Stop by Hattie’s Garden on Tuesday, June 18, Wednesday, June 19 and Thursday, June 20 from 9 to 2 for the sale of produce, meat, eggs, cheese, fish, organic dried beans and plants for your home gardens. Please note the new hours. We will also be at the Historic Lewes Farmers Market (HLFM) located at George H.P. Smith Park on Saturday, June 15 from 8 to 12.

What’s Available from Hattie

As we enter the heat of this week and moving forward into the summer, we are changing our hours so that we open an close an hour earlier. New hours beginning this week are 9 to 2 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The following freshly harvested produce will be available during our new open hours at the Garden and at the HLFM on Saturday.

• Unagi Cucumbers — These delicious cucumbers are spineless and a hybrid Middle Eastern Beit Alpha x Japanese long variety that we love. Small seed cavities and thin skins make them perfect for all cucumber uses.
• Hardneck Garlic — Hardneck garlic has a stronger, more interesting flavor than softneck garlic, and the larger cloves are easier to peel.
• Young Arugula — Triple-washed and bagged.
• Young Mixed Lettuce — Triple-washed and bagged.
• Swiss Chard — Tender young bunches. Cooks quickly and is delicious.
• Basil — Freshly cut. At the Garden only.
• Chives — Freshly cut.
• Flat ‘Gigante d’Italia’ Parsley — Full of fresh flavor that lifts any dish. Freshly cut.

Hattie’s Organic Beans & Organic Raw Nuts
We also carry a nice selection of fresh organic dried beans and organic raw nuts. These are available to purchase during our open hours at the Garden. The 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. The organic raw nuts include walnuts, almonds, brazil nuts, cashews, pumpkin seeds, and roasted (not raw!) unsalted peanuts.

Plants: Half-price Sale!

For those of you still planting, we are offering a half-price sale on nearly everything in our greenhouse. Tomatoes, eggplants and pepper plants are very tall, but still healthy. Lots of healthy marigolds, basil, and other herbs. Nice gomphrena and Zahara bedding zinnias. Stop by the Garden on on Tuesday, June 18, Wednesday, June 19 and Thursday, June 20 from 9 to 2.

What’s Available at the Garden from our Other Vendors

The following eggs, cheese, fish and other food products are available at the Garden during our open hours.

• Davidson Exotics Mushroom — Although we don’t carry fresh mushrooms during the market season, we have plenty of certified Organic products from Davidson Exotics. They craft 100% fruiting body mushroom powders for you as well as Umami mushroom seasoning, mushroom salts, mushroom instant coffee and Wild Rice Mushroom soup. For fresh mushrooms, Davidson’s can be found at HLFM, both Saturday and Wednesday and at Rehoboth Beach Farmers market on Tuesday.
• Chapel’s Country Creamery — Lots of delicious cheese made from milk from their pastured cows.
• Beachdog Farm — Pasture raised, fed organic feed chicken and duck eggs.
• Twin Post Farm — Free-range chicken eggs from Princess Anne County.
• AlaskaWild Seafoods — Flash frozen, wild-caught salmon, rockfish and cod.
• Enoch Farms — Regenerative, sustainable, Heritage Pork Products are USDA certified.
• Chrissy’s Bees — Local honey and raw honeycomb from a division of Stag Run Farm.
• Backyard Jams & Jellies — Dozens of delicious of jams, jellies (including no-sugar options), mustards and chutneys.

Open Hours at the Garden

Reminder that our open hours at the Garden this week are:

• Tuesday, June 18, 9 to 2
• Wednesday, June 19, 9 to 2
• Thursday, June 20, 9 to 2

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 month or so, 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.

Yours in the Garden,