Hattie’s Garden is open on Wednesday, June 1 and Thursday, June 2 from 10 to 4 for the sale of produce, meat, eggs, cheese, fish and plants for your home gardens.

We will also be at the Historic Lewes Farmers Market (HLFM) located at the George H.P. Smith Park on Saturday from 8 to 12.

What’s Available from Hattie

The following freshly harvested produce is available at Hattie’s Garden on Wednesday, June 1 and Thursday, June 2 from 10 to 4.

• Garlic Scapes — Scapes are the stalks that grow from the bulbs of hardneck garlic plants that taste mild and sweet, like chives or scallions, but with a hint of unmistakable garlic flavor. You can eat them raw or cooked, whole or chopped, or wherever you would use regular garlic.
• Hakurei Turnips — These sweet, mild white salad turnips are good raw or lightly cooked.
• Swiss Chard — Delightfully tender. By the bunch.
• Red Radishes — By the bunch.
• Sugar Snap Peas — Get them while they last.
• Young Arugula — Triple-washed and bagged.
• Young Mixed Lettuce — Triple-washed and bagged.
• Mesclun — Triple-washed and bagged.
• Italian Flat Leaf Parsley — Generous bunches.

What’s Available from our Other Vendors

The following meat, eggs, cheese, fish and other food products are available at Hattie’s Garden on May 25 and Thursday, May 26 from 10 to 4.

• Chapel’s Country Creamery — Lots of delicious cheese made from milk from their pastured cows.
• Woodbine Farm (an affiliate of Chapel’s Country Creamery) — Pasture-raised pork and beef.
• AlaskaWild Seafoods — Flash frozen, wild-caught salmon, rockfish and cod.
• Twin Post Farm — Free-range chicken eggs from Princess Anne County.
• Chrissy’s Bees — Butterbean and Wildflower Honey.

Plants for your Home Gardens

Hattie’s Garden is happy to be offering a new batch of tomato plants for you this week. There are fourteen varieties to choose from, including, hybrid, heirloom, paste, cherry and grape tomatoes. Also notable, a nice batch of Cut ‘n Come Again Zinnias that will grow to about two feet without needing support. A new planting of Benary Giant cutting zinnias is ready for your garden as well, if you dare! They will grow to at least four feet tall with huge blooms of 3-4″, but will need a bit of support, or need to be planted against a fence or wall with plenty of sun. We also have tall Double-Click Cosmos (cranberry and mixed) ready for you.

Take a look at our plants on Hattie’s Garden website for a complete list. Most of those plants are now ready — tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, squash, cucumbers, mixed lettuce, and arugula. And a lot of herbs — spearmint, pineapple mint, Vietnamese coriander, African Blue basil, regular Genovese-type basil (downy mildew resistant varieties), Berggarten sage, Greek oregano, English thyme and chives. Flowers not listed above include two kinds of French marigolds (Brocade and Lemondrop) and lovely bedding zinnias — both Zahara and Profusion. These mixed colored flowers do not need to be deadheaded, are heat tolerant, drought tolerant, disease tolerant and spread like crazy, filling in and growing to at least a foot tall, even when planted 12″ apart. You will have blooms all summer.

We also have beautiful herb planters this year featuring lemon thyme, tri-color sage, parsley, chives and oregano. These herb planters are 12″ long ovals and can be brought into the kitchen for use while cooking. Though it may seem like a lot of herbs in one planter, the herbs simply adapt to the size of the container they are in. There are enough nutrients in the planter to last for the season. When fall arrives, you can plant the herbs outside, or overwinter and re-pot them next spring.

Please note that while we will bring as many plants as possible to the HLFM, our space is limited. The best selection will always be at the garden during our open hours.

You may setup an appointment outside of our regular open hours by texting Hattie at 302-841-1896, or by sending an email to
hattie@hattiesgarden.com. Please indicate one or two times that work for you and she will get right back to you with her availability.

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. The plants will be setup at the end of the driveway and we should be close by. Produce and food is located inside the garage and you may enter through the side door. Just follow the signs.

Yours in the Garden and at the Market,