Spring has arrived!  Hummingbirds are hovering around the Red Flowering Currants, the Pacific Chorus frogs are singing their love songs, and local nurseries are filled with six packs of flower and vegetable starts.

It must be time to purchase plants and put them into your garden, right?  Not necessarily.

There are a number of things to do before purchasing plant starts and putting them in the ground.  Weeds need to be pulled, compost and fertilizers need to be added to the soil.  And the weather?  Well, let’s just say that we are not out of the woods yet.  There are still plenty of chilly nights and freezes to come.

If you have a greenhouse or a cold frame you could purchase plants and hold them until the danger of frost has passed.  But if you don’t it probably makes sense to temper your enthusiasm and hold off a bit longer.

But what if the plants I want won’t be available if I wait?  Don’t worry – we have you covered!

Long time customers of Urban Futures Farm know a little secret – we sell the highest quality most affordable vegetable and herb starts in town. And we only sell them when it’s the right time to go into your garden.

Our propagation room is filled with seedlings in various stages of growth that will be ready for our annual vegetable and herb starts sale starting in April. And we are planting more every day.  If you want find the varieties best suited to our region, grown in high quality soil by an experienced farmer then mark your calendar and plan to swing by the farm on Saturdays and Sundays in April and May.

We will put out a list of available plants each week, but you can expect to find a wide range of all of your favorite vegetables and herbs that will roll out as weather conditions dictate.

So, hang tight, get your gardens cleaned up, fertilized and ready to go, and we’ll see you at the farm in a few weeks.