With the recent warm days and rain, there is no mistaking that May has arrived here on the farm. Our seedling sale returns this year with certified organic starts for your garden. You can preorder your seedlings online and they will be available for pickup at the Market on Saturday, May 14 from 11am-4pm.

This year we are selling herbs, greens, and flowers to help the home gardeners who are ready to begin planting. We use beautiful fiber pots for our seedlings because they are biodegradable and provide a healthy habitat for our plants during their early growth without the use of plastic. Keep reading below to see our offerings and tips on planting.

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Parsley

Giant of Italy parsley is a wonderfully robust variety, perfect for any home garden or kitchen window box. This parsley thrives in full sunlight and in moist, fertile soil. Giant of Italy parsley is ready to harvest when the plant is well-established. Snip parsley leaves at their base. Parsley can be harvested multiple times throughout the season, and should be ready for its first harvest ~5 weeks after transplanting, depending on conditions.

Hera Dill

Hera dill is a wonderfully robust variety, perfect for any home garden or kitchen window box. This dill thrives in full sunlight and in rich light soil. Dill can be harvested multiple times throughout the season, and should be ready for its first harvest a few weeks after transplanting. Dill also produces a pretty flower that pollinators love - don’t be afraid to let it keep growing after harvests become bitter or tough later in the season.

Calypso Cilantro

Calypso cilantro is a prolific and fragrant variety, perfect for any home garden or kitchen window box. This cilantro thrives in full sunlight and in rich, well-drained soil. Cilantro can be harvested multiple times throughout the season and is ready for its first harvest a few weeks after transplanting. Let it keep growing for multiple months and it’ll produce seeds, which we know as coriander - collect the seeds and grind them up for culinary creativity.

Genovese Basil

Genovese basil is a tender and fragrant variety, perfect for any home garden or kitchen window box. This basil thrives in full sunlight and in rich, moist soil. Genovese basil is ready to harvest when the plant is well-established, usually a month or more after transplanting. Snip stems at their base. Basil can be harvested multiple times throughout the season.

Sensation Mix Cosmos

Brighten up your garden with these whimsical and hardy flowers. Sensation Mix cosmos thrives in most growing conditions, although full sunlight is preferred. These flowers should be harvested right above a growth point in order to encourage longevity. Dead-heading early in the seasons is also recommended in order to support strong branching and flower production. Cosmos can be harvested many times throughout the season.

Oklahoma Zinnias

Brighten up your garden with these dazzling and classic flowers. Oklahoma zinnias thrive in most growing conditions, although full sunlight is preferred. Zinnias should be harvested right above a growth point in order to encourage longevity. Dead-heading is also recommended in order to support strong branching and flower production. Zinnias can be harvested many times throughout the season.

Autumn Beauty Sunflower

Autumn Beauty sunflowers prefer light, well-drained soils. They should be harvested right above a growth point in order to encourage longevity. These single-stem sunflowers can be harvested once flowers show color.

Yellow Sunflower

Brighten up your garden with these quintessential sun-loving beauties. Standing up to 7 feet tall, these sunflowers add a gleam to your garden without much additional work. First flowers should bloom in July. Fun fact, sunflowers are phosphorous scavengers, pulling phosphorous from the soil and concentrating it in the flower.

Calendula

This calendula mix will bloom orange and yellow flowers from planting until a heavy frost. Calendulas thrive in full sun but can tolerate partial shade, too. Flowers should be harvested once the bloom is half open. The petals are edible and medicinal, and provide a bright pop to any home garden or planter box. It is also very easy to save calendula seed - shake out the plants in the fall and keep these little horseshoe-shaped seeds to plant for next season.

Lacinato Kale

This Tuscan-style kale produces long, straight, dark green leaves, making harvest and kitchen prep extremely straightforward. Known for its flavor and tenderness, Lacinato kale is versatile in the kitchen. Kale will do fine in full or partial sun. Expect first harvest about a month after transplanting, and then continue to harvest every week, or as needed. Lacinato kale is also known as dinosaur kale.

Bright Lights Swiss Chard

Bright Lights Swiss chard is a vibrant and nutritious addition to your home garden. The stems are a combination of pink, purple, orange, green, yellow, and red and provide dark green leaves. To harvest, cut individual leaves at the base or cut the whole plant about an inch above the soil, making sure to leaf enough for regrowth. Bright Lights Swiss chard will reach maturity about 5 weeks after transplanting.

Spring Seedling Sale