Rippling Waters Organic Farm

Promoting Community Food Security
through Education, Service & Action
Farm, Greenhouse & Community Gardens
55 River Road, Steep Falls, Maine 04085
(207) 642-5161             greengrower@ripplingwaters.org

        Sowing & Planting Schedule                    Prices

All of our vegetable seedlings are organically grown.  We grow hundreds of different varieties including some unusual ones as well.  If you know we grow it, ask for it and we'll get it for you. This is especially when you visit the farm, we can find it and pot it up if necessary while you wait.  For a list of our vegetable seedlings go to produce. The seedlings come in different size pots, depending on the plant and time of year you purchase. Below is a chart on planting times for your vegetable seedlings.  Some grow best with cool nights at the end of April while others don't and want the warmth of June.

Your organic seedlings will grow into fruitful plants by August.

Pricing, 2008

Butternut squash, small variety, crawling on the ground.
Some are being trellised.

Sowing and Planting Schedule

These are suggestions only and for zone 4,  particularly from Gorham, Maine, north and west in Cumberland County.  Portland and the coast is a little warmer, Bridgton a little colder - almost zone 3.  Your particular garden site might also be warmer.  Gardening is a lot of trial & error.  Try experimenting with seeds to see if your site can grow plants early.  Don't forget what you discover - keeping a garden journal is a great way to keep track of your experiments. 

Early Season:  April 15 - May 30

• Cold and Cole Crops

  • Broccoli

  • Cauliflower

  • the Kales

  • Chard

  • Lettuce (tender than others, cover if frost)

  • Collards

  • Cabbage

  • Spinach

  • Onions

   

• Seeds you can plant when you can work the soil.  When plants sprout in the soil, they tend to be hardier than seedlings, which are shocked when they are transplanted.

  • Pea Seeds

  • Carrots

  • Beets

  • Radishes

  • Potatoes

  • Beans, you can try around May 20 unless you hear rumors of a frost coming.

  • and all the crops listed above

Warm Season:  June 1 - June 20

Try to get all your planting done by the 20th to insure harvest before frost.

• Warm Season Crops

  • Peppers

  • Tomatoes

  • Cucumbers

  • Eggplant

  • Beans

  • Melons

  • Summer Squash

  • Winter Squash

  • Pumpkins

   

• Plant seeds of all the above crops as soon as there is no danger of frost.  Your direct sown plants will probably catch up to your seedlings, because they will acclimate to your garden climate.

Late Season:  July 1 - August 1

Try a second planting of any of the crops from the early season group.  Things like lettuce you can sow all summer long, but remember they like it cool.  Give these plants some shade if you try planting in the summer heat.

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Last updated:  February, 2008