Farm Tours
David's Garden Seed and Farm tours are $8 per person. We recommend that no one under the age of 4 should be brought on the tour. But this is the parents call.
You get a tour guide who will take you and your party around our farm, pointing out whatever is growing this time of year. You can see the chickens and goats as well as our koi and goldfish. If a vegetable is ready to harvest, you may be able to pull up a carrot or pick a pepper. That depends on when you come and what is ready. Bring a hat and some good walking shoes, not sandals. We have a lot of stickers as well as snakes, spiders, scorpions, and fire/red ants.
There are gopher piles of sand because they dig every night. You would never expect them to dig under the garden cloth out in the "back 40" but they have made walking a challenge. You can see our orchard with all sorts of trees. Keep in mind they are only four years old. Prior to us moving here, the entire four acres was waste high weeds with one mesquite tree all the way at the top of the property. This used to be a part of a peanut farm.
Our soil is all sand for more than 300 feet down. Surprisingly, things grow pretty well here except for the heat and the gophers who pull plants under the ground to eat them. Because of this, a lot of plants are now grown in pots like potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and ginger.
This is an Agritourism farm so if you get hurt here, you cannot hold us responsible. We have done everything we can to ensure your safety. But know that we have scorpions, spiders, centipedes, snakes, bees, wasp and probably a few things we do not know about. But in the five years I have been here, I have seen one snake, one scorpion and one centipede. I have never been bitten or stung.
There are restrooms in the front of the property that you are welcome to use. They are the cleanest in Texas. There is no food or drink for 12 miles so bring plenty of water.
We hope to engage in self-development and community development
Good morning, my name is Chelsea Billings. I am the junior high ag teacher at Poteet Junior high school. I am emailing to see the possibility of bringing about 30 kids to your facility to learn about horticulture and plant growth. Please email me back when you get a chance or give me a call at 210-998-0297!
Thank you.
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