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)

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WARM WEATHER CROPS SUMMER SALE

TOMATOES, EGGPLANT & PEPPERS

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