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Raw Honey
Local Honey
We love our bees! We manage our hives with the best interests of our bees always in mind. We use no chemicals in our hives at all. We use only natural methods to control honey bee pests. The honey we remove from the hive is neither heated or filtered so you get an all natural raw honey. Local honey can be helpful for people who suffer from pollen allergies. Honey will be available again mid-summer.
Fruit
Apples
MacIntosh
Juicy and slightly tart. Great for baking.
Gala
Sweet and very flavorful with orange-striped skin and yellow flesh. A new favorite for snacks and salads.
Jonathan
Moderately tart red apple. Delicious for snacking, salads and cooking, especially fried apples.
Jonagold
Blend of tart Jonathan and sweet Golden Delicious. Oustanding flavor.
Melon
Picnic
A smaller sized watermelon than our other varieties.
Red fleshed watermelon, with a dark green skin.
Desert King
Yellow fleshed Watermelon
Plants
Watermelon
Watermelon Jade Star
Jade Star is a delicious super sweet, early maturing, small fruit bearing "icebox watermelon". An improved Sugar Baby type of watermelon with brighter, sweeter flesh and a better vine.
Vegetables
Summer Squash
Dark Star Zucchini
A dark green fruit that is smooth and spineless. Shows excellent vigor with its long harves period.
*Info from Seeds of Change
Golden Zucchini
5-7" straight neck golden zucchini.
*Info from Seeds of Change
Yellow Crookneck Squash
Yellow summer squash has been a favorite for over 150 years. This is a yellow-skinned, white-fleshed summer squash that is delicious lightly steamed, roasted or eaten raw.
Potato
Russian Banana Fingerling
Late season
A slighlty longer and larger fingerling with yellow tan skin and yellow flesh
Red Cloud
Mid Season
A nice dry potate that works well for baking, boiling, and for exceptional mash potatoes.
Zucchini
Yellow Straightneck Squash
Yellow summer squash has been a favorite for over 150 years. This is a yellow-skinned, white-fleshed summer squash that is delicious lightly steamed, roasted or eaten raw.
Zucchini
The flesh is tender, firm, and creamy white with excellent flavor. It is delicious grilled, steamed, boiled, sauteed, fried, or used in breads. Tiny baby squash can be used as appetizers or leave whole and sauteé with other vegetables. This variety also freezes well.
Corn
Sweet Corn
Cross-pollination of yellow kernel varieties with white kernel varieties will result in production of bicolor corn. Truly a vegetable staple, how does one justly describe biting into a delicious hot buttered fresh ear of sweet bi-color corn? Juicy, plump, tender oh-so-sweet bright yellow kernels are packed tightly on the cob offering an unforgettable addicting flavor and creating a ravenous insatiable desire for wanting more.
Pepper: Hot
Aji Amarillo
The size and coloration of this pepper suggests its high heat content. Many people note a smoky flavor when they use this variety. Drying? yes. Scoville Rating: 30,000-50,000. mmm.
Ancho/Poblano
This mildly spicy pepper is called 'Poblano' when fresh and 'Ancho' when dried. Drying? yes. Scoville Rating: 2,500-3,000.
Anaheim
This pepper is also referred to as the New Mexico pepper and is the type of pepper used for charred, roasted chiles. It is mildly hot and is fun to use for stuffed peppers, because some can be quite hot while others are mild - it makes for an interesting dinner to see who will get the spicy one! Drying? no. Scoville Rating: 500-2,500.
Cayenne
The cayenne pepper is the hottest one we grow - so for those in need of heat, steer towards these long, red peppers. They are also reported to have many medicinal benefits from increasing circulation to reducing stomach aches, cramping pains, and gas. Drying? yes. Scoville Rating: 40,000-90,000.
Jalapeño
This popular pepper is named after the city of Xalapa, Veracruz where it is traditionally produced. Jalapeños are known by different names in Mexico, such as cuaresmenos, huachinangos and chiles gordos. A chipotle is a jalapeño that has been smoked. Drying? no. Scoville Rating: 2,500-10,000.
Serrano
The serrano is said to be five times hotter than the jalapeño and never needs to be peeled before using in a dish. Drying? yes. Scoville Rating: 10,000-23,000.
Hot Pepper Jalapeno Mammoth
Enormous, medium-dark green smooth fruit with thick flesh and a pleasing heat level. Excellent stuffed with cheese and baked or grilled. Add spunk to traditional salsas, picante sauces, breads, stews and, of course, popular nachos. Bagels, cheese, jelly, dips, stuffing and sausage benefit from its warm heat. Stuff with savory meat mixtures or favorite cheeses.
Eggplant
Snowy White
This creamy textured eggplant is native to India. Like most of the long types, it has less of a tendency to bitterness so you should not have to worry about peeling and salting this eggplant.
Imperial Black Beauty
This eggplant is the heirloom cousin to the type we most often see in the grocery store. These are often good for grilling because they hold their shape as they cook better than other varieties.
Purple Long
This purple Italian variety is also referred to as a Japanese eggplant. It has similar culinary properties to the Snowy White eggplant.
Rosa Bianca
This purple tinted Italian eggplant has a delicate and creamy flavor and is considered highly in the world of gourmet cooking. Try this eggplant with an experimental stuffing!
Radish
French Breakfast
A root vegetable related to the turnip and horseradish family, with a crisp texture and a mild to delicately sweet flavor. The French Breakfast radish has an elongated shape that can grow to approximately three inches in length, displaying a bright red outer skin, which turns white at the root base. There are two main categories of radishes, either the spring or winter radishes, based on the time when they are harvested. Spring radishes are harvested early in their growing season resulting in a smaller radish. The winter radishes are harvested later in their growth and result in a larger round or more elongated shaped vegetable. This radish is considered to be a spring radish, but may be available throughout the year. It is a radish that is generally served raw to be used as hors d'oeuvres or a complement to salads. When selecting, choose radishes that are firm, crisp, and without blemishes. Radishes grown and harvested when temperatures remain hot develop an increased bitterness. Store without the leafy tops and place in the refrigerator, wrapped in plastic to keep fresh for several days. It is also known as a Flambo radish.
Lettuce
Rouge D'Hiver Romaine
An open-pollinated, heirloom variety, Rouge D’Hiver originated in France in l885. This red romaine is unabashedly gorgeous, reliably hardy and perfect for baby greens. Rouge D’Hiver produces large, robust heads of reddish-bronze, green-veined leaves which tolerate both heat and cold well. Even after being dressed, its showy red leaves stay crisp and their heft makes them ideal with weightier salad ingredients. Serve shiny leaves of Rouge D’Hiver on a platter, arranging cooked, chilled beet slices, fennel slivers and toasted walnuts. Dress with a simple walnut oil vinaigrette and snips of chives. Simple, elegant and healthy!
Tomato
Tomato Slicer
Red vine-ripened large Fletcher tomatoes are beautiful, full-bodied and thin-skinned. The high sugar content of this awesome tomato offers an excellent rich flavor and produces a meaty firm texture. These superior tomatoes are never gassed to enhance their natural gorgeous red color.
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