We grow what our customers want and enjoy, not what we think will sell best. Seeing our customers in excitement when they find out we have a unique variety or a rare plant they've been searching for but never could find is much more rewarding for us than receiving a high profit of sales. We aim to keep things local, different, and outside of the big-money horticultural industry.
All our plants are grown as naturally as possible with no chemicals, no secrets, and with only GMO-free seeds. We do have our own greenhouse, though we find that we don't really need it. Our goal is to sprout and raise our plants in the same environment they will produce in to ensure they are happiest and can adapt perfectly to our zone's conditions.
It's been proven that if you continue to reseed a plant you've grown in your garden in the past and plant those seeds year after year, the seeds from that plant overtime will become more adapted and evolved to our zone and will be genetically stronger for our zone's conditions, which is why we choose not to greenhouse grow our plants for the Market. We want our customers to be happy with
We have customers asking for tomatoes and other warm-weather plants in January and February, but the truth is, we grow our own plants around the same time as other gardeners grow theirs, but with more love, care, and attention than the big-box nurseries. We don't try to beat the clock, avoid the natural elements, or trick our plants into thinking they're growing in the correct season when they're not; we do what our plants want and let them grow in the conditions they feel most comfortable in.
We know, for example, that growing tomatoes in a greenhouse during the winter doesn't help or speed up its grow; it actually hinders it in the long run. Tomato plants become yellow, leggy, and malnourished due to lack of natural sunlight, and in turn, a lack of photosynthesis. When you put these plants outdoors when it warms up, the plant will use its energy to revive itself rather than to grow and get ready to produce. Growing it locally in Zone 9, it means keeping our plants as adapted as we can.
While other large-scale nurseries are ordering plants from other areas and/or plants that were grown in unnatural or unsafe conditions, we feel that keeping it more natural is the way to go when it comes to gardening. We don't agree with planting or eating things that are potentially harmful to your health whether through digestion or through a simple touch; we grow our plants without unnatural sprays to ensure both people and pets will not be harmed by them. It's not about outdoing the big box nurseries; it's about keeping plants local and as natural as possible.
