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For over a decade we have saved several types of seeds informally for ourselves. In the past few years, we have begun getting more serious about seed saving, and have begun to offer our own seeds for sale to those who are looking for organically grown seeds. We are a MOFGA Certified Organic grower.

Seed packets are $1.00 each for most varieties. Amount of seed per packet varies, but is usually ½ tsp., and is plenty for most home gardeners; see variety descriptions. For larger quantities, call (207-487-5056) or email us.

Our seeds are available at any of our farmers' market locations, at the farm, or by mail order. If ordering by mail, add $1.00 to your order total to pay for packing and postage. All seeds are available year-round while supplies last, unless otherwise noted in description.

All planting and blossoming times and season lengths are based on our experience here in central Maine. All seeds are open pollinated (non-hybrids) and organically grown.

Here's an article on how we save tomato seeds from November '04.

Cilantro. Jantar variety. 50-55 days to harvest leaves. 90-105 days to harvest seed. (Seed is called coriander.) ½ tsp. per pkt ($1); $2.50 for 1/2 oz.; $5 for 1 oz.

Echinacea, Echinacea Purpurea, Perennial, also called purple coneflower. Grows three to four feet tall starting the second year. Seed may be collected every year. This is the variety used for herbal tinctures. $1 per pkt; $5 for 1/2 oz.; $8 for 1 oz..

Hollyhock. White-pink-salmon combo. Biennial - flowers second year. An established planting soon has blossoms every year. Five to twelve feet tall. ½ tsp. per pkt.

Hollyhock. All yellow. Biennial - flowers second year. An established planting soon has blossoms every year. Five to twelve feet tall; does best in sheltered location or next to house. ½ tsp. per pkt.

Lupine. Russell strain, brilliant mixed colors, including many bi-color variations such as purple and white, violet and white, violet and purple, pink and white, pink and red, yellow and pink, and many more. We only have mixed colors, so you won't know your exact colors until they begin to bloom. We have been saving our own seed since 1993, and usually have enough seed to last year round. Perennials, flowers starting the second year in June, although some will blossom in August or September of their first year. Blossom spikes from 12 to 18 inches long, last up to two weeks each. Vigorous plants will produce multiple flower spikes. Plant in late fall or early spring. For photos and more info on growing lupines, see our Lupine Page.
½ tsp. per pkt.

Marshmallow, 4 to 5 foot tall perennial plants with pink and white flower spikes. After growing for two to three years, long slender white side roots may be dug for the original marshmallow flavoring. 1/8 tsp. per pkt.

Pink Poppy, annuals. Similar to Red Poppies, but with pale pink blossoms. 1/8 tsp. per pkt($1); $8 for 1 oz.

Red Poppy. Annual. Large 4 inch across bright red blossoms that each last a week. Plants grow two to three feet tall, one blossom per plant. Seeds are the size of ground black pepper. After blossoms go by they are replaced by crowned pods that turn from pale green to tan as the seeds mature. Collect the seed pods or they will re-seed themselves. Poppies do not like being transplanted, so plant the seeds where you want them to grow. 1/8 tsp. per pkt($1); $8 for 1 oz.

TOMATO SEEDS
All tomatoes listed are open pollinated (non-hybrids).

Brandywine tomato. 85 days. Large (1+ lb.) pink well formed beefstake-type tomato, often called the best eating of all tomatoes. Ripens early September. Indeterminate potato-leaved vine. Named after the Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania, where it was first grown. Introduced in 1889. ½ tsp per pkt ($1); $4 for 1/16 oz.; $7 for 1/8 oz.; $12 for 1/4 oz; $22 for 1/2 oz.; $40 for 1 oz..

Yellow Brandywine tomato. 85 days. Large delicious yellow tomato, ripening in early September. Some years tomatoes are more perfectly shaped than other years. Began as a naturally occuring yellow variation to the regular pink Brandywine. This is a special determinate (bush) variety we have recently come across. ½ tsp per pkt ($1).

Productiva tomato. 70-80 days. Deep red tennis ball sized and very attractive tomatoes. Prone to top cracking after heavy rains. Originally from Bulgaria. Indeterminate and high yielding. ½ tsp per pkt($1); $4 for 1/16 oz.; $7 for 1/8 oz.; $12 for 1/4 oz; $22 for 1/2 oz.; $40 for 1 oz.

Moskvich tomato. 60 days. Russian heirloom from Siberia, where they need to have early tomatoes. Juicy, seedy, delicious tennis ball sized tomatoes when they start, tapering to golf-balled sized as fall approaches. Cold tolerant, so a cool summer won't stop these tomatoes. A real chin-wetter when you bite into your first garden tomato in early August. Indeterminate. ½ tsp per pkt. ($1); $4 for 1/16 oz.; $7 for 1/8 oz.; $12 for 1/4 oz; $22 for 1/2 oz.; $40 for 1 oz.

Hogheart tomato. 80 days. This large (two inches wide by seven inches long), banana-shaped heirloom Italian paste tomato is our favorite for making sauces and sandwiches. We have been saving and replanting our own seed since 1988, and have supplied these to Fedco Seeds. Ripens late August. ½ tsp per pkt. ($1); $5 for 1/16 oz.; $8 for 1/8 oz.; $13 for 1/4 oz; $23 for 1/2 oz.; $42 for 1 oz.

Heart tomato. 70 days. Pink, tennis to softball sized heart-shaped tomato with the smooth silky texture of Pruden's Purple. Originally from Italy, the seeds were given to us by Forest Frost who says they were his mother's favorite. The unusual shape and great flavor make these a tomato you will want to grow. Indeterminate. ½ tsp per pkt. ($1); $5 for 1/16 oz.; $8 for 1/8 oz.; $13 for 1/4 oz; $23 for 1/2 oz.; $42 for 1 oz.

Mr. Ugly tomato. 70 days. Despite its name, Mr. Ugly produces fewer really ugly tomatoes than some varieties—in fact some are almost perfect flattened red globes. Highly productive over a long season. Ripens mid August. Indeterminate. ½ tsp per pkt. ($1); $4 for 1/16 oz.; $7 for 1/8 oz.; $12 for 1/4 oz; $22 for 1/2 oz.; $40 for 1 oz.

Pruden's Purple tomato. 72 days. Large 1 pound delicious silky smooth textured pink sandwich tomato, often called "the early Brandywine". Ripens mid-late August. Some fruit will be oddly shaped. Fruit may split after heavy rains. Indeterminate. ½ tsp per pkt. ($1); $4 for 1/16 oz.; $7 for 1/8 oz.; $12 for 1/4 oz; $22 for 1/2 oz.; $40 for 1 oz.

Yellow Pear Cherry tomato. 75 days. Lemon yellow, mild flavored pear-shaped cherry tomatoes. Huge indeterminate plants are more productive of higher quality fruit when trellised. Tomatoes grow in clusters of 8 to 16 fruit. Pear shape makes for quicker picking, and there is less tendency to split in wet weather than round cherry tomatoes. ½ tsp per pkt. ($1).

A selection of our cherry tomatoes.

Red Pear Cherry tomato. 75 days. Similar to Yellow Pear Cherry tomatoes, but red in color and with more tomato flavor. ½ tsp per pkt. ($1)

Black Cherry Tomato. 70 days. A dark purple, large (1-1½ inch) heirloom cherry tomato with a unique Brandywine-like flavor. Indeterminate plant bears loads of clusters of dark purple cherry tomatoes, similar in growth and productivity habit to Gardener's Delight. ½ tsp per pkt. ($1).

Gardener's Delight tomato. 75 days. Large round cherry tomatoes with delicious flavor. Huge indeterminate plants bearing cherry tomatoes up to one inch in diameter. ½ tsp per pkt. ($1).

Lilian's Yellow tomato. 75 days. Large round, slightly flattened lemon yellow tomatoes ranging from 8 oz to 1 lb. Fewer irregular tomatoes than Yellow Brandywine, though there are still some. Has a beautiful faint rose blush on the blossom end just before full ripeness. ½ tsp per pkt ($1); $4 for 1/16 oz.; $7 for 1/8 oz.; $12 for 1/4 oz; $22 for 1/2 oz.; $40 for 1 oz.

Snakeroot Golden Arrow tomato. 75 days. Heavy yielding golden plum tomato, three to six inches long by one to two inches wide. Beautiful and tasty in salads. Ripens mid to late August. Turns a light orange color when cooked or made into sauce. We bought these almost a decade ago as the hybrid "Italian Gold", and began de-hybridizing it. Our goal is to produce a dark yellow Hogheart, and we are continuing to select for longer and larger tomatoes. You will still find considerable variation in size and length of tomatoes as we continue the selection process, but you will likely not find tomatoes like these anywhere else. Very few seeds, very firm, meaty texture, our densest tomato with very little juice. Ultra determinate, allowing for closer plant spacing. ½ tsp per pkt ($1). No large sizes available for now.  

Red German Garlic Bulbs. This is a rocambole, or top-setting, stiff-necked garlic with wonderful rich garlic flavor, far surpassing the flavor of the the more commonly available softneck garlic. In July curly-cue scapes grow from the top of the plant. These may be harvested for cooking or allowed to remain until harvest to grow bulbils. Plant a few weeks before fall freeze up, and harvest in early August. Plant in greenhouse beds for earlier season by a month. Keeps well into January and beyond. For more info on our garlic and how to grow it, see our garlic brochure. Choose small or medium bulbs. Both sizes are good for planting or for eating.

• Small (around 1 inch) bulbs are ¼lb. for $2; 1 lb. for $8; 5 lbs. for $30.
• Medium (1 to 2 inch) bulbs are ¼lb. for $3.00; 1 lb. for $11; 5 lbs. for $45.
• Five lbs. mixed sizes for $40.
• Prices include shipping via USPS.
• Available August until sold out. We'll have plenty of garlic in 2007 well into December.

Red German Garlic Bulbils. Bulbils are harvested from the topsetting parts of the garlic plant. Each bulbil is from pea to marble size, and is genetically identical to the plant on which is grows, since there is no pollination involved. Grow garlic grass in a windowsill pot or in the garden, plant in garden late fall or early spring for June harvest of garlic scallions, or grow to maturity for garlic rounds. Use rounds in cooking like garlic cloves or replant rounds to get garlic bulbs the following year. Rounds are harvested in July, when regular garlic is producing scapes. Planting bulbils is the least expensive way to produce a lot of garlic, although it takes two years to produce garlic bulbs. For more info on our garlic and how to grow it, see our garlic brochure.

• One ounce for $1.00; 1/4 lb. for $3.00; 1 lb. for $10.00.
• Available September thru April only.

Takinogawa Gobo (Japanese burdock root - Arctium Lappa). Related to the common burdock weed, this is a refined variety originally from Japan. Eighteen inch long roots are common; some reach twice that length. Early in spring or late in fall, plant seeds 2 inches apart. Plant on a 2-3 foot high soil mound for easier digging in the fall or next spring. 1 tsp. per pkt. 1 pkt $1; 1 oz. $8.