About

Purchased in 2012 by Stephanie Bledsoe, Thigh High Gardens was little more than some old barbed wire and pasture for cattle grazing. The Farm sits on 20 acres just outside San Marcos. The location was chosen to be the best spot for our purposes: A symbiotic Farm/Brewery through a partnership with Darkside Fermentation. Step by step we have transformed it into the farm it is today, with some serious support from our friends and family in San Marcos and beyond.

The idea was to create a space for our community to come together to share information, pool resources, and get hands-on experience in homesteading and permaculture/sustainable practice. Water and Energy use being paramount, our efforts include, but are not limited to:

-Rainwater Harvesting

-Drip Irrigation

-Emphasis on Native Species/

Drought tolerant trees/plants

-Photovoltaics (Solar Power)

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THG is was the home of SMTX Permaculture, a group that met to discuss how to better implement our ideas in our community and spread awareness. It was so successful that now many of those members have their own farms and it has evolved into the Central Texas Farmers Co-op, or CTFC. We provide CSA baskets in San Marcos, and eventually hope to have a brick'n'mortar operation in the future to provide consistent produce and meats.