Well, like Jill said, this weekend was certainly an auspicious start to our plant sale venture.  Wow!  Mother Nature sure dished it out here on the hill…biting wind, sideways sleet and snow…I’m amazed anyone came out at all.  But they did.  Friends.  Neighbors.  Strangers.  They came and they enjoyed the warmth of the greenhouse.  And at the end of the day, merriment ensued with some of our dear friends.  It was a great weekend!

As for sales, I’d say we sold mostly tomatoes, squash and peppers.  Not a lot of people bought basil, but we didn’t grow a lot, so that went pretty quick.  The flowers we grew for fun for ourselves also sold, which was fine.  Snapdragons, statice, celosia.  Some folks went for the cooler weather crops: kale, broccoli, onions.  Very little lettuce, no leeks or chard(until Amy and Joseph showed up!).

We did the best we could under the adverse conditions, and we are pleased.   We do, however, have a great deal of veggies still left and have decided it would be prudent to have a sale again this coming weekend.  The weather is starting to turn and it is supposed to be in the 80’s by the weekend.  That should get folks thinking of gardening!  Same bat time, same bat channel…10am to 4 pm Saturday and Sunday.  We’ll see what happens.

We still have plenty of just about everything except basil(gone) and Delicata Squash(about 18 left), and I presume we’re only low on those because we planted less.  Reminder: Plant more next year!  Oh yeah…Thank you to everyone who came out to support us!!  Big big love, out to you!!! 

 

 

 

If you are are reading this, odds are you have received an email from us letting you know that we have seedlings available for your purchase. We would love to make a party out of our new venture(which should come as no surprise to our dear friends!). On Saturday and Sunday, May 25th and 26th, from 10am to 4pm, you are welcome to visit our “infant” Friends and Neighbors Farm and purchase seedlings for your gardens and partake in whatever merriment may ensue…it’s on! Our seedlings look beautiful! Below is a list of the plants and varieties we have available. Feel free to email us with specific requests. We’d be happy to reserve whatever you’d like for you, because, of course, its all about you!!!  Reserve your seedlings and show up late on Saturday…we’ll have a a cooler full of cold bevies.  I might even move the piano into the greenhouse!

Being our first year and having no idea how many folks will show up, we really have no idea if we grew enough….we will find out, won’t we?

Here’s the list:

Tomatoes(1Plant/3.5″pot):

• Sakura Red Cherry
• Sungold Cherry
• Celebrity
• Big Beef
• Jet Star
• Roma

Peppers(1 Plant/3.5″ pot):

• Sweet Sunrise Bell
• Hot Paper Lantern Habenero
• Red Rocket Ristra
• Capperino Hot Cherry

Black Beauty Eggplant(1 Plant/3.5″ Pot)

Vates Kale(6 PK)

Red express Cabbage(6 PK)

Belstar Broccoli(6 PK)
Rainbow Chard Mix(6 PK)
Italian Flat Leaf Parsley(1 Plant/3.5″ Pot)
Cortland Onion(6 PK)
King Richard Leek

Basil:

• Genovese(1 Plant/3.5″ Pot)
• Dark Opal Purple(6 PK)
• Lemon Basil(6 PK)

Zucchini and all below(1 Plant/3.5″ Pot):

• Cocozelle Green
• Goldy Yellow

Summer Squash

Marketmore cuke

N.Pickling cuke
PMR Delicious Cantaloupe melon
Delicata
Burgess Buttercup
Tuffy Acorn
Baby Pam Pie Pumpkin

We will also have hanging baskets for sale.  They are working hard to be as vibrant and magical as they can in a couple weeks.  We’ll see if they succeed…

Here are directions to our place:

106 Cree Farm Rd, Marshfield, VT

Phone 802.426.2048

From Montpelier: RTE 2 East, Left on Creamery St in Marshfield, stay left, .5mi(give or take 1/4 mi) look for first rd on left, big fields with greenhouse and green house.  There will be signs.

From St J: RTE 2 West, Right on Creamery St in Marshfield, stay left, .5mi(give or take 1/4 mi) look for first rd on left, big fields with greenhouse and green house.  There will be signs.

From Calais:  use the force….just because you can.