Hattie’s Garden delivery/pickup service continues to bring you fresh and wholesome food. We are now taking orders for the Saturday, April 2 Pickup/Delivery Service.

We are also open at the Garden, located at 31341 Kendale Rd in Lewes, on Saturday from 9 to 2 for casual shopping. While we keep most items in our inventory, some items may run out and it is best to purchase through the online order system if you want to be sure to get everything you want.

The deadline for placing your April 2 order is Tuesday at 8PM. Otherwise, please stop by the Garden on Saturday during our open hours.

What’s Available through the Online Order System

The following items are available now to order for the April 2 pickup/delivery service.

Hattie’s Garden is pleased to be expanding our microgreens again. The list now includes arugula, mixed, Austrian winter pea, fennel, wasabi, purple Vienna kohlrabi, Siberian kale, mizuna and broccoli microgreens. From the ground, we are harvesting bunches of Dwarf Siberian kale, triple washed young arugula and bunches of radishes.

We also have 6-pack plants for your home gardens that includes mixed lettuce, arugula, sugar-snap peas, cilantro and dill.

Vermont Compost soil is now available. We offer Fort Vee — an all-purpose compost-based transplant soil and Fort Lite — a lighter version of the compost-based transplant soil that is better suited for large pots and hanging baskets, each in 20 qt. bags and large 60 qt. bags. There is no better potting soil company that I know of. You may order through the online form, or pick it up from the Garden on Saturday from 9 to 2.

302 Aquaponics has plenty of aquaponically grown salad ingredients, and beautiful tilapia fish they raise as part of their aquaponics system. There are no chemicals or pesticides in their farming.

AlaskaWild Seafoods family-run business has Alaska Cod, Coho Salmon, Pacific Rockfish, Smoked and Sockeye Salmon fresh frozen directly from the boat and flown to the east coast every week.

Chapel’s Country Creamery has a nice selection of grass-fed, dry-aged beef which includes rib steaks, porterhouse steaks, T-bone steaks, sirloin tip roasts, chip steak, 85-90% lean ground beef, beef marrow bones, and beef liver. Their wonderful free-range pork products include large bone-in hams, sweet Italian sausage, regular link sausage, loose sausage, bacon, pork chops, and ham steaks.

Enoch Farms offers a nice selection of sustainably raised, naturally grown, heritage pork products which includes sausage patties, andouille links, pork neck bones, pork loin roast, chorizo, spare ribs, sausage patties, spicy dinner sausage, kielbasa links, andouille sausage, neck bones, sweet Italian sausage, Chesapeake style sausage, jalapeno and cheddar sausage, and maple link breakfast sausage.

Twin Posts offers wonderful free-range chicken eggs.

Davidson’s Exotic Mushrooms has lion’s mane (also known as pom pom), king oyster (AKA king trumpet), grey oyster, portabella, shiitake, cremini, and maitake mushrooms. We are offering a one pound mixture of the healthy exotic mushrooms. The mix includes shiitake, oyster, maitake and lion’s mane.

Stag Run Farm continues to bring us wonderful apples that include Pink Lady (crisp, sweet flavor), Granny Smith (the go-to for tart apple lovers everywhere) and apple seconds in 5 pound quantities for only $5. These mixtures of gently bruised apples are wonderful for those who aren’t too concerned with cosmetics!

From Backyard Jams & Jellies, we have Hearty Stout Mustard — a whole grain mustard, with a hearty, hoppy flavor that is very tasty on hot dogs, brats, hamburgers, sandwiches, and even pretzels. This is available for a limited time only and is not sold elsewhere. In addition, there is a multitude of other delicious of jams, jellies (including no-sugar options), mustards and wine jellies to select from.

Eastern Shore Kettle Korn, based out of Berlin, MD, offers a sweet and salty treat, freshly prepared by hand locally in a kettle! They use the very best in premium sugars, non-cholesterol corn oil, salts and non-genetically modified popcorn providing a gluten-free snack.

What We Are Planting

We put lettuce in the garden outside about a week ago and will have to cover it and hope for the best with the shot of cold air coming tonight and tomorrow night. If you have things you want to plant or that you have already put outside, you will want to protect them or bring them in. We have decided to put everything on hold for a few more days. We will have lots of work just keeping things from freezing and hope it is the last time we have to worry about it.

We have nice snap pea starts in the hoophouse. We had wanted to put them out since they are very hardy, but as the forecast predicts lower and lower temperatures for the first two nights of this week, we decided the better part of valor was to go ahead and keep them in the protection of the hoophouse. That goes for our cilantro, parsley, dill, snapdragons, dianthus and lisianthus as well. The time will come and it won’t be much longer, but there is just no point in rushing the season when it doesn’t wish to be rushed!

We have a lovely section of carrots up and growing in the garden and we know from experience that they should be just fine. We also have beautiful garlic growing that doesn’t mind a cold snap. But we DO mind a cold snap! We were beginning to get used to warm days with the sun warming us as we began to work outside. In fact, last week I wrote that there was nothing stopping us now! Well, I was wrong. Mother nature rules. I know, soon we will be complaining of the heat! Stay warm.

Directions to Hattie’s Garden

Hattie’s Garden is located at 31341 Kendale Rd in Lewes approximately 3 miles from Plantation Road (also known as Rt. 1D), coming inland on either Robinsonville Rd. or Beaver Dam Rd (Rt. 23 South).

Kendale Rd. is a short road (0.6 miles) between Robinsonville and Beaver Dam Road. The house is fifth on the left from Beaver Dam Rd, and has a large wooden fence in front of house with purple trim.

Park in the graveled area facing the fence. If you don’t see us, you may toot your horn. We could be processing things in the garage or working outside in the garden.

Reminder that you do not need an appointment. Simply show up during our open hours of operation. We prefer cash or checks, and do have the capability to take credit cards if necessary.

Yours in the garden,