Braga Farms

06/29/2025

Minimally you may follow the following steps.
To maximize, you may follow our page and read through some of the books recommended on our site. Seach: Wendell Berry
Happy Growing!

🛠️ Top 5 Things Homeowners Can Do to Control Water & Mosquitoes

#1: Build Micro-Swales
Small, shallow ditches filled with mulch or gravel help slow and spread rainwater. This reduces puddling and mosquito breeding zones while nourishing nearby plants. ProTip: Funnel all the water to a pond.

#2: Add a Fish Pond
Install a small pond stocked with mosquito-eating fish like gambusia (mosquito fish) or goldfish. Not only beautiful, they naturally keep larvae in check.

#3: Install the Right Bird Houses
Purple martins and swallows are aerial mosquito vacuums. Place well-designed birdhouses 10–15 feet high in open spaces to attract them.

#4: Use Smart Water Retention Techniques
Rain barrels, French drains, buried olla pots, and rain gardens help manage water responsibly. Avoid standing water and always cover rain barrels with mesh.

#5: Bat Houses & Owl Perches
Bats can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes per hour, while owls help keep rodent populations down. Install simple bat houses 15+ feet high near tree lines or barns.

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🌿 Grow wisely. Steward water. Let nature help defend your home.

06/29/2025

06/29/2025

Out with the perfectly manicured lawn. In with native pollinators.

Lawns might look tidy, but they’re ecological dead zones. In the U.S. alone, they cover over 40 million acres—more than all the country’s national parks combined. That’s 40 million acres of monoculture, dependent on constant mowing, irrigation, and herbicides.

Now imagine if even a fraction of that land was rewilded.

Pollinator gardens support bees, butterflies, birds, and the entire food web. They require less water, no toxic chemicals, and give back to the planet every single day.

Lush doesn’t have to mean lifeless. Replacing turf with native plants is one of the most powerful things you can do to fight biodiversity loss—right in your own yard.

06/28/2025

We apologize to anyone who's missed us and weve in turn missed, this week.
There's been a challenge getting The Birds and Dr Susu back in good flight.
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Never the less,
The next week we'll be sharing figs at Irving's July 4th Parade. And folks may sign up for Pick Your Own to start again Friday 6PM July 4th.
Stay tuned.
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06/27/2025

Did you know vineyards use cover crops too? 🌱 Just like in row crop farming, wine growers in Sonoma County plant cover crops between vine rows to improve so...

06/22/2025

🌱 Pick Your Own – Braga Farms DFW 🌻
Want to harvest your own greens, flowers, herbs, and seeds?
Come walk the Grove and experience the joy of real food, grown with love.

✨ How it works: 1️⃣ Give — Gate opens for $5 or a handful of seeds
2️⃣ Care — Pick, w**d, water, or harvest
3️⃣ Share — Take some, give some, grow with us 🌿
**Volunteer Liability Waiver must be signed or submitted online**

📍 Find us at the westernmost Grove of Shady Grove in Irving
🕗 Sundays: 8AM – 8PM
🌇 Weekdays: 6PM – 8PM

🔁 Comment “Pick Your Own” to join the farm stand fun
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📞 Zelle/Cash: 817-807-1681

Veggies, Pestos, Ferments & Local Love
🛒 Dallas Farmers Markets + Daily Farm Stand

📸 Swipe through our history, harvests, and community joy.

06/21/2025

We're here bright and early at Saint Michael's Farmers Market.
It's specially a good day when a brother joins you.
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Sorrel was gone fast BUT there's still plenty of mint, fennel, purslane (first week!), seeds, and Funk Ferments!
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