Boston pickling cucumber
Cucumis sativus
Crisp, white flesh and smaller size make these cucumbers ideal for pickling. Sweet, sour, dill … Continued
browsing: grow food!
Grow your own healthy, fresh, pesticide-free food.
Start with organically grown plant starts from Vinland Valley Nursery!
Plants are grown in the following standard sizes — see lists for specifics. Other sizes are priced as marked.
• Veggie plants are grown in 3.25″ pots.
• Herbs are grown in 3.25″ tan pots, 4.5″ pots, and quarts.
• Berry bushes, and vines are grown in quarts and #2/#3 nursery containers.
• Fruit trees are grown in #5/#7 nursery containers.
We have seed trays and domes!
All plants are grown using organic potting mix and fertilizer. We control pests using predatory insects and biologicals, and resort to OMRI approved pesticides only in extreme circumstances.
VEGETABLE GARDEN CALENDAR & PLANTING GUIDE
Get planning with our kitchen garden growing guide. We’ve combined planting calendars from many sources with our own experience and greenhouse seed sowing schedules, along with some average times to harvest, and created a guide we hope will help demystify vegetable gardening.
CLICK HERE to check current availability and preorder fruit trees on our webstore.
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Jack O’ Lantern pumpkin
Cucurbita pepo
If you have the space to grow some pumpkins, try Jack O lanterns with the … Continued
West Indian lemon grass
Cymbopogon citratus
Aromatic grass from southern India. A tropical perennial grown as annual here, it has been … Continued
Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Rounded oval crown, grows to 35-60’ tall. Edible persimmon fruits up to 2” in diameter … Continued
bronze leaf fennel / fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
The delicate, ferny foliage adds wonderful ornamental texture contrast, and the dark bronze variety mixes … Continued
‘Brown Turkey’ fig
Ficus carica 'Brown Turkey'
This classic, all-purpose fig is delicious fresh and in preserves, and dried figs make tasty … Continued
‘Chicago Hardy’ fig
Ficus carica 'Chicago Hardy'
Especially cold hardy, ‘Chicago Hardy’ produces small, brown to purple colored figs. Productive and easy … Continued
strawberry
Fragaria ananassa
Glossy red, long-necked fruit, ‘Ozark Beauty’, ‘Tri Star’, ‘Seascape’ and ‘Eversweet’ have a mild, sweet … Continued
wild strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Ground-hugging foliage produces loose clusters of small, five-petaled flowers followed by tasty, wild strawberries. Found … Continued
sweet woodruff
Galium odoratum
A shade gardeners friend, this fast growing, beautiful perennial herb sports small white spring flowers … Continued
Gourmet Orange Bell
Capsicum annuum species
Blocky, 3 to 5” fruits with thick walls and crisp flesh. Early fruit continues over … Continued
Guide to Growing Herbs
Baldwin City, Kansas
This guide by Lori Trojan is perfect for beginners and experienced herbalists. Pick up a … Continued