1840 Farm Seed Exchange Group on Facebook
Get ready to welcome gardening season with open arms. I have created a Facebook group for the 1840 Farm Seed Exchange exchange entitled “1840 Farm Seed Exchange. You are invited to join in and share...
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This week, the day finally arrived and the 1840 Farm Seed Exchange began. In the next days and weeks, over 80 participants will be exchanging seeds with each other. Seed packets will literally be...
View ArticleHeirloom Tomato Profile: Purple Calabash
Purple Calabash Heirloom Tomatoes have been in the 1840 Farm vegetable gardens since our first summer living here in 2006. Every year, we look forward to that first slice of Purple Calabash still...
View ArticleHeirloom Tomato Profile: German Johnson
The German Johnson Heirloom Tomato is a potato leaf variety of tomato plant with an indeterminate growing habit. It produces large, round, Beefsteak shaped fruit with bright red skin. The ripe fruit...
View ArticleHeirloom Tomato Profile: Costoluto Genovese
If you’re looking for a tomato to thrive in the summer heat, look no further. The Costoluto Genovese variety hails from the Mediterranean. For centuries, gardeners living along the Mediterranean...
View ArticleCast Your Vote for The 1840 Farm Heirloom Seed Collection
Over the last few weeks, I have immersed myself in seed catalogs and gardening history books. While it has taken some time, I have finally narrowed down my wish list of varieties to include in The...
View ArticleThe 1840 Farm Heirloom Seed Collection
We have been planting heirlooms in the gardens at 1840 Farm since our first summer living here in 2006. It started simply enough with a few packets of heirloom tomato seeds. They had interesting...
View ArticleSunset Heirloom Runner Bean
The Sunset Runner Bean is beloved for its ability to bring beauty and a nutritious crop to your garden plot. The beautiful salmon pink colored blooms are unique to the sunset variety of runner bean....
View ArticleStowell’s Evergreen Heirloom Sweet Corn
Biting into a perfectly ripe ear of sweet corn is a summer rite of passage. There’s just something about the sweet, juicy flavor of sweet corn that instantly transports me back to my childhood. When...
View ArticleGrowing Our Own Thanksgiving Celebration
It’s early June, but I’m already dreaming of Thanksgiving dinner. I can almost picture the homegrown feast that will grace our family table. The herbs for our favorite sage and artichoke heart...
View ArticleTomato, my love
It's time that I came clean. I love tomatoes. No really. I love them. Not the languishing in the produce aisle in February variety. Sorry. You may label me a tomato snob, but I can't help it. If you've...
View ArticleCiao, Summer
It's official. It's fall. I know, I know. I'm supposed to embrace this change. I should get out my favorite sweater, go apple picking, and buy a pumpkin. I don't want to. Instead, I want to invite...
View ArticleA Stylish Blogger Award For Me?
Really? Someone I don’t know just gave me a Stylish Blogger Award. A total stranger. I won’t lie to you. It hasn’t made me any less happy about it. Who cares if I don’t know Betsy from A Plateful...
View ArticleNearly Wordless Wednesday
Not entirely wordless, but completely celebratory. The first cherry tomatoes of 2011 are here! Here are a few more posts that we think you might enjoy: Nearly Wordless Wednesday – August 10, 2011...
View ArticleA Dirty Job for Everyone
Life here at 1840 Farm can get pretty dirty. Spring has only been here for a few weeks, yet the never-ending trail of garden soil has already started to appear in our mudroom. I’ll spend ten minutes...
View ArticleNearly Wordless Wednesday – August 10, 2011
Heirloom tomato, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways starting with the first ripe Purple Calabash of 2011. Here are a few more posts that we think you might enjoy: Nearly Wordless Wednesday Not...
View ArticleRoasted Heirloom Tomato Tart
There are certain foods that scream summer to me. At the very top of the list is my beloved heirloom tomato. I long ago confessed my deep-rooted love of tomatoes, especially the heirloom variety....
View Article1840 Farm Seed Exchange – Extended One Week
Behold the beautiful power held by the first day of spring. It’s a day of promise for everyone, but especially for those of us who love to tend the soil and plant a garden. It seems that I count the...
View ArticleNearly Wordless Wednesday – March 21, 2012
Hello, spring! The temperatures at 1840 Farm this week have been summer-like and we’re taking full advantage. We’re constructing raised beds and installing them in the garden to expand our growing...
View ArticleHeirloom Tomato Profile: Blondkopfchen Cherry
The Blondkopfchen Heirloom Cherry Tomato originated in Germany. In German, the word “blondkopfchen” translates to “little blonde girl”. My daughter was a little blond girl when we first began growing...
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