ )(Cool Wine Bar & Exquisite Cuisine:Over12 years serving BCF vegs!)
AlamoDrafthouse and The Highball (http://www.originalalamo.com)(http://www.thehighball.com)
(Try our veggies at the Highball Bowling Alley!!!)
Barr Mansion (http://www.barrmansion.com/) (Certified Organic events venue! Weddings, meetings, etc.
Melanie McAfee is one of our first chef customers!)
Our Produce on these Evening Menus:
Texas French Bread (http://www.texasfrenchbread.com/) (live music too!)
Justines (http://www.justines1937.com) (4710 East 5th in Deep East Austin!)
Blue Star Cafeteria (http://www.bluestarcafeteria.com) (Chef RJ Slade partners well with our local produce)
La Condessa (http://lacondessaaustin.com) (Chef René Ortiz will cook the October 10th Outstanding in the Field dinner here at the farm!
Caterer/Private Chefs:
Fine Home Dining (http://www.finehomedining.com) Chef Brandy Gibbs
Truly Local!
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Below: Special Alert for Smoke-dried Tomato Lovers!!!!!!!!!
Larry's Smoke-dried Tomatoes are available only in the Farm Stand....as the crop is small, due to seed problems....
Mail order is now closed.
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Read the Austin Chronicle
article about the East Austin Urban Farm tours!
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A990477
(Above, The Boss Chicks are inquiring as to their next spot of grain...
or maybe they are just admiring themselves in the window. Notice Babette, the smallest of the Boss Chicks, precariously perched on a mud boot!)
Our hens' and chicks' diet: USDA Certified-Organic veggies, native plants, worms, and USDA Certified-Organic Feed, milled in Elgin by Jeremiah Cunningham of Coyote Creek Farm (http://coyotecreekfarm.org/).
Feed, Chicks and Hen House equipment all available at both
Buck Moore Feed ( http://buckmoorefeed.com/ ) 5237 North Lamar (512-451-3469) and
Callahan's General Store (http://callahansgeneralstore.com/)
Hwy 183 South, just south of the Colorado River (512-385-3452)
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Look for more photos of the Farm on the Farm Photos Page (click on menu items at UPPER left)....
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