2013 Plants (850) from Heirloom Seeds

I am not sure how many people realize they can bring seed to their local greenhouses and ask for custom plants.  Most would prefer a quantity order for the extra labeling and specifications.  Our nursery man labels each tray with my name, the items planted and correlates my planting schedule with the desired size of plant etc... grows organically on request - and seems really attentive each year we bring them seed.  Imagine my delight when I first approached them almost 7 years ago!

Today I took the following seeds where they will be grown to a good planting size for our Northeast climate, picked up around 3rd week of May, hardened off, and planted in the fields on our farm.

I am planting ALOT less this year as I focus on our 20c kitchen - up and running - and all the other details that go  into bringing a successful product to market!

Here is the list of seeds dropped off (we get most if not all seeds from Bakers Creek Heirloom Seeds):

Tomato Plants - 600 (down from 2,500 in prior years)

BLACK CHERRY
BONNIE BEST
PANTANO ROMANESCO
DELICIOUS
PEARLY PINK
GERMAN RED STRAWBERRY
GERMAN LUNCHBOX
PRINCIPE BORGHESE
BREAD AND SALT
PLACERO

COUR DI BUE
PANTANO ROMANESCO
CHEROKEE PURPLE
STRIPED ROMAN
THESSANLAKI
MARMANDE

Pepper Plants (50)

Hot- CORNE DE CHEVRE
Sweet - QUADRATO D ASTI ROSSO

Gooseberry (50)

GIANT CAPE

Savoy Cabbage (100)

PERFECTION DRUMHEAD

Celery (50)

TENDERCRISP

Chocosol

This company is beyond dynamic - founder Michael Sacco appears in many youtube videos - not the one featured here which is about their packaging choices - something we have focused on ourselves for our products at Ambrosia Farms. He started a bean to bar factory in Toronto, Canada and appears to sell mostly through farmers markets and direct from the factory and still encourages customers to bring their own containers to purchase unwrapped chocolate and receive a discount - brilliant again! Especially for those repeat customers that previously read the ingredient list.   I encourage you to learn more via youtube search about these young folks doing good work and let them speak for themselves.

 I will have another blog post about the co- opting of dark chocolate - a increasingly popular beneficial food that is loaded with unhealthy additives by comercial companies and still marketed as healthy - once again by large commercial corporations- and even small ones nowadays - with misleading labels! 

This company is one of the REAL deal...
AUTHENTIC TRUE GOOD FOOD SOURCES FROM FARMER TO TABLE!
Chocosol 6 St Joseph St Toronto, ON M4Y 1J7, Canada
https://www.facebook.com/ChocoSolTraders
Phone: (416) 923-6675 photo from EAT PRAY BAKE blog