Higgins Homemades

04/27/2023

Friends and followers-

Our greenhouse is in the midst of the overhaul that I mentioned previously. The frame got pretty bent out of shape over the course of last winter. Therefore we are making it more structurally sound with an upgrade and new plastic. Still seems like we have a lot of work to do in the next month, but progress has been made and will continue.

In the meantime, we have plenty of tomato plants growing in our little greenhouse. They are becoming to big for their britches already lol! We will have available the following varieties, the first group which we have grown in the past. The second group are new varieties for us.
Brandywine pink
Honey delight
Sunchocola
Sunny boy

Shimmer
Bodacious
Delicious

I am planning on being present at the farmers market this season, so I hope to see you there!

01/22/2023

Friends,

Although winter seems to have finally arrived, we are beginning to think about spring here. We have our seeds ordered and we are starting to plan for the upcoming season.

In the meantime, the greenhouse needs to be fixed up in the early spring. Hopefully this will be an uncomplicated task.

I am planning on being present at the farmers market this year. I have some grand ideas that I have been thinking about, but I'm not ready to share yet.

Stay tuned for more updates this spring!!

09/14/2022

Friends & followers,

I just wanted to apologize for being absent all summer on this page and at the farmers market as well. Life is busy most of the time with a four and a half year old, gardening and other priorities.

We are still gardening and the tomato plants in the greenhouse are still putting on flowers! And it's mid September! At this rate, we may be passing out tomatoes for Halloween! Lol!

VEGGIES-
This season we are growing various types of tomatoes including Sunny Boy (my favorite this season), Sunchocola, Brandywine Pink, Big Rainbow, Honey Delight and a few Black Krim, Supersweet 100 and Yellow Pear.

In addition to tomatoes we have grown little Hansel eggplants for the second year in a row and cucumbers which have flourished, both in the greenhouse. We have a very healthy rosemary bush, some parsley and a little bit of basil. There are a handful of kale plants in the garden within the weeds.

FRUITS -
In the spring, my husband Matt and I added three dwarf apple trees behind the garden, including McIntosh (Mac), Jonathon and Honey Crisp varieties. We suspect that the Honey Crisp tree may not make it through the winter though.

We got two blueberry bushes that still need planted somewhere, probably in the garden. At least two-thirds of our garden is now strawberries!!! Strawberry season in mid June was very plentiful!

THE FUTURE -
Where do we go from here? Well we don't know yet. The greenhouse needs more repairs or overhauled for next season. Next year, I plan to be present at the farmers market and on this page with updates.

If you are in need/ want of any of the produce items listed above, please send me a message through this page. Thank you for reading my lengthy update!

04/16/2022

All set up and ready to go! Come on down to Parlor 1861 on the square in Bryan! There are several other vendors with awesome goods to choose from!!

9am - noon

04/16/2022

04/15/2022

Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hopping down the bunny trail
Hippity-hoppity, Easter's on its way!

Hop on down to Parlor 1861 on Saturday morning to get a handmade felt bunny,
in a little colorful egg pouch for your little one.

04/11/2022

Sneak peak of some tasty treats that I will have available this Saturday at Parlor 1861. I have also made several felt eggs with little bunnies for a last minute Easter basket stuffer.

02/19/2022

Come visit us at Parlor 1861 up on the square until noon today!!

02/18/2022

Tomorrow, February 19th. 9am-12pm.
Our first ever, Winter Farmers Market!

02/15/2022

Don't forget to mark your calendars for this Saturday, February 19th from 9am - noon. The launch of the winter farmers market will be happening at Parlor 1861, located at 137 South Main Street on the Bryan square.

I will have baked goods, snacks and candy available, including old fashioned stained glass candy in different flavors, lemon pie energy balls, monster cookie energy balls, gluten free apple pie oatmeal cookies and muffins.

Hope to see you there!!