We Heart Astoria

The other day we had a visit from WT and Erich from Gardenfreude, who were guest blogging for WeHeartAstoria.com. They featured our Queens store in an article for the blog, check it out!: Guest Bloggers Gardenfreude Dig Up Great Garden Resources. Besides our store, there are a bunch of other awesome gardening resources for Queens locals.

Seeds of Change

We just received our first order of seeds for 2012. We buy our seeds from Seeds of Change because they're a great, conscious company and all of their seeds are 100% USDA certified organic. We chose some great varieties this year:

- Genovese Basil*

- Thai Basil

- Slow Bolt Cilantro*

- San Marzano Tomato* - Love these...great for sauce and salsa

- Beefsteak Tomato

- Fox Cherry Tomato

- Black Beauty Eggplant

- Dark Star Zucchini* - Excellent flavor in both the zucchini and the blossoms.

- Cal Wonder Bell Pepper* - Classic heirloom sweet bell pepper

- Bendigo F-1 Bell Pepper

- Jalapeno Chile Pepper

- Habanero Chile Pepper

- Leonardo Radicchio* - Great in salads

- Red Russian Kale

- All Lettuce Mix

- Mesclun Mix

- Arugula

(* some of my personal favorites)

We also have their Tomato Garden Starter Kit and the Herb Garden Starter Kit...great for kids or to give as gifts.

It's still early in the year and this was just our first order of seeds. If there are any varieties you'd like us to carry or if you'd like to place a special order, let us know!