EastSide Orchard

06/07/2026

Couple of interesting pics from the garden. Swallowtail on American basket flower. And speckled swan gourd, these appear to be growing inches a day.

06/07/2026

Cherokee Carbon is a crack resistant variety, the key word is resistant. With this much rain and heat almost any tomato will crack. I’ll let them finish ripening inside and see what happens.

06/07/2026

The results are in and for the second year in a row Sun Sugar is the best cherry tomato and the highest overall tomato. Valencia moved from no. five last year to no. one in the large tomato category. Thanks to everyone who came out today and those that participated in the event.

06/06/2026

We’re still taste testing tomatoes. We’ve got honey, pickles, jams and jellies. We have some produce left, we’ll be here until 12:00.

06/06/2026

The prime Ark freedom berries are just about finished behind the barn, but we have 6 beds of Ouachita blackberries over by the garden. You may need rubber boots and will definitely need mosquito spray.

06/05/2026

Our little farmers market this Saturday, 6/6/2026 from 8:00 -12:00. This is rain or shine and we take all kinds of payment.
We have harvested our first honey and it is good and for sale.
Vegetables include; Tomatoes, cucumbers, egg plant, Serrano peppers, jalapeño peppers, bell peppers, squash & onions.
We also have blackberries for picking, bring your boots and mosquito spray.
Bread and butter and spicy bread and butter pickles.
We have; strawberry, strawberry jalapeño, fig, fig jalapeño and blackberry jam.
We’re located at 2506 Peters Road, Crosby.
The sale will be in the old house with the black fence. Come shop in the AC. Enter through the front door.
If you have any questions, you can text me at 281-683-7486. Gardens are open for anyone that wants to take a walk around.
Please share with your friends.

06/04/2026

This week I’ve been seeking which tomato makes the best bacon and tomato sandwich. So far I’ve tried purple boy, lemon boy and Cherokee purple. Tonight it’s time to slice up this red snapper. Don’t forget we’re having our tomato tasting this Saturday 8:00-12:00.

06/01/2026

Honey harvest and it is delicious! I’ll bottle some up for sale Saturday morning.

06/01/2026

I grow different things just for the fun of watching something new grow. These are speckled swan gourds, very interesting.

06/01/2026