Cool-Weather
Crops for Fall
The peak days of summer are here, and for Martha’s Vineyard gardeners that marks the time to start a new round of cool weather crops. Because we’re surrounded by water, our island enjoys a uniquely extended growing season. While we often get a few light frosts in October, we rarely see a true hard frost until November. This long, beautiful autumn gives us the perfect window to plant right now for a robust, late-season harvest.
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Vegetables & Greens Available
We’ve already started our first rounds of seedlings. Stop by to grab yours and get planting today!
Salad Greens & Cooking Greens
Lettuce & Arugula: Our first batches are up! We’ll continue seeding fresh lettuce every few weeks into autumn, shifting toward hardier winter lettuce varieties as the season cools down.
Spinach: Freshly germinated and ready to grow.
Hardy Favorites: Kale, Oakleaf Lettuce, and Red Swiss Chard.
Asian Greens: Tender Pac Choy and Bok Choy.
Brassicas: Broccoli and Cauliflower
Fresh Herbs
Give your fall kitchen garden a refresh with these culinary and aromatic herbs:
Thyme (Lemon & White 'Albiflorus')
Sage & Chives
Greek Oregano & French Tarragon
Lavender, Rosemary & Germander
Scented Geraniums & Alpine Strawberries
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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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SMALL FRUITS
Add long-term perennial value to your garden patch. The following varieties are in stock and ready to plant:
Blueberries: Patriot, Bluecrop, Chippewa, Chandler, Reka & Darrow
Raspberries: Killarney & Caroline
Blackberries: Natchez
Elderberries: Samdal & Samyl
Killarney Raspberry display
Caroline Raspberry display
Blueberry display
Highbush Blueberry
Alpine Strawberries
Blackberries
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WARM WEATHER
CROPS
Still looking for summer flavor?
We also have warm weather crops like tomatoes, eggplant & peppers available for immediate and late summer harvest!
Visit us this week to pick up your seeds, starts, and fall planting supplies!
Eggplant
Eggplant
Sungold Tomatoes