Monday, April 2, 2018

2018 Greenhouse Starts

Saturday, April 7, 2018 is our first plant sale of the year.  He is what we have to offer currently out of the greenhouse.

The Santa Fe Grande Pepper is “a great mid-sized pepper growing 2-3ft with a blocky, tapered body.  Fruits ripen from yellow to orange then red and have a wonderful medium hot flavor with a sweetish overtone.  TMV resistant.  75-100 days.”  Trade Winds Fruit

The Fresno Chile Pepper is from the area around Fresno, CA.  These Peppers will grow 1.5-2ft tall and bear 2-3in long peppers.  They start out green, go to orange, and finally red.  “Looking for a medium hot pepper that won’t burn your mouth, but will still pack a punch?  This is it!  5-10 Scoville units.  75 days.”  Sustainable Seed Company

The Keystone Giant Pepper is “a large bell pepper and a great variety for classic bell pepper taste.  Bears large fruits up to 5in with a thick blocky shape.  Usually eaten while green, fruits have a sweet flavor and crunchy texture. Plants grow 2-3ft with nice yields.  75 days.”  Trade Winds Fruit

The Habanero Pepper is the hottest of all.  “Wrinkled, green skin matures to a bright orange.  Use gloves to handle.

The Carnival Sweet Pepper Blend is a grab bag of some of our favorite heirloom peppers including Orange Sun, California Wonder, Golden California Wonder, Purple Beauty, and Diamond varieties.

Sweet Banana Peppers are “delicious, long, tapered fruits turn from light green to yellow, then orange and red.  Great fresh or fried.  72 days.”  Burpee

California Wonder Bell Peppers are “upright 2ft tall plants that bear prolific fruits that are 4-5in long and almost the same width across.  Mild, pleasant flavor.  Great for salads or stuff them whole for a delicious meal.  Resistant to Tobacco Mosaic Virus.  Harvest early for green bell peppers, late for yummy red peppers!  73 days.”  Sustainable Seed Company

Brandywine (red) Regular Leaf Tomato “offers red fruit with luscious old time, red tomato flavor.  Plants have regularly-shaped leaves and are extremely productive, bearing long harvests of these 10-16oz fruits.  Heirloom from the late 1800’s.  Indeterminate.  80 days.”  Tomato Growers Supply

Brandywine (red) Potato Leaf Tomato “offers red fruit with luscious old time, red tomato flavor.  Plants have potato-shaped leaves and are extremely productive, bearing long harvests of these 10-16oz heirloom fruits.  Indeterminate.  80 days.”  Tomato Growers Supply

The Red Cherry Tomato “produces prolific indeterminate vines that bear large, red cherry tomatoes with rich, full-bodied, mildly acidic flavor.  Vines need trellising.  70 days.”  Seeds of Change

The Sioux Tomato is indeterminate “heirloom variety originally released in 1944 by the University of Nebraska and is worth planting today because of its incredible flavor and reliably large harvests even in hot weather.  Although its appears to be an average size red tomato, you just have to grow it to believe how good it is – sweet yet tangy and full of those rich, complex flavors that make a delicious tomato memorable.  70 days.”  Tomato Growers Supply Company

The Toma Verde Tomatillo “is a member of the tomato family, but not a real tomato.  Round green tomatillos have a papery husk that is removed before preparing.  Vining plants are easily grown and prolific.  Flavor is sweet yet tart and wonderful in green Mexican salsa and other Mexican and Southwestern dishes.  75days.”  Tomato Growers Supply Company

The Better Boy Hybrid tomato is a super popular variety of “rugged vines that produce large crops of bright read, 12-16oz smooth, flavorful fruit.  Similar to Big Boy, but with additional disease resistance.  Firm and perfect for slicing.  One of the best tasting garden tomatoes available anywhere.”  Tomato Growers Supply Company

The Chocolate Stripe Tomato is “a true show stopper.  Chocolate Stripe Tomatoes feature mahogany colored flesh with olive green striping.  Complex, rich, earthy flavors reward the gardner with plants that yield a plentiful crop of 3-6in fruit.  An excellent choice for salads and sandwiches, this one just might become your favorite!  80 days.”  Eden Brothers Seed

The Green Zebra Tomato has “chartreuse colored flesh with lime green stripes.  Green Zebra Tomatoes are a garden favorite not only for their beautiful colors, but for their sweet, rich tomato taste.  The only problem you will have with this variety is when to tell if a green tomato is ripe!  Hint Green Zebra’s light green stripes turn to yellow, and its firmness in your gentle hand will show a slight give much like when a red tomato is ready to pick.”  Eden Brothers Seed

Early Green Broccoli is “a short season broccoli variety that yields a large tight head followed by and abundance of succulent side shoots until a hard freeze.”  Seeds of Change

Snowball Cauliflower has “delicious and snow white dense heads are 6in across and are somewhat hidden tucked away amongst silvery-green leaves.  A self-blanching variety as the leaves curl around heads protecting them from sun.  Excellent for home or market use.  Well adapted to short season areas.”  Sustainable Seed Company

Golden Acre Cabbage “produces 3-4lb heads that are succulent, sweet, and tender.  Golden Acre Cabbage produces round, tight heads shaped like globes.  Knows for its early Production and uniformity and is a great cabbage for coleslaw or stir fry.”  Sustainable Seed Company

Dinosaur Kale’s “dark blue-green leaves of this popular, cold-hearty kale are valued for heir high nutritional content.  Delicious and tender, the flavor gets even sweeter after a few hard frosts.  70 days.”  Seeds of Change

Dwarf Blue Curled Kale is “an early kale that produces tasty greens when used in salads or steamed.  The blue-green leaves are finely curled and very attractive reaching 6-8in.  This is one of the best frost resistant kales.  Young leaves are great raw in salads, blanched for a saute or used as a colorful garnish. 63 days.”  Sustainable Seed Company

Italian Parsley is a favorite heirloom variety for seasoning and drying.  75 days.  Seeds of Change

Summer Thyme is a “classic culinary herb with strong savory aroma and flavor for all your recipes.  Thyme looks great in rock gardens and pots and has many medicinal uses.  90days.”  Seeds of Change

Young Genovese Basil is a uniform, slow to bolt, classic basil variety with concentrated flavor and fine, sweet fragrance fantastic for seasonings, salads, garnishes, and pesto.  70 days.”  Seeds of Change