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Houseplants, handmade pottery and baskets, now available in Queens.

What started as a pre-holidays plant and pottery pop-up shop, has turned into a permanent fixture in our Queens store. Make your home or apartment a more green space by adding some cacti, succulents, air plants or tropical foliage plants.

Seedling Swap & Sale - This Sunday, May 20th (Nyack Store)

Come to our free event!  This Sunday, May 20th from 11:00am-2:00pm, bring any seedlings you have extras of and trade with other gardeners, or purchase plants if you haven't started any yet.  See the flyer below for all of the info.

2018 Seed Picks

It's time again for our annual "Seed Picks" post, where we choose a few of our favorite varieties for the 2018 outdoor gardening season.  Click through the slideshow below to see them:

Listada De Gandia Eggplant

Heirloom, 85 days.  Produces smaller 3-5" magenta-striped fruit that are tender and thin-skinned.

Shishito Pepper

60 days green, yet left to go longer will ripen to orange or red (commonly harvested while still green).  Mild and very flavorful, however 1 in 10 peppers are hot!  Great for grilling.

Green Zebra Tomato

Heirloom.  Indeterminate, 75-80 days.  Medium-sized green tomatoes that ripen to yellow-and-green-striped when ready to harvest.  Resistant to cracking and can withstand harsh conditions.  

Dwarf Jewel Nasturtium Blend

60 days, 12-24".  Red, orange, salmon and yellow flowers that are pretty as well as edible.  

Rosie Basil

65 days.  Basil, but purple!  We love the unique-factor.  

Ronde De Nice Zucchini

Heirloom, 52 days.  These small globe-shaped summer squash originated in the South of France and have a mild, nutty flavor.  Great for stuffing.  Harvest when 3-4".

Purple Sango Radish Microgreens

10 days to true leaf.  Beautiful dark purple leaves (with some green ones sprinkled throughout) makes this not only a delicious choice, but a pretty one.  Crunchy, with spicy radish flavor.

Cherokee Purple Tomato

Heirloom.  Indeterminate, 72 days.  Large, beefsteak-like fruit, purple/black with dark green shoulders and inner marbling.  This variety is thought to originate over 100 years ago as being grown by the Cherokee tribe.

High Mowing Gourmet Lettuce Blend

Features a wide variety of lettuces including romaine, lollo, green leaf, red leaf and more.  A signature blend with unique shapes and colors that foodies and chefs will love.

Those are our favorites, click here to see the 2018 High Mowing Organic Seeds staff picks.

Products We Love: Canna’s Terra Professional Plus Soil

Products We Love: Canna’s Terra Professional Plus soil. It’s seed-starting time for outdoor gardeners and Canna’s Terra Professional Plus is our favorite soil to start seeds in. It’s a blend of peat moss, coco coir and composted tree bark, with a slight nutrient charge that’s mild enough for seedlings but strong enough for more established plants too (no fertilizing necessary for 2-3 weeks). The tree bark gives the soil natural aeration without the addition of perlite (so no white spots in your garden). Available in 1.77 cubic foot bags.