The Cutting Garden

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  • It’s Time to Pre-Order Seedlings!

    Need Seedlings?  We’ll start them for you.
    $4.25/ 4” pot
    Updated for 2021

    Please Pre-Order by March 1.  You can either stop into the shop with your list, or email it to us.  No need to pay in advance.  Plants will be available for pickup around Memorial Day weekend, depending on the temperatures.  We will also have a limited number of herbs and annuals available.

     Tomatoes

    Generally, hybrid tomatoes are more prolific and uniform than heirloom varieties, and hybrids usually have more resistance to disease, but many people say heirlooms taste a little better.  We start our tomatoes in mid-March, and grow them on in 4-inch pots. Last year we put them in the ground about June 1, and our first ripe tomatoes came in the last week of July.  All of these varieties are indeterminate unless noted.

     Large Tomatoes:

    Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, Heirloom, pink/green stripes
    Brandywine, Heirloom, red/pink
    Rose, Heirloom
    Mortgage Lifter, Heirloom, Pink
    Chef’s Choice, Hybrid, Orange
    Chefs Choice Pink, Hybrid
    Rose, Heirloom, red
    Big Beef, Hybrid, red
    Beefsteak, Hybrid, red
    Striped German, Heirloom, yellow/red stripes
    Old German, Heirloom, similar to Striped German
    Pineapple, Hybrid, similar to Striped German
    Aunt Ginny’s Purple, Heirloom
    Carolina Gold, Yellow, Hybrid

    Medium-sized tomatoes

    Early Girl, Hybrid, red
    New Girl, Hybrid, red
    Wayahead, Heirloom, Red, Early
    Martha Washington, Hybrid

    Medium-sized tomatoes, cont’d

    Celebrity, Red, Hybrid
    Damsel, Red, Hybrid
    Black Krim, Heirloom
    Green Vernissage, Hybrid
    Black Vernissage, Hybrid
    Skyway, Hybrid, determinate
    SV7846-hybrid
    Better Bush, Hybrid, Determinate
    Lemon Boy, Yellow Hybrid
    Carbon Purple/Black, Heirloom
    Giallo de Summer, Yellow, Heirloom

    Small-sized tomatoes

    Jaune Flamee, 2-inch round, Heirloom
    Purple Russian, Heirloom
    Piglet Willy’s French Black, Oxheart, Heirloom

    Cherry Tomatoes

    Sun Gold, Hybrid, orange, very sweet
    Citrine, Hybrid, Orange
    Chocolate Cherry, black/red, Heirloom
    Black Cherry, Hybrid
    Early Cherry 1.5 inches, Hybrid, red
    Supersweet 100, Hybrid
    Yellow Pear, Hybrid
    Gardener’s Delight, Heirloom

    Paste/Sauce Tomatoes

    Amish Paste
    Granadero
    Gilbertie Paste, Heirloom, Red, largest paste tomato
    San Marzano, Heirloom
    Blue Beech, large paste
    Comstock/ large paste hybrid

    Peppers

    We start our peppers even earlier than our tomatoes and grow them on in four-inch pots, and we have fully-red ripe peppers by August 1.

    Sweet Peppers

    Carmen, Hybrid, Red, 5 to 6 inch horn-shaped peppers.
    Ace, Hybrid, Red bell peppers
    King of the North, Hybrid, Red
    Red Mercury, Hybrid, Red
    Stocky Red Roaster
    Cubanelle, Horn, Green 4 to 5 inches
    Sweet Chocolate
    Jimmy Nardello, long thin sweet
    Staddon’s Select, early Red
    Italian Sweet

    Hot Peppers

    Habanera, Heirloom, orange, very hot
    Jalapeno, Heirloom green to red, hot
    Thai Red Chili
    Red Ember, Cayenne

    Aunt Polly’s Ground Cherries

    Tart sweet berries, very prolific!

    Eggplant

    Nadia, black, 7 inches
    Dancer, purple/pink 7 inches

    Cucumber

    Max Pack, pickling, 4.5 inches, broad disease resistance
    Diva, harvest at 5 to 7 inches

    Brussel Sprouts

    Long Island

    Cauliflower

    Snowball

     

    This is a partial list of seeds we will start.  If you would like us to start something else, give us a call or drop them off at the Cutting Garden.  Questions?  Give us a call at 845 482 3333 or email us.

    Happy Gardening!

  • Happy New Year! Welcome 2021!

    New Year’s Eve, 2020
    Today we celebrate the end of what has been a perfectly awful year, but at the same time a year in which so many showed their kindness, strength, resilience and ability to adapt.
    So many stepped up to help those who needed it, and I suspect that some of those people didn’t know they had it in them.
    Most of all, this has been a year that showcased the best in all of us, despite the madness in the world.
    Let’s remember those we lost this year, and celebrate them each day.
    And let’s reflect on what we learned about ourselves and others, using that knowledge to work for a better future.
    And whoever thought that the word “pivot” would become so common, and so apt?
    We are so grateful for your support in this past year. It’s meant the world to us both!
    We’re taking a short break and will re-open on Saturday, February 1st at 11 am.
    You can still shop online and schedule a pickup at the store at your convenience.
    Looking forward to hindsight really being 2020!

  • We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails

    We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails

    Since you can’t come to us, we’re coming to you!

    In addition to seed starting, plant transplanting and hoping for a warm spring and great gardening summer, we’ve been adding a few items to our Etsy Shop and have created an Online Popup Shop with everything available for either contact free pickup on our porch in Youngsville or free delivery within 20+- miles of the shop.
    Mothers Day is May 10th and we have some lovely things that might please.

    • We’ll be regularly adding items
    • Just send us a message if you think we have it and don’t see it

    So many are doing such good work that we are donating 10% of every sale to the various groups in the county who are focusing on keeping people fed and healthy.  With our thanks we are donating 10% of every sale  to the good folks at SALT, ENGN and A Single Bite.

  • Our 2020 Seedling List is ready!

    Our 2020 Seedling List is ready!

    Need Seedlings?  We’ll start them for you.

    $3.99/ 4” pot

    Updated for 2020
    Tomatoes
    Generally, hybrid tomatoes are more prolific and uniform than heirloom varieties, and hybrids usually have more resistance to disease, but many people say heirlooms taste a little better.  We start our tomatoes in mid-March, and grow them on in 4-inch pots. Last year we put them in the ground about June 1, and our first ripe tomatoes came in the last week of July

    Large Tomatoes:
    Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, Heirloom pink/green stripes
    Brandywine, Heirloom, red/pink
    Homestead, Heirloom, red/orange
    Chef’s Choice, Hybrid, Orange
    Chianti Rose, Heirloom, red
    Purple Prudence, Heirloom, purple/brown
    Big Beef, Hybrid, red
    Striped German, Heirloom, yellow/red stripes
    Old German
    Aunt Ginny’s Purple,
    Chefs Choice Orange, Hybrid
    Mater Sandwich, red-hybrid
    Black Sea Man, heirloom

    Medium-sized tomatoes
    Early Girl, Hybrid, red
    Green Verisange
    Black Verssange
    Mamaturo (Japanese Variety)

    Small-sized tomatoes
    Juane Flamme, 2-inch round
    Egg Yolk
    Purple Russian
    Legend, Hybrid, Red, resistant to late blight

    Cherry Tomatoes
    Sun Gold, Hybrid, orange, very sweet
    Chocolate Cherry, Heirloom, black/red
    Camp Joy, Heirloom, red
    Supersweet 100
    Yellow Pear

    Paste/Sauce Tomatoes
    Amish Paste
    Granadero
    Gilbertie Paste, Heirloom, red, largest paste tomato
    Tiren (Johnny’s) hybrid

    Grape
    Brad’s Atomic (Baker Creek) multi colored

    Peppers
    We start our peppers even earlier than our tomatoes and grow them on in four-inch pots, and we have fully-red ride peppers by August 1.

    Sweet Peppers
    Carmen, Hybrid, red, 5 to 6 inch horn-shaped peppers.
    Ace, Hybrid, red bell peppers
    North Star, Red Hybrid
    Red Mercury, red hybrid
    Cubanelle, horn, green 4 to 5 inches

    Hot Peppers
    Habanera, Heirloom, orange, very hot
    Jalapeno, Heirloom green to red, hot

    Aunt Polly’s Ground Cherries
    Tart sweet berries, very prolific!

    This is a partial list of seeds we will start.  If you would like us to start something else, give us a call or drop them off at the Cutting Garden.  Questions?  Give us a call at 845 482 3333