Organically grown plant starts for a healthier existence
Organically grown plant starts for a healthier existence
Organic gardening is a harmonious dance with nature, where plants thrive without the interference of synthetic chemicals. It’s a celebration of life in the soil, the whisper of leaves, and the buzz of pollinators. Let’s dig into the fertile soil of knowledge and explore the verdant world of organic gardening.
Hopeful that we can start offering seeds from our successful garden projects, passing on the good genetic profile of our backyard to yours. Were also considering starting a service to get your home gardens started. Tilling and other garden prep.
Descriptions are from their respective seed sites.
An Indeterminate red tomato. Fruits weigh about a pound and are juicy but firm. Good protection against the scalding sun. Excellent disease resistance and high adaptability.
Large clusters of 5 oz. fruits are borne extremely early, continues longer than most varieties. Globe to slightly flattened shape. Bright red and meaty with a lot of flavor and aroma. A prodigious producer. Harvest 59 days from transplant. Indeterminate.
This extremely old variety makes a vigorous plant that bears enormous numbers of bright yellow, bite-sized fruit. The flavor is deliciously tangy. Perfect for summer party hors d'oeuvres.
A true garden tradition. High yields of 5 to 8-oz., bright red fruits. Superb disease resistance. Adaptable almost anywhere. Ideal for pastes and sauces. Determinate tomato.
Ideal for cooking specialty chili dishes. These mildly hot, 2-celled fruits have thick, dark-green flesh that ripens to a bright red. Bountiful, 30-in. plants.
Use as a flavoring with tomatoes and with mild-flavored vegetables such as squash. Excellent for flavoring veal and lamb too. Also good to plant among the tomato plants to fend off the green tomato worms. We are growing Lemon basil; Large Leaf Basil and Thai Basil.
Use seeds to flavor pickles and the leaves to brighten salads, soups, omelets and vegetables. Likes full sun. Plant seeds or plants outside after all danger of frost.
Flat-leaved variety used in salad dressings, poultry, soups and as an ingredient of pesto. Flavor is much more pronounced than that of the more familiar curled type.
Everyones garden favorite
Don't be fooled by this heirloom's unusual shape-these bright yellow balls are excellent for salads and pickling. They have a clean, crisp taste and are never bitter. Normal-sized vines yield heavily and for a long time.
No room for vines? Bush types take one-third the space, so they're great for containers and raised beds. Bush Champion's huge 8 to12" cukes make this our favorite mini. You won't believe the large number of crisp, bright green slicers you'll get from the pint-sized plants.
Harvest these cukes at about 8 to 9 inches long. They're perfect for fresh slicing, thanks to their smooth, straight growth and thin, dark green skin. You'll get good yields, too, because Marketmore Select is resistant to Scab, cucumber mosaic virus, and both downy and powdery mildew. Unbeatable for flavor, appearance, and quality.
Dark green with black spines, these cukes are delicious at any age. Pick them at 2 to 3 inches for gherkins, or at 4 inches for fresh eating as slicers. Or let them mature to full size (1¼ pounds on average). They deliver heavy yields all season long, not to mention good resistance to scab and cucumber mosaic virus.
Black Beauty Organic Squash arises abundantly on semi-upright, open-habit plants that simplify harvest and keep you scratch- and puncture-free. This squash ripens during the hot summer months and, thin-skinned, is best eaten fresh.
Bright-yellow crookneck fruits are graced with fine, meaty texture and succulent flavor. Dishes are nicely accented by olive oil and lemon and sprinkled with chives or basil. Good for freezing.
A beautiful butter yellow scallop-type squash. Each fruit is accented with a small dark green ring. The mild, white flesh remains tender and firm. Best used when harvested and eaten at around 3" across.
Regarded by many as the best tasting winter squash (grown in the summer).Heirloom favorite’s rich, sweet, red-orange flesh is loaded with nutrition and succulent, delicious flavor. Fruits will keep for months.
Table Queen squash are bush type varieties that develop 1 lb acorn-shaped squash with solid ribbed shells. The forest-green rinds and bright-yellow fruit of winter squash will fully ripen just before the first frost. As the holidays approach, imagine all of the sweet and savory baked dishes! Store heirloom squash overwinter by curing them in a cool location.
Plants produce plump, tender 5–6" white-seeded pods prolifically over a long season. Fiber-free beans are delicious stir-fried, steamed—or sautéed, and accented with garlic.
Do you prefer your beans vertical? Seeds saved from our previous years garden. The vines grew to over 10' tall, and trellised nicely.
Lima beans can be picked in the shelling stage or the dry stage. To pick beans during the shelling stage, pick when the pod has changed color and the beans have been plumped, but before the pods and seeds have dried. During the dry stage, pick dry lima beans when the pods are dry, faded in color, and brittle and seeds inside are hard. Fresh beans can be frozen or stored in a refrigerator for a week.
These hard brown-speckled beans make for great chilies and refried beans. They are easy to grow and have a shelf life of five years. The pinto bean is most prominent in Mexican cuisine and is often used for refried beans. They can tolerate being dried out while growing, making them an easy bean to grow. With a shelf life of five years, pinto beans are a great option for those who enjoy edible gardening.
An heirloom variety, Black Beauty Eggplant bears lots of classically shaped, glossy, purple-black fruits that are delicious grilled, baked, in Asian dishes and stir-fries. The fruits weight up to 2 lbs. each. Black Beauty Eggplant grows well in many areas of the country—and is a top choice for the southeastern United States where it is recommended by many Extension Services, including ones in Florida, Kentucky and Texas. Its gorgeous fruits and purple blooms also make the plant ornamental, maki
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Typically, spring veggies are ready for the ground one week after the average last frost date. We plan on having them ready Between April 1 and May 1. March tends to have some decent weather, but almost always has a day or two of frost, and that is not good for young plants.
Years of growing our own food, experimenting with different growing techniques and crop rotations.
We take a organic approach, because it matters what we put in our bodies.