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Japan has a long tradition of celebrating subtly sweet, dense-textured foods: think bean paste, chestnut confections, dr...
05/30/2026

Japan has a long tradition of celebrating subtly sweet, dense-textured foods: think bean paste, chestnut confections, dry-fleshed sweet potatoes. These same eating qualities show up in squash form, and we offer two richly-flavored Japanese squash from our own production fields on Four Fold Farm.

1) Red Kuri is closely related to the kabocha types beloved in Japan (and elsewhere); it is dry, sweet, cake-like, with a nutty undertone, and its striking deep orange color practically screams autumnal bliss. Also gotta love the slight lopsidedness of each fruit's shape. Part of our line of Shumei Natural Agriculture varieties.

2) Black Futsu offers an even more nutty flavor, though the flesh is a bit smoother than the Kuri, and slightly less sweet. But that resonant, deep flavor is a triumph when set against contrasting flavor and texture profiles in a meal: things like charred onions or roasted peppers work beautifully. The squash themselves are outrageous: they cure from deep green to buff colored, with bumps for days. It's thin skinned, so no need to sweat how you're going to peel it—just roast and eat the whole thing, skin and all. Stores great.

The window for winter squash sowing is now open, and in our region it runs through the solstice. Even just a few plants can provide you with enough squash to improve a few months' worth mealtimes in November and December.

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Amaranth is underappreciated—but absolutely worth stitching into your garden plans this year.In 2022, fiber artist Chris...
05/29/2026

Amaranth is underappreciated—but absolutely worth stitching into your garden plans this year.

In 2022, fiber artist Christi Johnson crafted this embroidered homage to the supremely stately Golden Giant Amaranth—depicting a grateful human being receiving the magic of seeds with arms wide open. It's a fitting tribute for amaranth, a crop that can yield as much protein per bed foot as beans but with far fewer growing challenges—and with the added bonuses of edible greens and jaw-dropping visual presence. It's one of the easiest crops to grow and can be direct sown now that last frosts have passed in most places.

The grains can be prepared like porridge, ground into flour (which gives baked goods a hint of corn-like flavor), or, as is done in its native Mexico, popped and formed into bars with sweet syrup and fruits, nuts, or chocolate (which they call alegría, or happiness 😊).

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The most memorable moments in the garden are often unplanned—and unrepeatable. Brief seasonal interludes, like this even...
05/27/2026

The most memorable moments in the garden are often unplanned—and unrepeatable. Brief seasonal interludes, like this evening flush of dandelions going to seed, are wiped away by wind, rain, and the march of time. But you were there for it. You beheld it. And each day in the garden provides another opportunity for something singular to arise.

This is how your garden path unfolds—moment by moment, suffused with uniqueness and, if we bring the right mind to it, endless curiosity.

This particular scene arose about a week ago along the perimeter of the Four Fold Farm allium production field. It was gone the next day when strong winds blew out half of these seed heads.

It's time! After a heat wave that warmed up soils across the country, dahlia tubers now yearn to be planted.Dahlia tuber...
05/21/2026

It's time! After a heat wave that warmed up soils across the country, dahlia tubers now yearn to be planted.

Dahlia tubers aren't just flowers; they are enveloping energetic experiences in flower form.

A few vibes that you might invite into your summer:

1) Crowded party on the ground floor: colorful, joyous, well adorned — Dandy Collarette
2) Deeply saturated vintage merlot; it's wine o'clock in your dahlia bed — Ivanetti
3) Linens drying on the line on a sunny day, in (abundant, long-stemmed) flower form — Alpen Cherub
4) Overflowing buckets of warm September dusk — Valley Rust Bucket
5) A flouncy summer dress in raspberry, but it's secretly a leopard print — Mingus Toni
6) The absolute pleasure of a summer creamsicle — A La Mode

Once you grow 'em, you know. And now is planting time.

To help encourage your own dahlia journey, our remaining inventory (all certified organic!) is 50% off through Monday, May 25th.

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We've been looking for new high-vigor options to add to our garlic offerings—and we found a winner in Killarney Red. It'...
05/18/2026

We've been looking for new high-vigor options to add to our garlic offerings—and we found a winner in Killarney Red. It's a rocambole hardneck type that separates into cloves easily, and each clove is wrapped in a deep, warm brownish-rose hue that matches its rich flavor. Killarney found fast enthusiasm among our farm crew due to its heavy yields of beautiful heads, which we've obtained even in minimally amended soil.

We're excited to be growing our first production-scale (though still limited) quantity of this fabulous variety on our own Four Fold Farm this season, where we also produce thousands of pounds of French Grey and Dutch Red Shallots for planting stock. Killarney supplements our existing range of seed garlic varieties, which we source from certified organic garlic growers in New York State and the Upper Midwest.

All garlic and shallots are now available for pre-order and ship beginning in September.

(Spelling is correct in this description! Our plant tags sometimes wander alphabetically—field work moves fast and every letter counts 😀—but we always sync everything back to square in the catalog.)

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We've been looking for new high-vigor options to add to our garlic offerings—and we found a winner in Killarney Red. It'...
05/18/2026

We've been looking for new high-vigor options to add to our garlic offerings—and we found a winner in Killarney Red. It's a rocambole hardneck type that separates into cloves easily, and each clove is wrapped in a deep, warm brownish-rose hue that matches its rich flavor. Killarney found fast enthusiasm among our farm crew due to its heavy yields of beautiful heads, which we've obtained even in minimally amended soil.

We're excited to be growing our first production-scale (though still limited) quantity of this fabulous variety on our own Four Fold Farm this season, where we also produce thousands of pounds of French Grey and Dutch Red Shallots for planting stock. Killarney supplements our existing range of seed garlic varieties, which we source from certified organic garlic growers in New York State and the Upper Midwest.

All garlic and shallots are now available for pre-order and ship beginning in September.

(Spelling is correct in this description! Our plant tags sometimes wander alphabetically—field work moves fast and every letter counts 😀—but we always sync everything back to square in the catalog.)

https://hudsonvalleyseed.pulse.ly/0vttqpudwc

05/15/2026

This local ecotype strain of Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis) draws in a native bumblebee (we think this is maybe a Brown-Belted but would love anyone with bee identification confidence to weigh in, as the differences between species are very subtle).

This strain has its origins in the Albany Pine Barrens, and we're producing a local seed stock thanks to the assistance from . It is well known as a host plant for the endangered Karner Blue Butterfly, but it's also a very appealing spring bloom for bumblebees, which possess the musculature needed to pry open the blooms.

Though we're out of stock of this seed currently, the blooms look very good on our growout this year—and they're clearly getting pollinated!— so we hope to be able to refresh the inventory in the fall.

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These garden allies work hard so you don't have to. They all can be direct sown, and they all establish themselves quick...
05/14/2026

These garden allies work hard so you don't have to. They all can be direct sown, and they all establish themselves quickly and grow rapidly—with only very minimal w**ding and no other maintenance required.

1) Silver Slicer Cucumber. A highly vigorous and disease-resistant cuke that is also sweet and, thanks to the fruit's white skin, easy to harvest. Developed by Cornell, it performs beautifully in Northeast summers; countless doubters have told us conversion stories after growing this variety.

2) Torch Tithonia. Could there be a more satisfying annual? Grows fast, outcompetes w**ds, tolerates drought, and its prolific blooms (in an impossible-to-photograph vivid orange red) attract countless pollinators. Gets tall and dense fast—an colorful visual screen from seed.

3) Mizuna. Of all vegetables, this Japanese mustard green blazes one of the fastest paths from seed to food. It's versatile enough to serve as a mid-summer salad base and hardy enough to produce well into winter from the last sowings you'll make all season. Mild, crunchy, great in soups and stir fries. (The pic is from a Shumei Natural Agriculture field outside Osaka where it grew abundantly in December.)

4) Panther Edamame. Soybeans are fast-growing plants that tend to crowd out all w**d competition; they form beautiful, leafy canopies fast, and set clusters of fuzzy pods soon after. Harvest is simple: whole plant, all at once, when a bit of fading or yellow shows up in the pods. Then just steam them, eat a bunch fresh and freeze the rest to eat all winter.

5) Sacred Basil. Grows about twice as fast as regular basil when young, forming sturdy stems and abundant leafy growth. Then it flowers and releases a gorgeous sweet indescribable scent ("bubble gum" isn't wrong but it doesn't capture the depth). One of the easiest herbs to grow.

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There's something deeply satisfying about the hushed patter of water from the wand as it is greeted by a sea of tomato l...
05/12/2026

There's something deeply satisfying about the hushed patter of water from the wand as it is greeted by a sea of tomato leaves.

In the greenhouse, the job of watering is an interminable one, repeated every morning, mid-day, and afternoon from Groundhog Day through Halloween.

It's a bit relentless, but the plants make their appreciation known pretty quickly—and that feels very rewarding.

No plants, no problem: these direct sown flowers, all suitable for cutting, shine just as brightly as those that require...
05/08/2026

No plants, no problem: these direct sown flowers, all suitable for cutting, shine just as brightly as those that require an early start indoors.

Apricot Lemonade Cosmos: gives refined informality, in dream tones of peach and pink, with slightly serrated petals. Flounce is in the house.

Mazurkia Zinnia: festive, billowing, magenta and cream—with occasional gold notes. Show-stopping when massed.

Dwarf Sunspot Sunflower: a short, small-headed sunflower, excels in arrangements, where it beams without outshining other blooms.

Frost is waning everywhere; direct sow some flower seeds to celebrate!

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