๐ŸŒฑ Market Garden ยท Exotic Varieties ยท Harvest & Preserve

The Garden
at Table Greens

Fifty-plus exotic, heirloom, and rare varieties grown without synthetic inputs. From deep-purple carrots to fire-roasted peppers โ€” the Table Greens garden is anything but ordinary.

What We Grow

Varieties Worth Growing

We deliberately seek out varieties you won't find at any grocery store โ€” heirlooms, landrace breeds, wild-type cultivars, and exotic imports that have incredible flavor and cultural history behind them.

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Tomato
Black Krim

Deep burgundy-black Russian heirloom with rich, smoky flavor and gorgeous color.

Summer
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Pepper
Aji Amarillo

Peruvian hot pepper with fruity, tropical heat. Essential in traditional Peruvian cuisine.

Summer
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Root
Cosmic Purple Carrot

Deep purple exterior with orange-yellow interior. Anthocyanin-rich and stunning raw.

Spring & Fall
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Eggplant
Rosa Bianca

Italian heirloom with white-lavender blush skin. Creamy, mild, almost no bitterness.

Summer
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Greens
Malabar Spinach

Tropical climbing green that thrives in summer heat when traditional spinach bolts.

Summer
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Corn
Glass Gem Corn

Ornamental and edible heirloom with translucent, jewel-colored kernels. Spectacular.

Summer
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Bean
Dragon Tongue

Yellow wax bean with purple streaks. Sweet, crisp, and stunning in the garden.

Summer
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Brassica
Romanesco

Alien-spiral fractal brassica with a nutty, delicate flavor between broccoli and cauliflower.

Fall
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Berry
Pineberry

White strawberry with red seeds. Tastes like pineapple. One of the most unusual berries you can grow.

Spring
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Berry
Honeyberry (Haskap)

Elongated blue berry with a complex flavor โ€” blueberry, raspberry, elderberry, all at once.

Early Spring
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Edible Flower
Nasturtium

Peppery, edible flowers and leaves in orange, red, and yellow. Used raw in salads and as garnish.

Summer
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Herb
Shiso (Perilla)

Japanese herb with complex anise-basil-mint flavor. Red and green varieties. Incredible in everything.

Summer
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Allium
Egyptian Walking Onion

Perennial top-setting onion that "walks" around the garden by dropping and rooting its bulblets.

Perennial
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Fruit
Dragon Fruit

Night-blooming cactus fruit grown in our greenhouse extension. Pink skin with white speckled flesh.

Greenhouse
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Specialty
Ground Cherry

Tomatillo relative with papery husks. Sweet, vanilla-pineapple flavor. Makes extraordinary jam.

Summer
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Pepper
Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia)

One of the world's hottest peppers. Grown for hot sauce production and adventurous customers.

Summer
No-Till. No Synthetics.

We Feed the Soil,
the Soil Feeds the Plants

We don't use synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides. Instead we compost heavily with animal manure, layer wood-chip mulch from our sawmill operation, plant cover crops in off-seasons, and use the aquaponic grow trough runoff as liquid fertilizer on the market garden.

Rabbit tractors move through bed paths to add fresh manure directly. Duck patrol rotations handle slug and snail pressure in spring and fall without any intervention. The whole farm is one interconnected fertility loop.

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Synthetic inputs used
50+
Varieties grown
12mo
Continuous production
100%
Open-pollinated seed
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Seasonal Availability

What's Growing When

๐ŸŒธSpring
  • Lettuces & salad greens
  • Radishes, turnips, hakurei
  • Peas โ€” snap, snow, shell
  • Asparagus (established beds)
  • Pineberries & strawberries
  • Honeyberries (haskap)
  • Spring herbs โ€” chives, cilantro
  • Duck eggs available
โ˜€๏ธSummer
  • Tomatoes โ€” 15+ heirloom varieties
  • Peppers โ€” sweet, hot, exotic
  • Summer squash & zucchini
  • Cucumbers, melons
  • Beans โ€” pole, bush, specialty
  • Glass Gem corn
  • Basil, shiso, lemon balm
  • Edible flowers in abundance
  • Crawfish & freshwater shrimp
๐Ÿ‚Fall
  • Winter squash โ€” rare varieties
  • Romanesco & specialty brassicas
  • Sweet potatoes
  • Garlic planting + cured garlic
  • Storage roots โ€” parsnips, beets
  • Cooking greens โ€” kale, chard
  • Ground cherries for jam
  • Canned goods from summer harvest
โ„๏ธWinter
  • Cold-frame salad greens
  • Greenhouse herbs & greens
  • Canned goods (all season)
  • Root cellar storage
  • Dry-aged meats available
  • Eggs year-round (w/ lighting)
  • Firewood peak season
  • Succulent plants available
Putting Up the Harvest

Preserving, Canning & Fermentation

Surplus harvest doesn't go to waste here โ€” it gets preserved. Our cold storage room holds 800โ€“1,000 quart jars of seasonal preserves, plus root vegetables, cured alliums, and dry goods in our root cellar zone.

Canned goods from our operation are available at the farm stand โ€” not as a primary product, but as a way to share what we've grown with neighbors and customers who want the flavors of summer in December.

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Water Bath

Jams, pickles, tomatoes, fruit preserves, chutneys

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Pressure Canning

Meats, beans, stock, low-acid vegetables

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Lacto-Fermentation

Sauerkraut, kimchi, fermented hot sauce, pickled vegetables

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Root Cellaring

Potatoes, carrots, beets, onions, garlic, winter squash

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Want Fresh from the Garden?

Seasonal produce, canned goods, and specialty items available at the farm stand. Contact us to check current availability.

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