Every year we offer seedlings for sale at the Hardin County Farmers Market for you to start your own garden. This is a comprehensive list of all plants we are growing this year. To buy plants and see what is currently available, you can preorder and pick up at the market through our shop, or come to the farmers market any Saturday mid-April through May and shop. We will also be participating in the 3 plant fairs at the market this year on April 25th, May 2nd, and May 9th. All plants are on a first come, first serve basis, and once they are sold out, they are sold out for the year.

Hot Peppers

Shishito: 100 to 1,000 Scoville Units. A Japanese heirloom that looks slightly wrinkled. One in 10 peppers has the potential to be mildly spicy. A favorite for grilling.
Carranza: 500 Scoville Units. A poblano pepper that prefers hot weather. Produces large peppers that are perfect for stuffing.
Holy Molé: 700 Scoville Units. Crunchy peppers that are 7 to 9” long and used in Molé sauce. Ripens from green to brown.
Cajun Belle: 500 to 4,000 Scoville Units. Tiny bell shaped peppers that are spicy and sweet. Ripens from green to red. 2010 AAS winner.
Caballero: 1,000 to 2,000 Scoville Units. Poblano peppers have a mild spice and are often used in stuffed pepper dishes. Ripens from dark green to red.
Aji Rico: 1,000 to 5,000 Scoville Units. Small (2-4 inch) peppers with a citrusy spice. Has a similar shape and size to a habanero, but sweet and spicy with only a little heat. Ripens from green to red. 2017 AAS Winner.
Red Hot Cherry: 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville Units. Small, round peppers that pack some heat. Typically used for pickling and stuffing.
Goliath Jalapeno: 3,000 to 5,000 Scoville Units. A very large jalapeño - perfect for stuffing. Matures from dark green to red.
Jalafuego: 4,000 to 6,000 Scoville Units. Our favorite type of jalapeño - they grow a little bit bigger and a little big spicier and produce vigorously.
Devil Serrano: 6,000 to 30,000 Scoville Units. Spicier than a jalapeño and a little bit smaller. Peppers mature from dark green to red.
Serrano Tampequino: 15,000 to 30,000 Scoville Units. Spicier than a jalapeño and a little bit smaller. Peppers mature from dark green to red.
Lemon Drop: 15,000 to 30,000 Scoville Units. Small, spicy pepper with a citrus flavor. Ripens from green to yellow.
Aji Chinchi Amarillo: 30,000 to 50,000 Scoville Units. A small fruity hot pepper that matures from green to golden orange-yellow.
Arapaho: 50,000 Scoville Units. Early ripening cayenne pepper with 8-9 inch long peppers ripening from green to red.
Habanero Orange: 150,000 to 350,000 Scoville Units. Very hot little peppers. Ripens from green to orange.
Habanero Chocolate: 300,000 to 577,000 Scoville Units. Even hotter than an orange habanero. Ripens from green to a chocolate brown.
Wicked Ghost: 800,000+ Scoville Units. An extremely hot pepper that matures to red.
Trinidad Scorpion: 1.2 million+ Scoville Units. One of the hottest peppers you can get - it was the hottest in the world until the Carolina Reaper came along. Wrinkled peppers mature to a red orange color and have a fruit-like flavor paired with the extreme heat. Wear gloves when handling these peppers and if you eat one let us know!

Sweet Peppers

Big Red: a large blocky bell pepper that ripens from green to red.
Samurai S10: a bell pepper with improved disease resistance. Ripens from green to red.
Yellow Monster: huge longe yellow bell peppers that can grow to be 8 inches long and 4 wide. Ripens from green to yellow.
Gamba: a sweet pepper most often used for frying or stuffing. Thick walled peppers then to sweeten while cooking. Ripens from green to red.
Ashe County Pimento: sweet, thick walled pimento pepper. Can be eaten raw or can be cooked, roasted, or canned. Ripens from green to red.
Hungarian Cheese Mix: an early maturing pepper that produces flattened round peppers with thick walls. The peppers mature from green to yellow, orange, and red.
Cubanelle: a sweet thin-walled frying pepper that ripens from yellowish green to red.
Pippin’s Golden Honey: a sweet pepper that is ornamental in appearance and produces multicolored sweet peppers. Peppers ripen from purple to yellow to orange.
Candy Cane: sweet striped snack sized peppers. Ripens from green with white stripes to red.
Lesya: very sweet pepper with thick flesh. Pointed heart shape. Ripens from green to deep red.

Eggplant

Green Envy: a green eggplant. Small in size and sweet. The little eggplants are bitter free.
Hansel: long purple eggplant that range in size from 2 to 10 inches with no bitterness and few seeds. From the same breeder as the fairy tale eggplant. 2008 AAS Winner.
Gretel: small, white eggplants with few seeds that grow in clusters. 2009 AAS Winner.
Fairy Tale: small, purple and white stripped eggplants that grow in clusters. When harvested at about 4 inches long, they are sweet, bitter-free, and nearly seedless. 2005 AAS Winner.
Mitoyo: a large eggplant, tear dropped shaped, and nearly black in color. Tender and sweet, can even be eaten raw, and is often used for pickling.

Tomatoes

Pomodoro Squisito: a San Marzano type paste tomato. Perfect for canning. This variety has resistance to blossom end rot. Indeterminate.
Pink Beefsteak: a dark pink beefsteak tomato that can range in size from 16 ounces to 3 pounds. Indeterminate.
Giallo de Summer: a large yellow beefsteak tomato that likes to grow in hot, humid weather. Indeterminate.
Amana Orange: large beefsteak tomato, orange in color. Indeterminate.
Great White: a white beefsteak tomato. Plants usually produce 1 pound tomatoes that have a smooth, fruity flavor. Great for eating fresh. Indeterminate.
Big Rainbow: a big heirloom (1 to 2 pound) beefsteak tomato that is yellow and red in color. Indeterminate.
Blue Beauty: a cross between a beauty king and a blue tomato. 4 to 8 oz beefsteak tomato, red with blue-black shoulders. Indeterminate.
Solar Flare: a Wild Boar variety. Red 6 to 10 oz beefsteak tomatoes with streaks of yellow. Great tomato flavor. Indeterminate.
Apricot Zebra: a larger cherry tomato (about golf ball sized) that is sweet (Brix of 7.5) and high yielding. Tomatoes are a tangerine orange color with stripes. Indeterminate.
Vernissage “Art Colors” Mix: small tomatoes (about 2 oz) that are stripped in appearance. The mix grows pink, green, yellow, and black varieties of vernissage tomatoes. Indeterminate.
Prairie Fire: a super sweet (Brix of 10!) grape tomato. Elongated shape and red with subtle golden stripes. Indeterminate.
Tiger Pink: an artisan cherry tomato with an elongated shape. Pink with yellow stripes and has a sweet tropical flavor. Indeterminate.
Supersweet 100: plants produce strands of tomatoes (usually 100 or more) of supersweet cherry tomatoes. Indeterminate.
Unicorn Tomato: a small red cherry tomato that is crack-resistant. Indeterminate.
Sunrise Bumble Bee: artisan cherry tomato that is orange, yellow, and red striped. Indeterminate.
Blueberries: cherry tomatoes that are amethyst to red in color when ripe. Grows in clusters with fantastic yields. Indeterminate.

Cucumbers

Summer Dance: slicing Japanese burpless cucumber. Long 10 inch cucumbers with glossy, dark green skin.
Tasty King Japanese: a burpless cucumber that is 10 inches long and dark green with thin skin.
Marketmore 76: a slicing cucumber that is dark green and tends to produce 9 inch cucumbers.
Poona Kheera: a Middle Eastern heirloom cucumber. Grows as a white cucumber that eventually turns brown and can be eaten at any stage with the fear of it being bitter.
Beit Alpha: sweet, nearly seedless, burpless cucumbers.
Delikatesse: a German heirloom cucumber that can be used for slicing or pickling.
Gherking: dark green 3 to 5 inch gherkins that is high yielding. Perfect for pickling.

Summer Squash

Lemon: a yellow summer squash that looks like a lemon!
Sunburst: round pattypan type summer squash. A little sweeter and meatier than typical yellow summer squash.
Golden Glory: a yellow zucchini with meaty flesh.
Cocozelle: an Italian heirloom zucchini. Dark green with light green stripes.

Okra

Burgundy: red pods that can grow up to 10 inches long, but are tenderest at 7 inches or less. 1988 AAS Winner.
Jing Orange: slim, reddish-orange pods that can be harvested at 6 to 7 inches in length on 5 to 6 foot tall plants.
Evertender: spineless variety of okra with green pods that remain tender up to 8 inches in length.
Okinawa Pink: a non-ribbed pink okra.

Miscellaneous

Garden Huckleberry: little berries that can be used for james, pies, and syrups. Grows on a bush that is low to the ground. Berries are picked when they are a dull black (green berries are toxic!) It is recommended to cook prior to eating because the berries are not sweet on their own.
Cossack Pineapple Ground Cherry: little fruits grow in husks - similar to a tomatillo - on low bushes. Ground cherries have the texture of a tomato, but taste like a pineapple.

Herbs

Mint
Rosemary
Parsley
Lemongrass
Marjoram
Oregano
Thai Holy Basil
Lime Basil
Lemon Basil
Sage
Genovese Basil
Thyme
Chinese Chives
Chives
Dukat Dill
Fernleaf Dill
Dark Purple Opal Basil
Thai Sweet Basil
Cilantro

Plant Guide 2021