NURSERY PLANTS, SPRING 2024

Plants will be available for sale in the spring at the Keller Market House and at The Kale Yard during scheduled Plant Sales.

Look for plants to arrive at the Keller Market House right around the first of May. Tentatively, plant sales at the farm will be the second and third weekends of May.

Plant pre-ordering for the serious gardener. Do you know you’ll want a bunch of plants? This year, we will accept pre-orders for orders over $100.

Have you ordered in smaller quantities before? Never fear! We’re growing generally all the same plants in the same quantities as before for shoppers to browse. We’re just trying to lower our administrative load.

Place your order by email or mail, or drop your form off at the Keller Market House in downtown Lancaster. Access a PDF version of the order form at the button above. (You’re welcome to just email a list, too, if that’s easier than the form.)

Choose how to get your plants: Pick up at The Kale Yard or the Keller Market House, or choose to have your plants delivered throughout Fairfield and surrounding counties with an order of $100 or more.

Plant pick-up and delivery is targeted for right around May 15th to coincide with our last frost date. Timing is weather-dependent, and we’ll be in touch with exact details closer to that time. You’ll pay at the time of pick up or delivery. We’ll provide a Square invoice with your final total at that time. Credit/Debit cards, Check or Cash accepted.

Browse: Click on “Plants” in the menu for plant descriptions. Most - but not all varieties - are on the order form. Visit us in May for other plant surprises! Choose to pick up at The Kale Yard if you’d like to see the full variety of plants and add on to your order.

Thank you for your continued support! We do love growing these plants and sending them out into the world to go home with you.

PLANTS WITH PURPOSE

EDIBLE

Buy your vegetable plants from a vegetable farmer! With an emphasis on both open-pollinated heirlooms and proven hybrids, these varieties have been carefully chosen and many have been tested in our own garden.

HERBAL

Spice up your life! We should all eat more herbs and they are one of the easiest ways to start gardening, even in small spaces. Explore new flavors or even try your hand at making your own herbal medicine.

SUSTAINABLE

Explore flowering plants that will add beauty to your garden but also help the ecosystem. Many of these flowers provide pollen & nectar for bees, butterflies and beneficial insects. Some are natives and some are edible!

Everything is started from seed or propagated here at The Kale Yard. Think of these as "handmade" plants. I don't order in plugs from far away, or finished plant material from another nursery to resell. I prefer to have control over all stages of the process on site - after all, it's the whole process of starting new plant life that I most enjoy.

I spend my money on inputs as responsibly as possible - with local businesses and with companies whose values I feel good about.

Unlike the big box stores, I won't sell you plants that you should start yourself from seed, and I won't sell you something out of season. Quality and your success as a gardener are important to me.

` Erin

Plants from The Kale Yard are special

• My biodegradable pots from FERTIL USA are made from natural materials and go right in the ground with your plant. No more plastic pots!

• I don't use any agricultural chemicals on my farm or in my nursery.

• I am proud to use organic potting soil from Ohio Earth Food - it's produced locally and enriched with organic fertilizers that give your seedlings a healthy start. Most nurseries use a sterilized soilless mix with little nutrition and then bright blue water as fertilizer. I start with a nutritious potting soil, then give the plants “probiotics” (beneficial bacteria) and “superfoods” (fish & seaweed) as supplemental fertilizers.

• No more awful plastic tags with teeny tiny print that you're going to lose anyway. My plant tags are made from untreated wood with labels printed by Blue Label Digital Printing, which is literally just down the road from me. The tag directs you to my website, where you can easily find the plant variety information all season long.

• My seeds come from companies and sources I trust, and some are even saved here on the farm. Read more about my seed sources.