What We're Growing

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Raw Honey
Honey In The Raw

Honey from our own bees. We only filter our honey and then pour into glass jars - NOT plastic. Raw honey is an excellent source of enzymes.

Raspberry Jam
Raspberry Jam

Delicious Jam made from our own berries! We also have an natural jam made with honey instead of sugar!

Flowers
Zinnia
Benary Mix

Hands down the most richly colored summer flowers!

Sunflower
Mixed Varieties

What says "Happy" better than a sunflower?

Statice
Blues and Purples

A favorite everlasting

Stock
Mixed Colors

Becky's all time favorite summer flower. Love the scent!

Fruit
Cantaloupes
Sarah's Choice

Superior-tasting, thick, orange flesh.

Watermelon
Sugar Baby

Sugar baby Round fruits, 6-8" in diameter, averaging 8-10 lb. Ripe melons are almost black. Good flavor.

Raspberries
Caroline

Wonderful tasting berry.

Blackberries
Blackberries

Yummy Blackberries from our farm! No chemical fertilizers! Two varieties to choose from!

Herbs
Parsley
Forest Green

Add to dishes for a subtle flavor or accent.

Cilantro/Coriander
Calypso

One of our favorite cilantro varieties. Excellent in salsa and salads. Very fresh tasting

Basil
Genovese

The standard for Italian Basil

Amethyst

Beautiful purple basil,tastes much like Genovese.

Vegetables
Sweet Corn
Sugar Buns

Yummy, sweet & hard to say no to just one ear!

Trinity

Very tender yet crisp sweet kernels.

Tomato, Cherry
BHN-624

New last year! A cross between a grape tomato and a cherry tomato.

BHN-624 has the oval shape of a grape, the juicy consistency of a cherry, and an excellent, sweet rich flavor. It has been one of the best-tasting in our trials for the last two years. Nice, deep red color.

White Cherry

Appealing, pale yellow cherry tomatoes avg. 1 1/8-1 1/4" diam. and have a good, mild taste.

Onion, Red
Mars

Early and big red onions from plants.

Snow Peas
Snow Sweet

Pods avg. 3 1/2-4" and remain tender at a much larger berry size than traditional snow peas. Tender, sweet pods are good for salads, stir fries, and steaming.

Sugar Snap Peas
Sugar Snap

Sugar Snap has become a household name in the U.S. since its 1979 introduction. The vines are tall, growing about 6' or more, and need support. Pods are about 3" long, 1/2" across, and bear over a long picking period. Both peas and pods are sweet.

Mesclun Mix
Ovation Mix

A great combination of both mild and spicy ingredients. Similar to All Greens Mix, only organic seed. This mix includes Red Giant, Early Mizuna, Tatsoi, Red Russian, and Arugula.

Elegance

Elegance Greens Mix includes various shades of red accented with green and blue. A pleasing blend of flavors and textures makes this a real hit. It includes international ingredients such as Red Choi, Garnet Giant, Ruby Streaks, Spigariello Liscia, and Waido.

Green Beans
Fresh Pick

Tender and rich-tasting 6 1/2" green beans. Compared with Jade, Fresh Pick's pods are plumper and darker green, suggestive of pole beans, with an even better flavor.

Jade

Highest quality bean for gourmet markets.

Jade's beautiful, 6-7" long, slender, deep green pods are exceptionally tender and delicious.

Winter Squash
Acorn - Honey Bear

Honey Bear Unique, small, 1–1 1/4 lb. (500 g), 4" rounded fruits are just the right size halved for single servings. Honey Bear sets a new standard for taste in acorn squash – deliciously starchy and sweet.

Acorn - Jet

A sweet starchy fall favorite.

Butternut

Compared with Waltham Butternut, the vine is short (even shorter than Metro) and has some mildew resistance. The fruits are slightly smaller, avg. 3-4 lb. Good taste.

Potato
Red Gold

Delicious early variety. Nothing like new potatoes and peas!

Yukon Gold

Wondeful waxy flesh - good for potato salads, homemade chips and french fries!

Kennebec

Excellent for storing. White flesh is dry, stays flavorful through fall and winter storage, and is well-suited for all methods of cooking.

Dark Red Norland

One of the best summer varieties for early digging, and it stores well! Great baked, boiled, or roasted. The oblong potatoes have smooth red skin, white flesh, and size rapidly.

Sweet Potato
Bearegard

Dark red-orange skin with moist, sweet, orange flesh.

Carrot
Mokum

Very sweet, early, bunching carrot.

Top-rated for taste in the early varieties. Good, slender, bunched "pencil carrots."

Sugar Snax

Tender and sweet describe the fine eating quality of this deeply colored carrot. High in beta-carotene, an antioxidant and important source of provitamin A.

Beet
Red Ace

The best all-around red beet.

Rapid growth, sweet flavor, and tenderness are the characteristics of Red Ace. The round, smooth, deep red roots size early, with high uniformity. They maintain their sweet tenderness when larger and older.

Leek
Upton

Vigorous, medium-maturity, upright plants with higher packout and fewer culls under a variety of growing conditions. 10-13" long, medium-thick shanks with beautiful blue-green foliage.

Zucchini
Dundoo

Everybody's favorite summer zucchini

Soliel

Fruits are a beautiful, bright golden-yellow, with a low frequency of fruits with green tips.

Cucumber
Genuine

The relatively smooth, dark green, 8" fruits are free of striping and bitterness and have the best taste of the American type.

Alibi

For fresh eating or pickling. Fruits are dark green, uniform, and attractive.

Pepper: Bell or Sweet
Ace

The extra-early, highly productive standard.

Pepper: Hot
Hungarian Hot Wax

Yellow hot pepper with 5 1/2" x 1 1/2" smooth, waxy fruits tapering to a point. Easy to stuff and to peel after roasting; thick-fleshed for frying. Its sunset-ripening peppers change from yellow to orange to red, and make the prettiest pickled peppers. Early and widely adapted. Definitely, but not overly, hot.

Eggplant
Beatrice

High yields of round, bright violet fruits.

Swiss Chard
Bright Lights

Stems of many colors including gold, pink, orange, purple, red, and white ... with bright and pastel variations. Lightly savoyed, green or bronze leaves. The taste is milder than ordinary chard, with each color a bit different.

Spinach
Emu

Good for baby leaf and bunching.

Cabbage
Alcosa

Early producer of round, 2-4 lb., deep blue-green heads. Alcosa's well-packed, thin, yellow interior leaves quickly fill in, making it a smart choice for closely spaced plantings of mini cabbages.

Deadon

New last year! Beautiful, red savoy with light green interior leaves.

Broccoli
Blue Wind

Heads are medium sized, blue green with small, attractive beads.

Radish
Cheriette

Smooth and bright red roots with short tops. For spring, summer, early fall production. Dense and crisp with a sweet/hot taste.

D'Avignon

The radishes are 3-4" long, slender, 2/3- 3/4 red, with a white tip, tapered to a point. Good fresh market specialty.

Easter Egg

Make beautiful bunches with this mix of red, purple, and white round radishes. Maturing over an extended period of time, they stay crisp and mild even when large. Great fun for children and adults alike.

Lettuce
Red Cross

Red cross The large, fancy, bright red heads make a stunning presentation. Suitable for spring, summer, and fall crops. Better heat tolerance and brighter red color than Marvel of Four Seasons.

Ermosa

The first dark green butterhead lettuce with heat tolerance.

Encore Mix

A stunning mix of different colors, shapes and textures. Varieties include Dark Red Lollo Rossa, Firecracker, Red Saladbowl, Tango, Parris Island, Deer Tongue,and Rouge D'Hiver.

Allstar

A specially designed blend based on two years of trial research to make your salad mix stand out from the crowd. Selected varieties yield darker reds and greens even under low-light conditions. Ruffled edges and unique leaf shapes provide loft, interesting texture, good shelf life, and fancy appearance. Includes varieties such as Outredgeous, Tango, Dark Lollo Rossa, and others.

Tomato
Big Beef

Large, avg. 10-12 oz., mostly blemish-free, globe-shaped red fruit. They have full flavor - among the best - and ripen early for their size. Broad disease tolerance. Slightly earlier, larger, firmer, and with a somewhat taller plant than Jet Star. Arguably the best all-around "beefsteak" tomato for a home garden. 1994 All-America Selections winner.

 

Juliet

Delicious, rich tomato taste for salads, great salsa, and fresh pasta sauce. Good crack resistance, vine storage, and shelf life.

Taxi - Yellow Tomato

Meaty, 4-6 oz., baseball-sized, lemon-yellow tomatoes. Smooth, blemish-free globes with a small stem scar. Attractive, sweet-flavored, and easy to grow.

Cherokee Purple

Medium-large, flattened globe fruits. Color is dusky pink with dark shoulders. Multilocular interior ranges from purple to brown to green.

Onion
Ishikura Improved

Early, vigorous plants with high yield potential.

256 Nabechan

Better flavor than other bunching onions.

Alisa Craig

Huge, mild onions.

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