Plant Sale May 30-31

Saturday, May 30

D Acres Plant Sale 30-31 May 2020

Offering an array of organic vegetables, herbs, and flowers.

To reserve and schedule pick up, or for more information, email info@DAcres.org with "plant sale" in subject line. All plants are in 4" pots unless otherwise noted. 

UPDATED: 5/25

Tomatoes: 

Tomato "Baby Boomer" $4.00 Extremely prolific cherry tomato, perfect for pots or small gardens, and will continue to fruit after frost comes. 

Tomato "Brandywine" $3.00 This beautiful heirloom dates to 1854 and is the quintessential slicing tomato. 

Tomato "Amish Paste" $4.00 Excellent heirloom sauce tomato with deep red, thick-fleshed, and nearly seedless fruit. 

Tomato "Sugar Plum" $3.00 Heavy yields of 1" grape-shaped fruit; these tomatoes have a pleasing texture and a distinct sweetness. 

Tomato "Marglobe" $4.00 Produces a heavy yield of fruit with typical size of 8-10 ounces. Vigorous and disease resistant. Determinate plant, great for processing. 

Tender Greens:

OUT OF STOCK: 6-pack Caesar Lettuce/Red Oak Lettuce $5.00 Both varieties love cool weather and can either be picked young or left to mature into head lettuce. 

OUT OF STOCK: Rainbow Chard $4.00 Beautiful multicolored stems + large, tender leaves + easy to grow. 

Brassicas: 

OUT OF STOCK: 6-pack Cabbage "Copenhagen" $5.00 An heirloom cabbage that produces large, round heads up to 8 lbs. Best grown in cool weather. 

6-pack Cabbage "Primo Vantage" $5.00 Mid-early with great flavor. Heads avg. 4-4.5 lbs., have a very short core, and are juicy, tender, and sweet. 

OUT OF STOCK: 6-pack Kohlrabi "Early Purple Vienna" $5.00 Purplish leaves and globes with mild turnip-cabbage flavor. Leaves are eaten like kale and white-fleshed bulbs are eaten like broccoli. Plants grow to 18" tall, with globes growing above the soil. 

4-pack Kale "Lacinato" $4.00 Also known as Dinosaur or Tuscan Kale, this Italian heirloom dates to the 18th century. By whatever name, the sweeter, milder, blue-green, heavily crinkled leaves impart excellent flavor, especially harvested young and after first frost. 

OUT OF STOCK: 4-pack Broccoli "Calabrese" $4.00 A deliciously old-fashioned broccoli, it boasts dark bluish-green central heads about 5" across. Tall, erect, 30-36" give way to multiple side shoots once the central head is cut. 

 

Flowers: 

Mexican Sunflower $4.00 Not a true sunflower, this cheerful yellow flower likes full sun and dry soil. Grows to about 4 feet and blooms well into the fall.

Cosmos "Sensation Mix" $4.00 Large, single flowers in shades of pink and white. Blooms from midsummer on. Easy to grow. 

French Marigold "Sparky Mix" Bright yellow and orange blooms on 12" plants. As a companion plant, this variety will suppress "bad" nematodes in your soil. Be sure to plant around the vegetable garden. They can also be used as a cover crop for weed suppression. $5.00 for 6-cell pack or $4.00 for 4" pot. 

Herbs:

Sweet Basil $4.00 Classic basil for salads, pesto, etc. Loves hot weather! Great for containers. 

OUT OF STOCK: Basil "Midnight Purple" $4.00 Aromatic purple basil. Loves hot weather! Great for containers.

Tulsi $5.00 AKA Holy Basil, tulsi is native to India where it is a prized ayurvedic herb. It produces abundant fragrant purple flowers and is as decorative as it is delicious. Dries well + makes a delicious tea. 

Flat-leaf Parsley $4.00 Produces 1' plants with a strong parsley flavor. Versatile. 

Ashwagandha $7.00 Another popular Ayurvedic herb, the roots of the ashwagandha plant are a beloved adaptogen. The young leaves can be eaten raw as a tonic herb. Grows into a small, woody shrub that likes full sun and fairly dry soil. 

Spilanthes $7.00 AKA "the toothache plant," chewing on the leaves increases salivation and temporarily numbs the mouth, among a slew of other medicinal uses. Prefers full sun, fertile soil, and plenty of water. Grows to about 1'. 

Misc. Nightshades:

Eggplant "Black Beauty" $4.00 This heat-loving plant produces large purplish-black fruit and grows to 3-4'. 

Pepper "Red Rocket" $4.00 Cayenne pepper! Flavor is both sweet and hot. Fruits grow to about 5". 

Pepper "California Wonder" $4.00 Heirloom standard bell pepper. Thick-walled, tender, and flavorful. Grows up to 2' with 4" fruit. Likes full sun.

Husk Cherry "Goldie" $5.00 This beautiful heirloom husk cherry has sweet fruits inside papery husks, much like tomatillos. Treat this more like a berry - can be eaten arw, dried, or preserved. Also great for baking. 

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