Eden's Organic Garden Center/CSA Farm

Eden's Organic Garden Center/CSA Farm Now produce is available thru our CSA. Come on out to the farm and join our CSA and shake the hand that feeds you! Real Food, Grown with Integrity.

“Everyone on this planet deserves to eat food that’s really nourishing and produced in a way that is fair to the people who produce it.” - Alice Waters & Eden's Organic Garden Center/ CSA Farm, and Community Gardens agrees. Real Food, Grown with Integrity

Eden’s main mission is to help people achieve access to better health through safer gardening techniques and local, organic and “un-conventio

nal” food. Open to the public seasonally, for over 10 years Eden's Organic Garden Center hosted a small neighborhood farmers' market each 1st, 3rd and 5th Saturday (April - Dec.). Eden’s Garden CSA Farm is a producer that grows right here on the back 14 acres behind the house and garden center and offers product through a CSA membership program. You can also special order organic gardening products, organic animal feed (Coyote Creek), all natural local feeds (Muenster Milling) and will find lots of friendly chickens on the loose to entertain you while you shop. (when memberships are available)

Community educational outreach mission is to help people achieve better health, safer gardening techniques and great food!

So, it is time to get tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant seeds started for the summer harvest season. (I know a lot of peop...
01/24/2025

So, it is time to get tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant seeds started for the summer harvest season. (I know a lot of people like to start them super early, but we don’t like to get in a rush because the soil takes time to warm up and you don’t wanna put your transplants out into cold soil because it’s susceptible to disease.) Generally speaking mid to end of January is plenty of time to start seeds and get them into shape to put into the ground for the end of March which is usually on the early side sometimes they don’t go out until mid April, again depending on the weather. Rather than buying individual Matt heaters, an old farmer once taught me a trick that I have used ever since. I take an air mattress that I purchased for under $20 fill it halfway with water and put a water bed heater underneath it to control the temperature of the water inside the air mattress. This allows me to start multiple flats all at the same time on one heater. Would a flat heater work instead of a water bed heater? Never tried it. But filling the air mattress halfway with water and then heating that water has worked for me for over a decade!

So when I was out of town I had the pleasure of stumbling upon this awesome little farm to market shop in the little tow...
01/23/2025

So when I was out of town I had the pleasure of stumbling upon this awesome little farm to market shop in the little town of Hawi.
This is really right on target for what I had hoped to see the old farmhouse converted into, if the City Council would have approved the Pioneer Grove at Eden's Garden development project.
Local farmers products, almost exclusively, lined the shelves, and most everyone grows all naturally or certified organic. (It seems as though they understand the fragile balance of the soil better than most.)

I was so impressed with the product selection and visited with the woman at the register while my smoothie was being made in the back.

Just imagine what a wonderful addition to the community it would be to have such a place right here on the farm.  the property goes on the market next week. But it’s not too late for the council to take up the project and vote yes, allowing the Developers the opportunity to secure funding and address the implied obstacles (in the appropriate manner, at the appropriate juncture). Reach out to Mr. Salau, your district 7 council member, and tell him you want to see this project approved. 

01/22/2025

This is where I get some of my tractor implements from, they are down in Louisiana and they are enjoying?, Well they got anyway, a whole bunch of snow yesterday.

I just wanna say a heartfelt thank you so much for those of you who contributed to the Feral Friends kitty fund! We exce...
01/22/2025

I just wanna say a heartfelt thank you so much for those of you who contributed to the Feral Friends kitty fund! We exceeded the goal set and I know every last dollar of it will be spent wisely helping kitty cats all over DFW. Feral Friends Community Cat Alliance

I was able to do something many, dare I say, MOST, farmers don't get the opportunity to do. I was ON VACATION! Woo Hoo! ...
01/20/2025

I was able to do something many, dare I say, MOST, farmers don't get the opportunity to do. I was ON VACATION! Woo Hoo!
I took advantage of some crazy low airfare and generous cousins in warm places (and very sweet and helpful local folks to look after the farm critters), and got back just in time to join you all in our deep cold. LOL
The plants remain under cover, I peeked at them yesterday, and so far, they look to have gone dormant - no noticeable change in size of broccoli heads.
Hopefully, we'll not come out of this cold and shoot up to 70 - much as it would feel good - so they'll just keep growing and not bolt. Soon as this deep cold ends, we'll be starting tomatoes, peppers and eggplant! Spring will be here before we know it.

Ya know ladies, the idea is for you to stay IN the barn at night…..
01/13/2025

Ya know ladies, the idea is for you to stay IN the barn at night…..

01/12/2025

More winter to come….

Something about the cold these dogs just LOVE.
01/11/2025

Something about the cold these dogs just LOVE.

Snowmageddon 25’ we will survive! Seriously folks, be safe on the slippery stuff.
01/11/2025

Snowmageddon 25’ we will survive!

Seriously folks, be safe on the slippery stuff.

Horses on the farm stay IN during this weather… hope everyone is staying safe.
01/09/2025

Horses on the farm stay IN during this weather… hope everyone is staying safe.

01/07/2025

Attention new and beginning farmers! This opportunity is for you.

01/06/2025

Or bagels!

01/06/2025

UPDATE: fixed it! Annnd the gas heater in the kitchen is down! Do we have a licensed plumber in the group? Could be a blocked line.

Address

4710 Pioneer Road
Balch Springs, TX
75180

Telephone

214-348-EDEN (3336)

Website

http://edensorganicgardencenter.com/

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We have been onto something good since 2007! Balch Springs’ residents deserve to have their farm saved, mix in about 40 new small, cool cottage style homes in a pocket community with artisanal spaces for start ups and small businesses making up @PioneerGroveatEdens agri-village, a $10.5Million infusion to the community. Farmer Marie is gonna retire and she is trying to keep something good and pass on the baton! Call or write your Balch Springs council members! This is our farm! Pioneer Grove at Eden's Garden #urbanfarming #eatlocal

We have been onto something good since 2007. Balch Springs’ residents deserve to have their farm saved, mix in about 40 small, cool cottage style homes in a pocket community with artisanal spaces for start ups and small businesses making up @PioneerGroveatEdens agri-village. Farmer Marie is gonna retire and she is trying to keep something good! Call or write your Balch Springs council members! This is our farm!

Eden’s asks the BS City Council to approve re-zoning so the farm can live on to serve! See PioneerGroveTx.com for details. Let’s save this farm and grow the community responsibly!

Eden’s asks the BS City Council to approve re-zoning so the farm can live on to serve!

Here comes the first cold front of the season. All the hatches battened down, could be a bit windy!

It's a start

That feeling you get when Mom comes out and discovers you have a sticker stuck between the pads on your paw and gets it out. 😆

Glad the seedhouse roof is done! #txwx

Then, finally, attach at the roof line 1st on both ends to keep any breeze from blowing the plastic. And then finally secure your sides.
Then, finally, attach at the roof line 1st on both ends to keep any breeze from blowing the plastic. And then finally secure your sides.

Next, you have to secure the plastic to the frame. I use wiggle wire, but I have also used staples and wood. Remember if you use staples and wood to be sure to place some kind of batting material over the plastic and staple into the material to help keep it from tearing when the wind blows. Secure the roof line 1st to keep it from moving. Hopefully you have picked a calm day. I definitely don't recommend trying to do this when there is anything more than a very gentle breeze. 

Next tie rope on the leading edge of your plastic in at least two places depending on the length of your poly house. This is a short one used just to start our seeds so I tie off in three places. Make sure your rope is tied tightly and it is long enough to reach all the way over the top and partway at least down the other side. I like it to clear all the way to the ground so I can tie it off on something to keep it from moving. 

Step one. Size out the plastic for the roof. 

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Real Food, Grown with Integrity

Eden’s main mission is to help people achieve access to better health through safer gardening techniques and local, organic and “un-conventional” food.

Open to the public seasonally, Eden's Organic Garden Center hosts a small neighborhood farmers' market each 1st, 3rd and 5th Saturday (April - Dec.). We are a producers only and only producers that practice un-conventional (traditional) or certified organic growing methods are welcome. The garden center will stock some produce from local producers who can’t make it to our market and as available, offer meats & eggs from animals raised on grass & without synthetic chemicals. All of our producers are Non GMO, traditional farmers using un-conventional methods like letting land lay fallow, using animal products to fertilize and common sense to work with Nature, not against her.

Eden’s Garden CSA Farm is one of those producers and grows right here on the back 14 acres behind the garden center and offers product through a CSA membership program and sells during Market Day.

You will also find organic gardening products, organic animal feed (Coyote Creek), all natural local feeds (Muenster Milling) and lots of friendly chickens on the loose to entertain you while you shop. Come on out to the farm for Market Day, join our CSA and shake the hand that feeds you! Real Food, Grown with Integrity.