By Michael Robinson |Uvalde Hesperian

02-20-26

Wednesday afternoon, February 18th, a tractor trailer hauling produce was spotted along FM1049 about 3 miles north of Knippa as workers inspected and secured what appeared to be a trailer hauling heads of cabbage.

The spill appeared minor. A few days prior to this incident, a man was seen picking up some cauliflower dropped along FM1049 in the Knippa area.

Sometimes produce spills off of trucks coming from the fields. At times it could be just a few onions, bell peppers, cabbage or other produce. A few years ago, the Uvalde Hesperian’s editor was a few miles north of Knippa on FM1049 and a truck hauling bell peppers dropped several boxes on the highway.

After stopping to help the driver pick up the load, the Hesperian editor was rewarded with a big box of bell peppers.

Sometimes farmers will open a gate to their fields to glean from a pile of small onions too deemed too small for the market. While it is not advisable to assume an open gate to a field is an invitation to forage for fresh veggies, word does get around locally if you know who is in the know. Word of mouth sometimes equals food in mouth!

Not exactly a traditional farmer’s market but living in a farming area sometimes pays off.