River Rise Farms FL

08/28/2026

The amount of times I double checked the back of my truck before I left for deliveries this morning... 🙄🙄

Iykyk. 🐔

08/28/2026

It's almost market day! 🌱

Rain chances for tomorrow morning are low at the Alachua County Farmers' Market and it's looking like the temps will stay lower for a bit as well. It should be a really nice morning to get out and see what's new at the market!

We had a soil issue last week (It came in contaminated. More on that later.) which has left us lower than normal.

Get there early to snag all your favorite microgreens, or feel free to text in your pre-order. 🌱

Sunflower, Pea & Red Amaranth micros are still in abundance, as is the Broccoli for now.

We'll be back to regular quantities next week!

As always, thank you for supporting your small farmers and local growers & makers. We could never do what we do without you. 🫶🏼

Can't wait to see you at the market!

08/26/2026

If I haven't told y'all, we have a sinkhole in our yard that connects to a small river/cave system that runs off of the Santa Fe underground river/cave system here in the area of the sink. It's a pretty cool thing that I like to brag on from time to time, and part of why the farm got its name. 💦

Anyways this means we have a lot of minerals in our well water, and a lot of clay and limestone in the ground. This is especially true of the sinkhole, where you can see the layers of clay set in strips in the earth. We've made pottery from it in years past. The sinkhole is also a popular spot for armadillos, rabbits, foxes and other creatures to make dens.

Maybe you see where I'm going here. 😐

Two of our dogs didn't want to come to the house last night. They were on something and off in the woods. This morning when I woke up, they still weren't back. I wasn't worried, but I was curious.

Around 8 they showed up, brownish red and just crusty from the neck up. This pup here had the worst of it. He's supposed to be black and white. That's all. He's not tan or gray on any part of his body. At least he's not supposed to be. 🤣

I don't know if they got what they were after, but they did have fun. Good thing they needed baths anyway.

08/26/2026

😁😁 We're moving on out of it, baby!

Any of us who work outside all day long, we know getting down to highs in the 80s is a gift. Those 95° days with a feels like of 105 🥵 Those are rough ones.

Summer and hot afternoons definitely aren't over. It'll feel hot all week still, I'm sure. But we're shifting. This is not a July forecast. We're on our way toward Fall and the weekly temps are saying so.

Yay!! 🥰🍂

08/24/2026

🙄🙄 why are they like this.

You can have free-range chickens, or you can have clean things without p**p on them and no hens in your truck.

But you can't have both. 👍🏼

08/22/2026

See you soon!! ❤️🌱

🌻☀️ IT’S MARKET DAY☀️🌻

Saturday morning is here, and you know what that means… it’s time to SHOP LOCAL! 🧺💚

Come spend your morning with us at the Alachua County Farmers Market and fill those bags with the goodness our local farmers, growers, bakers, makers & small businesses have been working hard to bring you! 🍅🥬🍯🥩🥚🍞🌱💐

🌾 Fresh, local & seasonal
🤝 Meet the people behind what you buy
💚 Support local families & small businesses
🧺 And you never know what you might find this week!

There’s just something different about a Saturday morning at the farmers market—the people, the conversations, the fresh food, and that wonderful sense of COMMUNITY. ❤️

⏰ 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
🌦️ RAIN OR SHINE!

Grab your market bags, bring a friend, and come see us! And remember… when you shop local, your dollars stay local. 🙌

📣 SHARE this post and tag your market buddy!

🌻 IT’S MARKET DAY — LET’S MAKE IT A GOOD ONE! 🌻

08/22/2026

Wow y'all. What a morning. 🤣
If last week's delivery trip was sponsored by National Vacuum this one was sponsored by High Springs Tractor Supply.

I've had plenty of chickens get in my vehicle. We know this. But normally they're squawking as soon as I get moving. I also barely even had the trunk open. This little joker of a hen snuck in somehow and just sat there SO still and quiet for MIILES and miles all the way down to High Springs. I was about to pull up to the light on Main when she shot her head up in the back. I couldn't even wrap my brain around it. And I was on a schedule so I could be back in time for school pickup. I didn't have time to bring her all the way back home and restart my trip.

So I pull over and crawl in the back and grab her. I don't know what I'm going to do with her but it's better than her jumping around on everything and freaking out like she was.

I'm doing the mental math on who is close and can babysit, how long my deliveries are going to take, and what the heck I'm supposed to do with this bird in the meantime. I guess because I could bring her in the store with me, and because it was around the corner, I picked High Springs Tractor Supply as my unwitting rescuer. I thought maybe I could buy a little kennel quick and she could just come along in that.

Except the cheapest and smallest kennels were still big and not cheap. I thought maybe I could use a chick box.

So I'm carrying this hen like a feathery little football back and forth around the store trying to find what I need. Everyone kept laughing and smiling at her. I told them she was not supposed to be there. 🙄

The guy in the front tells me to holler in the back and see if they can get me a chick box. Before I'm even around the corner I yell to this lady "I'm about to make your day weirder!" And I did. At one point a guy in the back gets too close and that chicken jumps out of my arms. We chased her around piles of dog food on pallets while I cussed, contemplated my entire existence and imagined how I was going to spend the next 4 hours in the back part of Tractor Supply losing to a bird.

Thankfully it was only about 2 minutes and I caught her up again. Chick boxes were going to be too small though. But at this point we're all friends in on a common mission so my girl had the bright idea to just grab a big sturdy box. She has an exacto knife and offers to cut a bunch of holes in it. I take her up on it.

Before we leave she asks if she can take our picture. Of course I oblige. Thanks for all the help guys. 🫶🏼

We get back in the truck and I get her settled. I make the holes a little bigger and make sure she's got plenty of air flow and get back on my way down to Gainesville. Now I've got to leave the truck running the whole time for this princess. Thankfully the rest of our trip was pretty uneventful once she got boxed up, and we made all our stops and even had enough time to grab a coffee. ☕ Which I obviously needed and deserved.

First time I ever took a chicken through the school pick up line, too. But we all survived. She even laid me an egg while we were waiting. 🥚

I let her out of the box when we got home and she had the nerve to stop and give me the stink eye. Like she was mad at me for what I put her through. Um excuse me, ma'am.

And you know it's the same one that's been laying eggs on my blue crates. There's always one. And it's generally the same one. She's probably my favorite now. 😆

08/21/2026

Y'all. We have a situation. 🐔

Though the AC be blowin' my hair like I think I'm Farrah Fawcett I can assure you, in fact, that this chicken has made me well aware that I am not. I'm merely a gal in a pickle. A gal with a chicken that I have now driven unknowingly into the city to run deliveries with me.

Stay tuned...

08/21/2026

🎵 I can feel it coming in the air tonight..

It's the slightest hint of cooler weather! 🍂

If you want to know what the seasons are doing, ask a farmer. We are always outside and hardwired to learn and know our environment intimately and alert to any change. My brother in law calls this my "farmer eyes" lol.

August is always a "darkest before the dawn" kinda situation. It's been a gnarly week and I've had to quit work during the afternoons and just stay inside. I never do that. I slept on the porch a few nights this week. I just needed some cool outside air and that's the only time to find it right now.

BUT. Wednesday morning, very briefly and very faintly, I felt it. And I feel it again this morning and I can tell the chickens do too. It's barely there, but it's there. It's that first little whiff of Fall. 🤩

Tomorrow's forecast has a high of 86. That's it. 😁

Not only does it look like a lovely day to walk, shop & enjoy the Alachua County Farmers' Market, it looks like the first semi-cool day we've had in quite a while and the first solid sign that Fall weather is on its way!

It's going to be real hot again next week, so enjoy this little weekend break while we got it.

Can't wait to see you at the market! 🌱

08/20/2026

It's another pretty Thursday over here! 🤩

Sunflower microgreens and Spring Mix microgreens are back in stock this week and will be at Alachua County Farmers' Market Saturday!

We'll have all the rest of your favorites there, too. 🥰🌱

Fresh cut on site and always 💯 organically grown, these babies are not only delicious but are packed full of all the vitamins & minerals your body needs.

Come try some yourself this weekend! 🌱