Open-Farm Days are coming soon! Starting Saturday, March 30th (Easter weekend), we will be open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10 AM to 4 PM. Stroll the gardens, visit with the chickens and geese, and shop the Farmstand. At the Farmstand, you can find a wide variety of certified organic tomato and pepper plants for your gardens now available for sale! Check them out in the post below. Order tomatoes and peppers online here. Plants will be available on or after March 30 during our open-farm days. Can’t make it then? Give us a call and schedule a time to pick up!
Nadapeno Pepper. Photo: Johnny’s Seeds
Tomatoes
Black Krim Tomato, 80 days to maturity
One of our favorites! Black Krim is known for its beautiful dark colors that range from browns to red. The more heat and sun the plant gets, the darker the tomato gets! It has a wonderfully bold and slightly smokey favor that is a favorite among many chefs. This medium sized heirloom grows to be 8oz and makes a great addition to any garden! Indeterminate.
Brandywine Tomato, 85 days to maturity
Big beauty! This popular beefsteak-sized tomato produces rosy pink fruit with pumpkin-like ridges with potato-like foliage. It is considered to be the benchmark for traditional tomato favor and is perfect addition to be sliced for a sandwich. The late producing fruit is worth the wait! Indeterminate.
San Marzano Tomato, 78 days to maturity
A classic heirloom paste tomato, San Marzano is considered one of the best paste tomatoes of all time, with Old World look and taste. Whole 4–6 oz. tomatoes peel easily and cook down quickly. This strain originates from Parma, Italy, where it was developed for the 1950’s canning industry. It has a very traditional San Marzano shape and appearance as well as a vibrant red color. Indeterminate
Early Girl Tomato, 60 days to maturity
Classic extra-early slicer that works great for dry farming. A longtime early favorite, Early Girl produces heavy yields of full-flavored, 4–6 oz. tomatoes. One of the first varieties to ripen each year. Also prized for its performance as a “dry-farmed” tomato, owing to its extreme tolerance to drought and blossom end rot. Indeterminate.
Sungold Tomato, 57 days to maturity
Crowd favorite for its exceptionally sweet flavor! Vibrant orange cherry tomatoes that start yielding early and continue through the season. Grown on long grape-like trusses, with 10-15 fruit in each cluster. Indeterminate.
Washington Cherry, 60 days to maturity
A determinate cherry tomato! High-yielding compact plants. Globe-shaped fruits have a deep-red color. Thick-walled, meaty, and flavorful, with good keeping quality on or off the vine. Widely adapted to different climates. Determinate.
Sweet Peppers
Fushimi Peppers, 65 days to maturity
Japanese sweet green heirloom pepper. Fushimi togarashi, is one of the Kyo-yasai, traditional vegetables, in Kyoto, Japan. This sweet Japanese pepper is thin-walled and glossy bright green. The fruits are slender, tapered and grow to 6″ in length. Easy to grow, produces good quality and prolific harvests. Delicious grilled.
Habanada, 70 (green), 100 (orange) days to maturity
A true game-changer in the pepper world. ‘Habanada’ is the world’s first “heat-less” habanero. Instead of heat, it delivers a blast of sweet tropical flavors. Excellent seared, braised, roasted, or raw, ‘Habanada’ is a versatile culinary jewel. Extremely productive and early. Can be used at the green stage, but ‘Habanada’ reaches the pinnacle of flavor and texture when it turns a beautiful orange hue.
Hungarian Magyar Paprika Pepper, 70 (green), 85 (red) days to maturity
Hungarian Paprika peppers are widely recognized for making top-quality sweet paprika. These early ripening plants produce heavy yields of slender, pointed, 4-inch crimson-red peppers. Once harvested, simply dry them and grind into sweet paprika spice powder that offers wonderful, rich, full-bodied flavor. Try a few in your garden this year
Jimmy Nardello, 65-75 days to maturity
An almost uncanny sweet, fruity flavor makes these peppers tempting and delightful eaten straight off the plant, but traditional Italian cuisine typically uses them for frying. The long, slender fruit will easily reach 6–9 inches starting green and ripening to red. This long, thin-skinned frying pepper dries easily and has such a rich flavor that this variety has been placed in “The Ark of Taste” by the Slow Food organization. Ripens to a deep red, is very prolific, and does well in most areas.
Lunchbox Pepper, Orange, 63 (green), 83 (color) days to maturity
These beautiful, mini-sized orange peppers are delicious sautéed, as an addition to salads and, perfect for a healthy snack in your favorite person’s lunchbox! The sweet, fruity-flavored peppers average 2 1/2-3″ long by 1 1/2″ wide and ripen from green to yellow to golden yellow. Tall, strong plants that yield well.
Lunchbox Pepper, Yellow, 63 (green), 83 (color) days to maturity
These beautiful, mini-sized yellow peppers are delicious sautéed, as an addition to salads and, perfect for a healthy snack in your favorite person’s lunchbox! The sweet, fruity-flavored peppers average 2 1/2-3″ long by 1 1/2″ wide and ripen from green to yellow to golden yellow. Tall, strong plants that yield well.
Mellow Star Shishito Peppers, 60 (green), 80 (red) days to maturity
The ‘Shishito’ is finding its way into many restaurants as a popular appetizer. The 2″–4″ slender peppers have a citrusy, slightly smoky flavor enhanced by grilling or sauteeing and served with a dash of salt. Unlike the Padron pepper, the Mellow Star Shishitos are not hot at all, so no surprises. Highly productive plants
Nadapeño, 55 (green) 90 (red) days to maturity
Do you love the flavor and appearance of jalapeños but can’t take their heat? Then ‘Nadapeno’ is for you! This truly heatless jalapeño is perfect for those with sensitivity or aversion to the heat of traditional jalapeño peppers. Great for pickling, stuffing, poppers and salsa. This variety is very early and prolific!
Olympus Bell Pepper, 65 (green), 85 (red) days to maturity
Large flavorful bell peppers. Widely adapted, Olympus has performs well in most climates. Medium size plants with good leaf cover. Produces high yields of large, uniform fruits with good flavor. Perfect for stuffing peppers, spaghetti sauces, and more!
Hot Peppers
Aji Amarillo Chile Pepper, 80-90 days to maturity
Aji amarillo is a Peruvian variety that produces large quantities of 2-inch long, yellow-orange peppers with a fruity flavor and medium heat level. Ubiquitous in Peruvian cuisine, the amarillo chile frequently makes its way into sauces, soups, pastes, and dried ground spice. Easy to grow, and these unique peppers are beautiful to behold. Medium heat.
Altiplano serrano, 57 (green), 77 (red ripe) days to maturity
This giant Serrano pepper is about 1 to 4 inches long on average and 1/2 inch wide. Serranos are perfect for salsas, sauces, relishes, garnishes, hot sauces and more. They are usually best when roasted. Serrano peppers are great for their delicious spicy kick, either roasted, pan cooked, or fresh as a garnish.
Baron Ancho, 65 (green),85 (red) days to maturity
Highly adaptable, large-fruited poblano pepper. Baron has proven to produce better than other poblanos under both challenging and favorable conditions. The fruits are very large, avg. 5″ x 3″, and are typically two-lobed which makes them easy to stuff and cook in their signature dish, chile rellenos.
Black Magic Jalapeño Pepper, 65 (green), 85 (red) days to maturity
These extra-dark green-black jalapeños are perfect for balancing your pepper portfolio! From green to red to yellow, and now black, peppers are the perfect plant for your productive patio! (say that fast 5 times!) These productive, medium-size plants have a high yield potential and exhibit “checking” (small cracks in the skin) that indicates the fruits are ready for harvest.
Early Jalapeño, 60 (green), 80 (red) days to maturity
Lots of bold flavor in a small, 3″ pepper, ‘Early Jalapeno’ is better adapted to cooler climates than other jalapeños, ready for harvest after only 60 days. Incredibly versatile, they’re hot enough to add a little kick to your favorite dish, but mild enough for any meal. Enjoy green or allow to ripen to red for a sweeter, bolder flavor.
Jalapeño Lemon Spice Pepper, 65 days to maturity
What a fabulous new color for a jalapeno! Created by the Chile Pepper Institute in New Mexico to have less heat than a green jalapeño and with a citrus undertone. They start out green but ripen to bright, sunny yellow. Pick at both stages for a colorful jar of pickled peppers!
Highlander Anaheim Pepper, 65 green, 85 red days to maturity
This Anaheim variety is bred for high yields even in cooler regions. With its medium hot heat, 7 inch by 2 inch fruits ripen to red but are usually used green for stuffing, grilling, or roasting. Very versatile pepper in the kitchen!
Lemon Drop Hot Pepper, 100 days to maturity
Terrifcally hot, citrus-flavored heirloom popular as a seasoning as Aji Amarillo in Peru, its country of origin. Bright yellow, crinkled, cone- shaped fruits are about 2-1/2″ long and 1/2″ wide, with less than 15 seeds per pepper. Dense plants grow to about 2 ft. high and wide, and are typically covered with fruits. Makes an excellent choice for container gardening
Pasilla Bajio, 85 days to maturity
Pasilla Bajio peppers (Capsicum annuum ‘Pasilla bajio’) is one of the “holy trinity” of peppers used in traditional mole sauces, along with anchos and mulatos. Spanish for “little raisin,” the pasilla bajio is known as chilaca in its immature green stage; at maturity, it also goes by the names achocolatado, chile negro, and Mexican negro. They produce a high yield of slightly curved fruits that grow about 6 to 7 inches in length. Only mildly hot, so cook one up with your scrambled eggs for a taste treat!
Purple Cayenne, 75-85 days to maturity
Heirloom. A rare variety of the popular Cayenne pepper seed that is known for its distinctive purple color (in contrast to the more typical red seen in the more common types of Cayenne peppers). Cayenne Purple peppers are a popular choice for anyone who wants a unique plant that can both provide a good yield of hot peppers and add some ornamental decoration to a vegetable garden. Moderately hot, 30,000-50,000 SHU.
Thai Scorpion Hot Pepper, 90 days to maturity
Thai peppers are prized for their flavor and heat. These dark green peppers mature to red and are 100% smooth. The umbrella shaped plants protect the fruit completely for sunburn. Produces peppers about 6 to 7 inches in length.
