TIME TO SOW YOUR COOL WEATHER CROPS FOR FALL
The warmest days of summer mark a time when Martha’s Vineyard gardeners can start a new round of crops. Being on an island surrounded by water allows for an extended growing season with a few light frosts in October but generally there is not a hard frost until November. This long beautiful fall makes it a great reason to plant now for a bountiful autumn harvest!
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VEGETABLE SEEDS & SEEDLINGS AVAILABLE NOW
START PLANTING TODAY!
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VEGETABLES & GREENS
We have started our first batch of lettuce and arugula.
We will continue to seed lettuce every couple of weeks into the fall.
Late in summer we will focus on the hardier winter lettuces.
Our spinach has germinated.
Broccoli and cauliflower
Other greens we are growing:
Kale
Oakleaf Lettuce
Red Swiss Chard
Asian greens like Pac Choy and Bok Choy
HERBS
Now also available for planting!
Thyme (Lemon & White 'Albiflorus')
Alpine Strawberries
Scented Geraniums
Sage
Germander
Lavender
Rosemary
Greek Oregano
Chives
French Tarragon
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DESCRIPTION OF THE GREENS WE ARE GROWING FROM FEDCO SEED
Broccoli Waltham 29: "We’ve found a reliable strain that consistently produces 6" heads with medium beads on attractive stocky 20" plants."
Arugula Ice bread: "This is arugula with more bite, vigorous with complex full flavors."
Kale Dazzling Blue Dinosaur: "Vigorous 24–34" upright savoyed lacinato-leaved kale in a range of bluish-green shades and all with a dramatic pink mid-rib. Sure to attract attention of chefs, market growers and gardeners alike."
Swiss chard Red rhubarb: "Deep crimson stalks, dark green leaves. Very hardy. Beautiful for edible landscapes. Heirloom from Europe goes back to 1857"
Lettuce red sails: "An attractive large plant with purplish red-splashed rosettes serrated with bubbled frills, Red Sails delivers lightly crunchy lobes with good melting texture. "
Lettuce New red Fire: "Has Red Sails’ characteristic ruffled leaves, though slightly lighter coloration, and good size. Has been among the last to bolt, lasting as late as July 29. Also quite cold-hardy. Tender sweet flavor with almost no bitterness."
Lettuce Black Seeded Simpson: "The earliest and most popular looseleaf variety."
Spinach Tundra: "Tastefully crinkled oval leaves are held off the ground for easy baby-leaf and mature harvests."
Buttercrunch: “Dark green outer leaves with broad mid-ribs and a creamy white center heart. Slow to bolt. Excellent flavor.”
Blue Scotch Kale: “Dense frilly finely curled blue-green leaves on compact upright 12–16" plants stand well, maintain color and resist yellowing in cold and heat. Hardy and productive. Best as a fall crop, planted in July or early August. More variable than the hybrids. Cold-hardy.”
Bok Choy Prize Choy: “Open-pollinated. Classy pac choi with celery-like white stems and vase-shaped 15-18" tall heads. Succulent stems and tender greens.”
[*Descriptions cited from Fedco Seed Catalog]
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WE HAVE LOTS OF SMALL FRUITS AVAILABLE!
BLUEBERRIES (Patriot, Bluecrop, Chippewa, Chandler, Reka & Darrow) / RASPBERRIES (Killarney & Caroline) / BLACKBERRIES (Natchez) / ELDERBERRY (Samdal & Samyl)
RASPBERRIES 50%off
killarney & caroline raspberries
Killarney Raspberry display
Caroline Raspberry display
Blueberry display
Highbush Blueberry
Alpine Strawberries
Blackberries
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WARM WEATHER CROPS SUMMER SALE
TOMATOES, EGGPLANT & PEPPERS
warm weather crops 50% off
tomatoes, eggplant & peppers
Eggplant
Eggplant
Sungold Tomatoes
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