Happy New Year-
Upon flipping the calendar page to January, all of a sudden the Spring growing season seems a lot closer! Even though it is the middle of winter, we are busy with building projects, Zoom conferences, and even starting some early herb and flower seeds. The sight of sprouting seeds always bring hope and joy this time of year. It is exciting to think of what will be planted once the ground thaws in April. If you are curious about what seedling varieties we’ll offer this season, click here.
We will once again offer our seedlings from May through early June ONLINE with curbside pickup,via www.catefarm.com. Our website shopping cart will list seedling varieties as we get closer to May. Ordering will start May 1st for curbside pickups May 8 and 9th. Online ordering will continue through early June.
We hope to offer our traditional in-person plant sales Saturdays May 15th - June 6th. This option will be available depending on whether it is safe from a COVID perspective. We’ll decide that mid April. Our website homepage is the best place to check for this and other news updates.
Cate Farm seedlings will also be available at Hunger Mt. Co-op in Montpelier late April through early June.
Some exciting news for this year revolves around our desire to reduce the amount of plastic used in growing seedlings. We are trialing some new fiber pots, and also investing in a soil blocking machine to try containerless growing. This is a work in progress, more info will follow. And as always, we welcome your feedback.
Lastly, I want to spread the word about an important online conference called the Real Organic Project. Cate Farm is a charter member and strongly supports the work of the organization. Each Sunday afternoon in January is an online conference worth watching. Please check it out, here.
All the best from Richard, Sally, Flint and the team at Cate Farm.
