Join us bright and early (before 8am) on Saturday, May 18 for the Annual  North Country Master Gardener Volunteer Plant Sale fundraiser. We will have a large variety of tomatoes and peppers as well as herbs and pollinator plants.

The peppers we offer are especially suited to our shorter  cooler growing season up here in the north country!  Below I have organized our offerings by "Days to Maturity" but keep in mind that many factors can impact when you will actually get fruit. Our pepper plants will give you a head start of about 15 to 30 days depending on the conditions including proper hardening off (to prevent the plants from going into shock--watch for a future post on hardening off your seedlings), soil temp at the time of planting, night time temps, day time temps, sun, wind and moisture conditions, and pest interference.

Some of these peppers are the traditional bell shape while others are conical.

• 62 days New Ace. Nearly every flower will produce a fruit on this bell shaped pepper plant. Fruit is medium sized and can be eaten green or ripened to red. Well adapted to a cooler climate where other bell peppers may not produce as well. F1 Hybrid.
• 65-70 Ruby King. Heirloom bell pepper (1902!) bears heavy crops of sweet fruit. Open pollinated, which means great for seed saving!
• 70 Healthy. Heirloom sweet, conical, yellow to red pepper 4 " long which produced well in cool summers. Good disease resistance and open pollinated!!
• 70 King of the North. This tall plant will produce 4-6 inch long sweet bell shaped peppers great for stuffing and eating fresh, green to red. Great cool, short season producer. Open pollinated!!
• 72 Giant Marconi, a great producer with huge 8 inch by 3 inch fruit, this F1 hybrid has a sweet smoky flavor eaten green to red.
• 75-80 Wisconsin Lakes, developed at the University of Wisconsin for northern climate, this medium sized thick walled bell shaped pepper is a good producer with thick, juicy, sweet walls eaten green to red. Open pollinated.

We offer one hot pepper:

• 80 days Jalapeno This variety is a big producer of large peppers on a small plant. The green fruit is mild but as it ripens to red it will become hotter. Open pollinated.

For more information on growing tomatoes and peppers in Wisconsin, check out:
https://learningstore.uwex.edu/assets/pdfs/a3687.pdf

Additions to the Pollinator Six Pack ~ Continue to Feed the Bees ~
Why Have a Pollinator Garden?
Butterflies, bees and other insects are attracted to flowers in search of nectar. They brush up against the anthers of a flower, get pollen grains on their body and carry the pollen from flower to flower. A Pollinator Garden is a garden predominately with flowers that provide nectar or pollen for a range of pollinating insects. A pollinator garden can be any size. You might only have a balcony or a small yard, but you can still plant a pollinator friendly flowers there.

Ox Eye Sunflower and Purple Coneflower will be new additions to our Pollinator Six Pack. 

Annual Plant Sale sponsored by North Country Master Gardener Volunteers, Saturday, May 18, 8:00 -11:00am (or until plants last) at the Station Building, 1035 E. Maple Street (Hwy 70).  For sale:  Heirloom Tomatoes, Peppers, Natives, Herbs, and Cannas

The Pleasure of Herbs
Herbs activate all your senses, inviting us to touch, smell and taste them.
They are beautiful.
Make our food come alive.
Inspire new culinary adventures.
They make us happy.

Herbs that are featured in our  Herb Six Pack that you will find at our annual plant sale are the following.

• Thyme
• Rosemary
  
• Giant From Italy Parsley
  
• Genovese Basil
  
• Garlic Chives
  
• Bouquet Dill
  

Annual Plant Sale sponsored by North Country Master Gardener Volunteers, Saturday, May 18, 8:00 -11:00am (or until plants last) at the Station Building, 1035 E. Maple Street (Hwy 70).  For sale:  Heirloom Tomatoes, Peppers, Natives, Herbs, and Cannas