There will also be … Plants for Sale Saturday!

Tomatoes, Herbs, Flowers, Berrys, Bulbs, and MORE

In addition to the many other things available at the Spring Market here’s a listing of PLANTS. Many thanks to all the DONORS!!

From the Market Committee – email news…

Dear Friends,
In addition to the berry bushes that we offered by pre-order (and will offer some additional on the day), others have also been hard at work sowing seeds and tending to the seedlings, dividing perennials, etc.
Here are the plants we are expecting on the day:

From Phil
TOMATOES
– Big League-d-large-65 days  (ltd#)
-Horizon-i- beefsteak 4-6″-heirloom – 75 days (ltd#)
-Lidi -i-(yellow small cherry) -53 days
-Goliath-i-large-65+ days/Black Cherry-i- (dark red cherry)-heirloom 65+days
– a few volunteers of unspecified variety

TOMATILLO / “GROUND CHERRY”
-Grande Rio Verde-d-compact plant, many 3 oz. fruit in one harvest -85 days
-Purple-i-sweet, slices eaten raw in salads- 68 days

PEPPERS
-“Sweetie pie” small bell peppers – mixed colors-65 days
-Ancho Gigantia (banana-shaped, “mildly hot”)- 80 days
-Aji dulce “Spice Pepper” (sweet, complex, only a “trace of heat”)- heirloom 111 days

EGGPLANT
-Gretel (white, mild, long & thin)

HERBS
-Basil Genovese (big leaf)
-Parsley (flat leaf)

FLOWERS
-cosmos – red, red-orange, pink, white – 3+’ tall-butterflies/ cut flowers)
-calendula (pot marigold)-2′ tall (draws good insect)
-cottage pinks (white, pink, lilac)-12-18″ (scented/butterflies)

From Tom
Herbs
Peppermint, Blue Balsam (the best peppermint Smile Herb Shop has found)

Holy Basil, Tulsi
Orange Mint
Catnip

From Beth
Chrysanthemum, apricot colored flowers, single petals

From Marcia
Oregano

From Cairn
Perennials
Black-Eyed Susan
Lamb’s Ears
Liatris
Oxeye Sunflower
Prairie Coneflower (from Mary B. originally)
Purple Coneflower

Bulbs
“Geranium” Narcissus (from friend Suzan originally)
Siberian Iris (from Mary K. originally)

From Sean
Berry Bushes (some additional varieties available on the day)
$15 each:
Elderberry (no thorns), shrub that grows 5 – 12′ tall & wide
Boysenberry (few thorns)
Black Raspberry (many thorns)
Gooseberry (many thorns)
Marionberry, cross between two blackberries, developed in Oregon
$10 each:
Red Goji Berry (few thorns)
Thornless Blackberry

I hope it warms your heart just thinking about all of these plants, as it does mine!

And, another thing to warm the heart is working together for a good cause, as QMC members and others have been busy doing. It really does provide a special feeling.

Have a restful evening, everyone!

Peace,
Cairn for the Quaker Market Committee