A Barrow of Summer

What We Grow

We grow nearly 200 varieties of vegetables, herbs and flowers. Almost all of our vegetable varieties are open-pollinated (as opposed to hybrid), organic seed. Many are heirloom (old, pure) varieties, known for their flavor and unique features. You can taste the difference!

CSA Member, Debra, says it well here: "I also appreciate the biodiversity aspect of your farm. I have always marveled at the Davis tomato (grocery store variety) in that it is utterly tasteless. And that someone actually designed a tomato with desirable qualities for packing but thought it was ok to take taste out of the equation! Without efforts to continue to grow heirloom varieties, I fear that we could end up having nothing but the Davis (don't know if that's the official name for it) tomato."

A Garden Tour...an excerpt from a farm newsletter


THE LIST
A long, yet not comprehensive, list

This list is everchanging. We are always trying new things, dropping poor producers, keeping the steady staples. But it will give you an idea of what we grow.

BEANS
Blue Lake
Roma Italian Bean
Maxibel Haricot Verts (Gourmet French Bean)
SWEET CORN
Jubilee
PEAS
Cascadia Snap Pea
Mayfair Pea Shelling
CUCUMBERS
Marketmore 76
National Pickling
SUMMER SQUASH
Eight Ball round zucchini
Yellow Crookneck
Yellow Straitneck
Dark Green Zuke
WINTER SQUASH
Table Queen Acorn
Waltham Butternut
Delicata
Jarrahdale
Sugar Baby Watermelon
GOURDS/PUMPKINS
Wee-b-little
New England Pie
Howden Field Pumpkin
Small Ornamental Mix
ROOTS
Danvers Carrots
Nantes Carrots
Chioggia Beets
Bulls Blood Beets
Cherry Bell Radish
French Breakfast Radish
Andover Parsnip
Purple Top Turnip
Onion Sets Stuttgarter
Evergreen Scallion
Borrettana Onion
Ailsa Craig Onion
Tall Utah Celery
Ventura Celery
Afina Cutting Celery
Lincoln Leeks
Gigante dItalia Parsley
GREENS
Bloomsdale Spinach
Winter Giant Spinach
Black Seed Simpson Lettuce
Salad Bowl Lettuce
Red Salad Bowl Lettuce
Buttercrunch Lettuce
Forellenschluss Lettuce
Arugula
Red Giant Mustard
Perpetual Spinach
Ruby Red Chard
Fordhook Giant
BRASSICAS
Early Jersy Cabbage
Danish Ballhead Cabbage
Red Russian Kale
White Russian Kale
Collards Green Glaze
Sprouting Calabrese Broc
Early Green Broccoli
Kolibri Kolrabi
NIGHTSHADES
Nadia Eggplant
Black Beauty Eggplant
Purple Long Eggplant
Staddon's Select Pepper
Jalapeno
Nardello Sweet Pepper
Purple Beauty Pepper
Amish Pimiento
Cherokee Purple Tomato
Pruden's Purple Tomato
Arkansas Traveler Tomato
Brandywine Tomato
Green Zebra Tomato
Old German Tomato
Bellstar Paste Tomato
Amish Paste Tomato
Valencia Tomato
Sun Gold Cherry Tomato
Matts Wild Cherry Tomato
Yellow Pear Tomato
Ceylon Tomato
Debarao Tomato
Sweet Basil
POTATOES
Kennebec
Yellow Finn
Red Cloud
HERBS
Rosemary
Calendula
Catnip
Lavender
Oregano
Chamomile
Sage
Cilantro
Dill
Anise
Thyme
FLOWERS
Purple Coneflower
Batchelors Button
Marigold
Cutflower Mix
Sunflowers
Zinnia, persian carpet