Hattie’s Garden continues to bring you fresh and wholesome food throughout the winter. Our order form for the Saturday, March 9 Pickup/Delivery Service is now open.

We will also be open at the Garden, located at 31341 Kendale Rd in Lewes, on Tuesday from 12 to 3 and 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.

Remember, the deadline for placing your order is Tuesday at 8PM.

Organic Gardening Class

Hattie’s Garden Organic Gardening Classes are now open for registration. We are already half-way full, so please sign up quickly if you’d like to join us. Each class consists of two sessions lasting three hours each.

• Sunday Class: March 24 and April 7 from 1 – 4 PM
• Monday Class: April 1 and April 15 from 1 – 4 PM

Individual garden plans will be developed in the class and class sizes will be kept small. The hands-on portion of the class introduces gardening techniques and small tools, soil amendment, soil and bed preparation, mulching, transplant growing, and more. All attendees are welcome to follow up with Hattie throughout the growing season with any questions.

We look forward to helping folks get started gardening or improve what they are already doing. You can grow much of your own food in a very small area. Container gardeners also encouraged to attend. For a general idea of what the class is about, please see our Gardening Class page.

Hattie’s Garden CSA

Thanks to all participating in Hattie’s Garden CSA this year. Your generous response will allow us to make it through these first few weeks of the season when there isn’t much to harvest yet and the work must commence. We are nearly done getting in our supplies and our planting has begun in earnest. Stop by during our open hours so you can see what we’ve been up to. If you didn’t have a chance to participate in the CSA, everything we sell should still be available for you. Stay tuned to our posts so you can take the journey with us into the Spring!

What’s Available This Week

The following items are available now to order for pickup or delivery on Saturday, March 9. You can stop by on Tuesday from 12 to 3 and Saturday from 9 to 2 for most everything, though placing an online order will ensure it will be available for Saturday pickup or delivery.

Hattie’s Garden has a nice selection of healthy microgreens for you this week.

Organic dried beans and organic raw nuts. Yes, due to customer requests, we now carry a nice line of fresh dried beans and raw nuts. Organic beans we carry are adzuki beans, French green lentils, red decorticated lentils, kidney beans, cannellini beans, pinto beans, garbanzo beans, navy pea beans, green split peas and hearty bean soup. Organic raw nuts include walnuts, almonds, brazil nuts, cashews, pumpkin seeds, and roasted (not raw!) unsalted peanuts.

We will have young Siberian kale and young Swiss chard available only at the Garden, so stop by on Tuesday or Saturday.

Enoch Farms has sustainably raised, naturally grown, heritage pork. They provide us with a nice assortment of products, including plenty of specialty sausages, scrapple and porkchops. This week we are adding ham steaks.

AlaskaWild provides us with some of the best wild fish available, directly from a family business based in Clam Gulch, Alaska. We carry whatever is in season and at present have salmon in the following varieties: Coho, Sockeye, Smoked Black-pepper, Smoked Cajun and of course, traditional. We also have both Alaska Cod and Alaska Rockfish back in stock for you. This fish is flash-frozen and gets rave reviews from our customers.

Our newest vendor, Beachdog Farm from in Georgetown DE, brings us pasture-raised non-GMO fed Welsh Harlequin duck eggs and pasture-raised organic non-GMO fed Sussex chicken eggs. Note the chickens are from Sussex, England, not Sussex County. Although both types of eggs are nutritious, duck eggs tend to contain even higher amounts of some nutrients than chicken eggs, including folate, iron, and vitamin B12. What’s special about Beachdog Farm eggs? Their chickens and ducks are mobile and get fresh ground to scratch and forage on a regular basis, as well as organic scratch grains as an everyday treat.

From Twin Posts, we have wonderful free-range chicken eggs.

Gaia Coffee Co. brings us specialty Costa Rican coffee that is craft-roasted in small batches to guarantee a beautiful, consistent roast every time. You can purchase them whole bean or ground. We have five blends to choose from.

• Slower Lower Blend — blend of Colombian, Brazil and Costa Rican beans. This is medium-dark roast with notes of toffee, semi-sweet chocolate with a full bodied finish. Perfect for any occasion.
• Farmers Market Blend — a beautiful blend of Central American coffees roasted on the darker side for a full bodied cup with notes of toffee, semi-sweet chocolate and a rich finish on the palate.
• Aquiares CentroAmericano — full-bodied, medium roast exotic coffee with hints of cacao, oranges & almonds.
• Colombia Palmera Decaf — this coffee is a blend of multiple regions in Colombia. Has hints of cinnamon, caramel and citrus notes.
• Nasa Blend — a classic, consistent, and smooth coffee. Has hints of molasses & chocolate notes.

Davidson Exotics brings us freshly grown organic certified mushrooms each week. We carry Cremini, Portabella, Shiitake, Maiitake, Grey Oyster, Lion’s Mane and King Oyster mushrooms to the list. In addition, we carry their mushroom umami and wild mushroom umami seasonings with or without salt, their mushroom salts, dried mushroom wild rice soups, instant organic free trade coffee with a blend of dried mushrooms, and a big selection of mushrooms powders. The mushroom powders are made from 100% fruiting bodies containing absolutely no filler. All products are certified organic.

From Chrissy Bee’s, a division of Stag Run Farm, we have Dutch clover and wildflower raw honey and raw honeycomb.

Chapel’s Country Creamery makes some of the nicest cheese we have ever had. Their on-farm cheese-making operation is one of the first of its kind in Maryland. We love their Brie, Cheddars and Bay Blue, as well as their fresh cheese. And we are particularly fond of their alpine style Woodbine cheese, which has the perfect balance of savory and sweet flavors.

Backyard Jams & Jellies has many choices this year. If you are looking for some great jams, chutneys, or jellies for the holiday season, please take a look at the selections we have. For more choices, stop by the Garden on Tuesday or Saturday.

Remember the deadline for placing your March 9 order is Tuesday at 8PM. Otherwise, please stop by the Garden on Tuesday from 12 to 3 and Saturday from 9 to 2 for casual shopping.

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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).

For the next several months, Five Points is closed at Plantation and Beaver Dam. For those who normally travel that way, just head up Route 9 to Dairy Farm Rd. Turn left at Dairy Farm and right at the end of Dairy Farm onto Beaver Dam Rd. Kendale will be on your left in less than ½ mile.

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 throughout the winter,