January 2010
Dear Friends,
We hope this finds you doing well! As you enjoy the quietude of winter, we hope you will look over our 2010 Plant Order Form. If you have any questions, please let us know.
You will find many things are the same:
- Prices are the same as last year for all items.
- We continue to grow all of our crops in a compost-based potting soil from Ideal Compost Company in Peterborough.
- We will have a wide variety of plants, with nearly 200 different varieties.
- You will find a full greenhouse of "extras" on plant-pickup weekend.
- Our website (www.goodearthfarmnh.com) will be updated by mid-January with links to all of the crops we growing. 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 is our 24th year as certified organic farmers and our 13th year at our farm in Weare.
A few things have changed:
- There are 29 new types of vegetables, flowers and herbs, plus another dozen new varieties replacing old varieties.
- NEW! Small-flowered wave petunias for hanging baskets.
- We are trialing some OMRI-approved (i.e. – certified organic) natural fiber pots. We won't be using them this year for any pre-orders, but if they work out, we will have some vegetable plants in them in our "extras" greenhouse.
Plant pickup will take place over Memorial Day Weekend. We will be open from Friday May 28th through Monday, May 31st, 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.
For existing customers, you may pay with your order or at the time of pick-up, either way is fine with us. For new customers, we ask you to pay in advance when you place your order. For everyone, please send in your order by February 28th. We start planting in earnest on March 1st. Spring comes early inside the greenhouse!
We look forward to seeing you in May.
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
