Wine Tasting!

Saturday May 11 3:30-6:00

Join us for a special wine tasting where, in honor of Mother's Day, we will be sampling wines produced by women winemakers! These are lovely wines with wonderful stories, and we can't wait to share them with you! The tasting is free, and any wines purchased will have a 10% discount.

Mother's Day Potting Event!

Sunday, May 12, 11-3 (appt only)

Bring your Mom (or your child, sister, aunt or friend!) to walk our three greenhouses and create a custom planter! Once we have helped you choose and design the planter, we will assist you in planting it up and you can take it home. Price is $55 and you must reserve in advance. Call us at 518-576-9043 to register. 

Spring Planting Advice from Ann

Everyone is eager to plant and get their gardens going, but it is important to be patient and only plant what can tolerate these cool spring temperatures. So what can you plant now? We have hardened off our pansies as well as some cool weather vegetables such as spinach, onions, and peas, so they are good to go! Brassicas such as broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts and cabbage are also OK to plant outside now (although ours are not hardened off quite yet). If you have seeded some veggies on your own, make sure you harden them off yourself before planting them outside. You can bring them out every day to acclimate them to outdoor conditions and then bring them back inside at night. After 5 to 7 days they will be ready to plant outside. You are also OK planting cool weather vegetable seeds directly into the soil now. What about everything else, like tomatoes, peppers, and the beautiful annual flowers we are so excited to see? Hold back until early June when we are beyond our last frost date! If you really can't wait, start with planters and hanging baskets that you can easily bring inside (or at least cover them with a sheet) if the weather report looks like frosty weather. Perennial flowers and shrubs are a different story. Our current stock was over-wintered so they are ready to be planted now, and we will be receiving our first big order of perennials, shrubs and trees later in May. The best thing you can do now is focus on amending your garden soils with nutrient rich compost.

Floral Bouquet CSA

Consider becoming a member of the Floral Bouquet CSA or gifting it to Mom for Mother's Day! We offer memberships that allow you to pick up a bouquet every week during the season, every other week, once a month, or weekly (5 bouquets) during the month of either July or August. I gave my mother a 5 week membership last summer and she loved it! Give us a call at 518 576-9043 or go to the link on our website below.

Tulips!

We are still harvesting tulips but stop by soon as their season (in our floral tunnel at least!) will be ending soon! We have 1/2 dozen and dozen bouquets pre-made, or you can design your own. 1/2 dozen is $14 and a full dozen is $22.

Whiskey Barrel Planters from Gristmill Distillers!

Gristmill Distillers, producers of our local favorite Blackfly Whiskey, has turned their old whiskey barrels into flower planters! How cool is that?! We currently have three sizes for sale.

Pruning Paniculata Hydrangeas

If you have paniculata hydrangeas, now is the time to prune them! Because these hydrangeas bloom on summer growth, the buds have not set yet (lilacs, on the other hand, bloom on old growth, so don't prune them until after they have finished blooming later this spring). Leah recommends that you start by pruning crossing or rubbing branches, and then you can prune back significantly! Make sure you prune right above the node where the new growth will form. Look at Leah's before and after pics as well as the glorious blooms later in the summer after pruning!

Landscaping and Maintenance

If you would like us to do any landscaping for you this season, please get in touch with Leah at leah@eastbranchorganics.com as soon as possible as she is already booking well into the summer. Below you will also find a link to an online form you can fill out and Leah will get back to you.