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17 May 2012
Roll up your blue jeans and don your sunglasses, farmers - it’s summertime! Well, almost.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve certainly been loving the particularly balmy weather we’ve experienced so far this spring. Like me, you might have been on the farm, helping out with new planting plans or daily maintenance. Or maybe this burst of sunshine has inspired you to get out into your own garden, planting this season’s kitchen crops? Others among us might have spent their Saturdays at the beach, soaking it all up, and still others might not have been so lucky. In any case, we’ve certainly got a treat for you down on the farm this season!
On Sunday, May 27, Hayes Valley Farm will be holding its second seasonal plant sale of 2012 in order to support its transition off of the 450 Laguna site. This time around, in addition to our wide range of edibles, we’ll be offering a slew of beneficials, ground covers, flowers, herbs, perennials, and seeds to expand your food forest at home.
Alongside our year-round favorite greens - broccoli, chard, kale, lettuce - you’ll find arugula, beans, brussels sprouts, clary sage, endive, eggplant, peppers, summer squash, tomatillos, and tomatoes. For plant and soil health and resiliency, intersperse these in your garden beds with borage, calendulas, california poppies, comfrey, ground covers (like clover), snapdragons, violets, and yarrow. To boot, we’ve gathered up some lesser-known, longer-lived crops: mashua, yacón, cape gooseberries, and tree kale! These are some of our favorite timeless perennials; they do exceptionally well in San Francisco’s otherwise foggy Mediterranean climate.
We’ll also have some extra goodies, like fun facts, guild groupings, tote bags, seed bombs, custom seed packets, and more.
(Stay tuned for more plant sales . . . )
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