Jerry Tucker and his family have been living and raising produce in the Ennis area since 1959. From 1972 to 1995, they were the proprietors of Tucker’s Grocery in nearby Garrett where they sold produce they raised themselves in a nearby garden.
Although they got out of the grocery business in 1995, they continue to sell produce to friends and neighbors through their farm store which is open Sundays. For the past two years, Jerry Tucker has been growing produce, including sweet squash, cucumbers, okra, black-eyed peas, tomatoes and cantaloupes on several acres in Garrett that had been fallow for some 40 years before he began working it.
He uses only organic mulch to fertilize his crops but does use pesticide on the squash from time to time to “keep the critters at bay.”
TEST NOT FOR SALE of Tucker Farms CSA Share
-- $10.00
-- Tucker Farms is offering 40 shares for $500 each. Share holders will recieve a half-bushel of seasonal vegetables each week from April to November--32 weeks in all. Sign up now. Deadline is Dec. 15.
Tucker Farms CSA Share
-- $500.00
-- Tucker Farms is offering shares for $500 each and half-shares for $300. A full share is a half-bushel (that's a box about 13"x13"x6") of seasonal vegetables each week from April to November. Sign up now. Pay in full or in four monthly installments.