Our current product list includes:
Organic Plant Starts and Farm & Garden Supplies
Plants are available only in spring.
We make special orders each spring and fall for the Farm & Garden Supplies. Read all of the information below, regarding the order, carefully.
Our next Farm and Garden Supply order is Due September 23, 2013
Organic Fertilizers • Animal Supplements • Animal Feeds • Micro-Nutrients • Natural Herbicides • OG Cover Crop Seed • Pest Management • Growing Mixes • Row Covers • Bird Nettting • Deer Fence & Supplies
Tax is not included in the price. Tennessee sales tax applies to all orders, unless you have have a non-profit or farm exempt status in which case we will need one of the following:
- A copy of the Tennessee Department of Revenue Sales and Use Tax Certificate of Exemption
- A copy of the wallet-sized exemption card also provided by the Department of Revenue, or
- A fully-completed Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Certificate of Exemption, which includes the exemption number on the certificate or card issued by the department
Items must be picked up at our homestead in Summertown, TN. For large orders we may be able to ship to other locations. If you want to arrange a group order in another area, such as Huntsville, AL, or the like, and the order is large enough, we may be able to drop ship to that location and you can disperse it among yourselves. I will need payment upfront.
You can also get bulk prices. I will not be combining orders for bulk pricing, but people are welcome to combine their orders to get the best price as long as 1) it is placed as one order 2) it is paid in one payment and 3) it is picked up all together.
We accept cash, money order, and check for all purchases. If you need to pay with credit card (paypal) contact us and we will send an invoice. An additional 2.9% fee will be added to the cost of purchase.
A minimum of 2000 lbs for the entire combined order will need to be met, or I will have to charge a little more to cover shipping. I will let you know if there will be any increase in price.
Our current price list can be found here. Send me an email with your name, address, phone number, the items (with their size and quantity) and send it to: spiralridgepermaculture@gmail.com
Plant Starts
Seeds - We source our seeds from companies that are committed to Non-GMO policies. Many of the varieties are open pollinated, heirlooms. We have also included some hybrids that have excellent disease resistance in our area.
Soil - Our plants are grown in a mineral-rich custom blend of the finest all organic ingredients. We use:
Homemade vermicompost and castings - We make these products in our worm farm @ Spiral Ridge in the high tunnel. Casts contains eight times as many micro-organisms as their feed! Pathogenic bacteria are reliably killed in the worms’ gut. Worm casts also contain five times more nitrogen, seven times more phosphorus, and 11 times more potassium than ordinary soil, the main minerals needed for plant growth. Also rich in humic acids, which condition the soil, have a perfect pH balance, and contain plant growth factors similar to those found in seaweed. There’s nothing better to put in your garden!
Peat Moss - Canadian sourced from a company that restores harvested peat bogs to functioning wetlands. We reduce our Peat Moss use by including…
Coconut Coir - Renewable resource and excellent potting medium made from coconut husks.
Perlite - prevents soil compaction
Kelp - Kelp releases nutrients slowly as they are broken down by soil microorganisms. Kelp contains over 70 vitamins and minerals beneficial to plants.
Azomite - a natural re-mineralizer for soil. It contains more than 67 trace mineral elements and every essential micro-mineral needed by plants and animals, including a wide range of rare earth elements and other minerals not included in fertilizers or animal feeds.
Lime - to neutralize acidity of peat moss.
Collodial Rock Phosphate - soft rock phosphate is insoluble in water, will not leach away, and therefore is long-lasting. Has 18% phosphorous and 15% calcium as well as trace elements.
Greensand - For Slow-release Potassium & Trace Minerals New Jersey Greensand (also known as glauconite) is an organic source of potassium (3%).
Feathermeal - an excellent long-term source of nitrogen
Sustainability - We use soil blocks to reduce the amount of plastic used during the initial stages of growth. We transplant into recycled plastic pots that have been cleaned. We use recycled plastic containers for our plant tags.
Varieties:
Tomato - Heirloom Lollipop, Hungarian Paste, Heirloom Rutgers, Heirloom Wins All, Heirloom Vinson Watts, Matt’s Wild Cherry, Heirloom Amish Paste, Heirloom Principe Borchese, Heirloom San Marzano, Tropic VFN, Heirloom Druzba, Heirloom Abe Lincoln, Heirloom Annais Noir, Spitze, Santiam, Roma, Pompeii;
Summer Squash - Benning’s Green Tint, Costata Romanesca Zucchini, Tromboncino, Tatume
Winter Squash - Spaghetti, Seminole, Butternut Rogosa, Golden Delicious, Sweet Golden, Baby Blue Hubbard, TN Sweet Potato,
Eggplant - Listada De Gandia, Early Black Egg and maybe some Rosa
Basil - Sweet Lettuce Leaf, Thai, Greek, Genovese
Pepper - Long Red Cayenne, Jalapeno, Gamba (frying), Bell (these guys are not very big plants)
Heirloom Tomatillo, De Milpa
Flowers - Fordhook Nasturtium, Spanish Brocade Marigold