January 2009
Dear Friends,
As we start a new year, we find ourselves grateful for the good things that happened in the past year and are appreciative for what we have. For many of us, the garden is a special place where we find peace of mind and the reward of harvesting our bounty, whether it is a bouquet of flowers or a basket of vegetables.
Spring is just around the corner (maybe it is a big corner), but it is coming! Soon the ground will thaw and mud will be on our shoes. The garden will beckon. It will be time to plant flowers and herbs and vegetables.
Please look over our 2009 Order Form. We hope you will allow us to grow some plants for you. Also, our website is being updated to include the new 2009 order form. Please look for it at www.goodearthfarmnh.com. The website has direct links to descriptions and photos of each crop that we grow, as provided at the websites of our seed suppliers: Fedco Seeds, High Mowing Seeds, Johnny’s Seeds and Harris Seeds. The website was designed and is maintained by our friends, Steve and Jeanne Wishengrad.
This will be our 23rd year as certified organic farmers and our 12th year on our farm in Weare. We still grow our plants in an organic compost-based potting soil from Ideal Compost Company in Peterborough. Everything we grow, we start from seed ourselves. We are a family farm. Linda does most of the sowing and transplanting, I keep things organized and watered, and the kids help out a lot, too.
We have at least 35 brand new crops this year. As for prices, the last time we raised our prices for 4" pots was 2005 and for six-packs was in 2004. This year we will raise all of the categories by 25 cents. This averages out to a 2-3% price increase per year. We hope this is within your budget.
For customers for whom we have grown plants in the past: you can pay now or pay at time of pickup, either way is fine with us. For new customers, we ask that you send along payment in full with your plant orders. For everyone, please, send in your order form by February 28th. We begin sowing on March 1st, so we appreciate your timeliness in sending us your order form.
We look forward to seeing you in May. We will be open four days for plant pickup over Memorial Day weekend: Friday May 22nd through Monday, May 25th. We will be here from 9 am to 5 pm each day. Please call (529-2170) to make sure we are here if you can’t make it those days or if you need directions.
Dave and Linda
What about Seed Crop Failures?
Every year there are a couple of seed varieties that are completely unavailable because the item was a Seed Crop Failure. This usually only affects 2 or 3 of the nearly 200 varieties we grow each year. We usually get word from the seed companies about this well after we have mailed out the order forms. We will note those varieties on the website as soon as we find out. If you have already sent in an order form and a seed is not available for a crop that you ordered, we will gladly give you a corresponding credit to purchase something else from the "Extras Greenhouse" when you come for pickup, or happily refund you the money for that item. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Printer friendly copy of Commercial Plant Order Form
