Listeners who heard our interview with Diane Jones of Draggin' Wing Farms might be interested to know that there will be a native plant sale this weekend.
Saturday & Sunday, May 13 & 14, 9 am to 3 pm at Castle Drive and Hill Rd. The farm is just off that intersection on Stinger St but there will be signs directing you there.
Also, Draggin' Wing Farm neighbors Peaceful Belly Farm will be selling heirloom tomato plants at $4 each.
Don't feed your loved ones a trite tomato - grow your own! (or at least get some decent varieties from farmers markets/stands)
The Sagebrush Players support backyard gardening and xeriscaping. In fact, we've been growing our own tomatoes already at Sagebrush Variety Show Farms. This year's tomato varieties:
Red Brandywine - the king of heirloom tomatoes
Green Zebra - not an heirloom, but still worth growing for its green color with yellow stripes, great flavor, and ease to grow
Paul Robeson - smallish black heirloom from Russia named after the singer, communist, and equal rights activist
Black from Tula - larger black, Ukrainian heirloom
Black Prince - a smallish red-brown heirloom from Irkutsk that does particularly well in Idaho.
(okay, so we have a thing for black tomatoes)
Yellow Bell - a productive, yellow paste heirloom from Tennessee that grows well here. Great for stuffing with hummus on the run, too.
Big Rainbow - large, multicolored heirloom
Orange Banana - prolific, orange, heirloom paste tomato that's also good for eating and drying.
Striped Cavern - orange-striped red tomato that is shaped like a bell pepper and hollow inside.
Evergreen Emerald - largish all-green tomato
Just reading the brief descriptions of this handful of varieties should make you angry about how corporate farming and food distribution has robbed us of the diversity in our produce--and this is just looking at tomatoes.
