Nursery open with new tomato starts in gallons

Bush Early Girl has started producing tomatoes.  Gosh, that's what I like to see on June 1st.
That means summer can't be far behind with my favorite sandwich: BLTs. Yum!
My mouth just starts watering when I think of that first bite.  (The tears come when I've
had the last bite.)

Then there's the cherry tomatoes: Sungolds and Supersweet 100s.  Just walk out on my
deck and pluck the ripe fruit and place it ever so gently in my mouth.  How sweet it is!

We've planted more starts to replenish our nursery.
It is open today and tomorrow (Sat), 10am to 6pm.  We'll look forward to seeing you.

Next week, the summer shares begin on Wednesday.  Right now you can pick spring
greens; swiss chard may be ready when you come in.  That is, if the sun shines! ~

Replenished stock of gallon tomatos starts

The nursery has a new stock of gallon tomato starts this morning.  We open at 10am today.
Come on in to get yours!

Soil Temperatures Warm for Planting ~ Our Plant Starts are Ready!!

It's now the third week of May. We've brought out new starts that include:

Basil: Italian plus several more varieties

Beans, several varieties

Broccoli

Cabbage, red or green

Chard

Corn, yellow, bi-color

Cucumbers: pickle, lemon, oriental, slicers

Dill

Lettuces

Onions, walla walla

Parsley, Italian

Peas, shelling, snow, snap

Spinach

Summer Squash, crookneck or zephyr

Tomatoes in gallons (bye, bye those little guys, they're growing!)

Winter Squash: acorn, honeyboat, sunshine

Zuchinni

It unbelievable but the leeks are sold out!

 The tomato gallons are flying out the door; gardeners are folks with hope in their hearts

for this fruit. Weather forecasts have been sayin' back to the normal NW spring and summer temperatures.

Garden soils are warm enough for planting according to Cliff Mass who says on

KPLU's Weather with Cliff Mass: "At least, for vegetable gardeners, the warmer temperatures that we've had over the past month raised soil temperatures, says Mass."

http://kplu.org/post/has-june-gloom-arrived-early-not-garden-soils-warm

 Got your trowels ready? Let the garden season begin!

Going to Market ~ Redmond Saturday Market

Opening day at Redmond Saturday Market!  Joe's there with tomato starts in gallon containers, herb starts and veggies starts in 4" containers.  Marching band playing, lots of folks picking out flowers and cheeses and natural dog treats and more!!

Supersize My Tomato Starts, Please

Today the Farmstore begins selling the gallon-size tomato plants.
I wait for this day all year long; I know these starts will live in my
Earthbox on my deck.

A complete list of the starts is available in an earlier post.
Here are the 4" starts in the nursery today:

Vegetable Starts

Beans (several varieties)
Broccoli
Cabbage (red or green)
Chard
Collards
Corn (yellow, bi-color)
Kale
Onions (Walla Walla)
Leeks
Lettuce
Mustard (red or green)
Peas (Shelling, snow, snap)
Tomatoes, 4" (limited quantities)
Tomatoes, Gallon-size
Spinach

Herb starts like chives, oregano, marjoram, etc. are here.

Planted in organic medium and fertilizer without chemicals,
these are hearty plants. 

Every week will feature additional starts; next week look for summer
squash and parsley and others.  Yum!

Come on down and get yours today!

Tomato Starts

Early Girl

Early Goliath

Big Beef

Brandymaster   (Heirloom variety)

Chocolate Cherry
Sweet 100   

Sungold

Yellow Pear

Bush Early Girl (NEW!)

Bush Goliath

Sunny Goliath

Viva Italia

Husky Cherry Red

We grow all our tomatoes from seed without artificial heat.  

We use no pesticides, fungicides or growth stimulants.  

This makes the plants healthier to acclimate better to life outdoors.  

Each pot is fertilized with Walt’s Organic Fertilizer and we recommend this for all vegetables.

'Enuf said.  4" size of selected varieties go on sale Saturday 28 April.  See you then!

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Farm opens Saturday, 28 April

At 10 am, these new doors swing open for the 2012 Season at Root Connection Farm. 

It’s the nursery you'll see first; starts of vegetables and herbs and yes, our famous tomato plants, will be available for you to buy (adopt?) and carry home for your own garden.  All starts are grown from seed. 

Stay tuned for the List of Tomato Starts; there’s been a request from folks who are gearing up their home gardens and MUST have those beauties! (Hint: new this year is Bush Early Girl.) 

The first harvests will be in June; for info on what’s in a share, how to sign up, go to www.rootconnection.com/csa.html

Excuse me, I must go find my trowel, gloves and knee pads.  Must get my garden ready for these annual guests.  Time’s awasting!