As always, we have a large selection of additional annuals and perennials for sale.  And through November — fresh produce!!  In addition to buying beautiful mums at bargain prices, you can also bring home fresh corn, tomatoes, musk melon — too much to name.

Thanks — and see you soon.

Each week this spring, we will feature a perennial flower for sale.  This week’s sale item are Columbine Flowers, one of the prettiest flowers available for partly shady settings.   On sale for only $4.98 each — this a fantastic price for a healthy perennial!

Click here to read more:   How to Grow Columbine Flowers

Vegetable Plants and More!

If you haven’t done so already, stop in for a wide variety of healthy vegetable plants and herbs for your garden.   We have many varieties of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, basil — a long list of healthy, inexpensive garden options.  We have been selling these since April and are working hard to keep up with your demands.  Don’t wait too long — it is now time for planting.

We have some of the best tomatoes in the region, grown from seed and then transplanted to six packs, all on our own premise, and almost all of it done by hand.  There is no disease on our tomatoes - blight in particular - because we are careful about growing, and  all of our seed is new.

Choose from lots of  tomato varieties:  large beef masters, several smaller hybrids, sweet cherries, grapes that produce A LOT of tomato, all kinds of heirlooms, yellow tomatoes with less acid, tasty orange, and many more.  We also have single tomato plants, and porch tomatoes in larger pots.  We will likely have them through June, but the busy season for tomatoes and other vegetables begins now…

If you need or want to grow in planters, we can tell you what varieties work best.  A quick tip for tomatoes in pots — add a bit of lime to the soil; this will help prevent blossom end rot, those destructive black blotches that appear on the bottom of the tomato.

We also have all kinds of peppers, eggplant, squash, cucumbers, okra, tons of basil — the vegetable and herb list goes on.  Stop in and let us help you plan a fall harvest.

Want to learn more about the late blight that damaged the crops last year?  Read here, from UMass Amherst:    Late Blight Alert

Spring has fully arrived here at Griggs Farm. We have been working hard all winter growing beautiful flowers for your yards and gardens. With the weather getting warmer, we can look forward to planting our 50+acres for all that local, fresh summer and fall produce.

Right now — come see our greenhouses bursting with pansies, geraniums, gerbera daisies, petunias, and many other annual flowers. Outside, you will find our perennial section loaded with plants that will create lasting beauty for your yard, year after year.

For those who can’t wait to get their vegetable gardens growing, we have many plants to choose from, including the cooler spring choices and some of the later summer produce.  Early spring options include lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, onion, leeks, swiss chard, strawberries, and more.   Soon, it will be safe for outdoor planting of our wide selection of tomatoes, including cherry, grape, heirloom, and various huge, juicy slicing tomatoes.   Beginning this week, we will display our usual full collection of vegetable plants, such as peppers, eggplants, squash, cucumbers — you name it.  And,  just because it is for sale at at various shops doesn’t mean it is ready to be planted outdoors in our unpredictable New England spring; ask and we can help you with what to plant, when.   Don’t forget to check out our full herb section where you can find, basil, parsley, rosemary, mints, sage, and lots more to add to your culinary creations.

Thanks for supporting your local farm.   See you soon!

The bad news is that it also lives on potatoes. This means if someone tries to save potatoes and replant them, the infected potato tubers could cause a re-infestation. So please plant only certified seed potatoes.  Potatoes that freeze or are fully composted will not carry late blight.  Be careful of renegade potatoes that are left in the garden or compost pile.  Your tomato cages, stakes, etc. will not carry the mold over winter.

 Click either image below for helpful information from the UMass Amherst Vegetable Program.

It is time to remember our mothers, god mothers, step mothers, aunts…  We offer beautiful, colorful, healthy hanging baskets, potted plants, perennials, herbs, vegetable plants — hundreds of choices for those special women.  If you don’t know what to get, just ask any staff member and we will help you choose a perfect gift.

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Good perennials for April: Flox, in several colors; Bleeding Hearts, in white or pink.

Your Friends at Griggs Farm