The greenhouses are overflowing with plants! Come stroll through the warm, spring green of the greenhouse this weekend. We have onions, cabbage, broccoli and lettuce. Strawberries, tomatoes, peppers and melons. Catnip, lemon balm and echinacea. Nasturtiums, petunias and morning glories. Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Just to name a few...

2023 seedling varieties

As we approach the first plant sale this coming weekend, we are getting creative as we make the most of every square inch of greenhouse real estate. I have built more benches to hold an abundance of plants and the aisles are getting narrower and narrower, but we’ll make sure there is plenty of room to peruse on opening day.

In addition to an abundance of healthy plant starts for your gardens, we will also have bags of Fort Vee Potting Soil and Compost Plus from Vermont Compost Company. We use their potting soil for all of our starts and highly recommend amending your garden beds with compost. Fertile soil is the foundation of healthy plants. The nutrients in your garden soil are key to making your veggies nutritious and full of flavor.

The farm will be open on Fridays and Saturdays from 8 am - 2 pm through the first weekend in June. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Flint and the Cate Farm Crew

2023 Plant Sale Dates: Fridays & Saturdays, 8 am - 2 pm

May:
5th & 6th
12th & 13th
19th & 20th
26th & 27th
June:
2nd & 3rd

The greenhouses are warm and filling up with plants! Tomato plants that will yield juicy slicing tomatoes this summer are in the ground. Cilantro is ready for harvest. The seeding marathon has begun so that we will have plenty of plants for your gardens.

It all starts with hundreds of thousands of seeds, sown by hand into rich potting soil. That’s right folks - everything we grow is started from seed here at Cate Farm! A seedling is any young plant that is started from seed, also called plant starts or bedding plants.

We choose not to purchase plants for resale from outside sources. This minimizes the carbon footprint of the plants we sell and helps to reduce pest and disease issues. While this model ensures accountability of plant health, it has its limitations. Some plants are best propagated from cuttings; lemon verbena, some specialty flowers, and others. Without heating a greenhouse year round we are unable to offer these. That said, we do love a challenge and are always dreaming and scheming ways to improve and expand our operation.

Due to a relatively short growing season here in the northeast, we focus on garden plants that require more days to mature than our climate offers. We give them a jump start in the greenhouse so their root systems are established when you take them to transplant in your garden.

We will have plants available at Hunger Mountain Coop starting at the end of April and we look forward to seeing you in May at our on farm plant sales!

Warmly,
Flint and the Cate Farm Crew

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