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Buy Local at Rippling Waters Organic Farm Get the Healthiest Vegetable and Herb Seedlings in the Area We are the only certified organic greenhouse in the area,
thus there is never harmful pesticides and chemicals on our premises, near your
lungs, are in the wonderful plants you want to grow and consume. Starting in May you can purchase vegetable and herb
seedlings. They become available to
you in
Plants Ready First of May:
Kale, Collards, Lettuce, Peas, Onions, Leeks, Chard, Beets, Spinach,
Dill, Oregano, Cilantro, Rosemary, Chives
Plants Ready Mid May:
Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Corn, Sage, Lavender,
Parsley, Fennel, Basil, medicinal herbs, plus those above.
Plants Ready Late May: Tomatoes, Peppers,
Eggplant, Melons, Cucumbers, Squash, Flavored Basil, plus those above. We also make container gardens for those of you who are
just starting out your garden on your back porch! Learn to Grow Sustainable,
Bio-Diverse Gardens with Organic Annuals & Perennials We offer a wide range of annuals and perennials with a
concentration on how they attract the bugs & bees, birds & butterflies.
We will help you incorporate these plants into your vegetable gardens and
how to add vegetables into your flower gardens.
We will teach you the edible flowers to add to your salads.
And remember even our annuals and perennials are grown organically, so
they aren’t harmful for your young children to sniff and touch.
Plants Ready First of May:
pansies, violas, geraniums, year old perennial flowers
Plants Ready Mid May: hanging
baskets, cape daisies, marigolds, morning glories, sweet peas,
dianthus. alyssum, snapdragons
Plants Ready Late May:
this year perennials, zinnias, sunflowers, impatiens, nasturtiums,
petunias, portulaca, verbena,
celosia, cleome, calendula, cosmos, rudebeckia, lobelia, gazanias, lisianthus Want to Grow your Plants from the Start?
Buy Seeds. We offer seeds from FEDCO.
Many of them organic, all of them are untreated and we do not sell GMO
varieties. We believe in the SAFE SEED PLEDGE which states:
“Agriculture and seeds provide the basis on which our lives depend. We
must protect this foundation as a safe and genetically stable source for future
generations. For the benefit of all farmers, gardeners and consumers who want an
alternative, we pledge that we do not knowingly buy or sell genetically
engineered seeds or plants. Further,
we wish to support agricultural progress that leads to healthier soils,
genetically diverse agricultural ecosystems and ultimately people and
communities.”
First of April start:
tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, onions, kale, and collards
Mid April start: broccoli,
cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage, greens, lettuce
Late April direct seed outdoors:
peas
Mid-May start indoors: squash, cucumbers,
melons
Mid-May direct seed outdoors:
radish, beans, carrots, beets
Keep your Garden Healthy – Use Organic Garden Supplies We offer a large range of organic products to start your
growing and to keep your plants healthy and flourishing all season long.
We have organically certified soils and compost for sale, in just the
right size for starting out small gardens or larger bags for you that endeavor
larger garden plots. We have organic
soil amendments like peat moss, greensand, kelp meal, alfalfa meal &
earthworm castings. We sell
certified organic fertilizers like fish emulsion and a pro-grow mix.
And to enrich your soil the green manure way, we sell cover crop seeds.
Remember we’ll help you understand what and how much to use of these
products. Need more Help? Rippling Waters greatest assets is customer assistance in
teaching you how to grow sustainable, organic backyard gardens.
We’ll help you plan out your garden, improving your soil, and picking
out the best plants. Want more
information to take home? We have a
variety of books on sale on topics such as composting, organic gardening, fresh
salads, companion planting, and flowers & perennials.
Fed up with Bruised, Unflavorful & thus Non-Nutritious Produce at the
Supermarket? The most nutritious food you can consume comes from
freshly picked organic produce. At
Rippling Waters
Worried about the Costs of
Growing & Buying Organically? Our prices are competitive with other local conventional greenhouses and farms. We believe that organics must be available to all people at affordable prices. Want a bigger discount? You can volunteer 40 hours at the farm or at one of the school gardens or buy a CSA (community supported agriculture) membership and get an extra 10% discount off your purchases. Call us for more information regarding these opportunities.
Before or after you do your shopping, plan on touring the farm or lunching at the river. We have a self-guided or perhaps if you come when we’re not all too busy, a personally guided tour of our fields, demonstrating backyard garden techniques of mulching, companion planting, cover cropping, composting, inter-cropping, and a short walk through our riverside woods with many native plants identified. At Rippling Waters Farm you can hear the rippling waters of Limington Rapids on the Saco River, so it’s a great place to relax at our riverfront or across the river at Limington Rapids Rest Area.
You can also place an order with us by calling
or emailing us and
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Rippling Waters Organic Farm
accordance
with the planting schedule as the season progresses.
