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Thanks to our greenhouses, color shows on these early bloomers while green things are just beginning to poke up outside, creating a beautiful show this time of year.
From left to right, top to bottom: Snowdrop Anemone, variegated Solomon’s Seal, Lithodora Grace Ward, Lilly of the Valley, Wild Sweet William ‘Blue Moon’ in the top window box next to white Iberis, and lastly, Brunerra behind painted fern.
Comments Off Mother’s Day is coming up! We always have a display of Mother’s Day gifts set up as soon as we open, to inspire you for the holiday. This year we have a new line of beautiful teapots and teacups in delicate floral patterns. The soft colors and feminine designs are particularly nice for a Mother’s Day gift (or to add something special to your own afternoon tea!). Put it together with a tea from Tranquility Herbals (blended in Albion, NY), a colorful coaster, and maybe some local honey… and you have a wonderful personalized gift for any Mom!
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By far, gift certificates are our most popular Mother’s Day gift. Purchase them in any amount, and they can be used for any purchase within 365 days. Flowers for the garden, homegrown produce, Mums, poinsettias… we love seeing what people choose with their gift certificates all year long!
Hanging Baskets are a very close second to gift certificates. Like a great big bouquet that can be enjoyed all summer, we have so many varieties and colors to choose from. And there’s nothing quite like or combination baskets!
We also have a variety of locally made gifts and treats! Stop in to see what’s new from our local artisans this year.
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Even though the ground is still frozen (and no doubt snow will be flying before March is done) we’re already seeing the first signs of Spring. With the mild winter we’ve had this year, green things are popping up pretty early. Have you noticed the daffodils poking through the ground? Maybe a patch of snowdrops or helleborus blooming?
At Kirby’s, it always gets green long before the rest of WNY thaws out completely. In our greenhouse, the first batch of hanging baskets has been planted. Happy little annuals are growing vigorously on the benches, gaining some size before we hang them up.
14 trays of onions were seeded this morning. Onions are a first for us! Farmer Tim was inspired by our CSA program to add a few new crops. He’s excited about the idea of giving our CSA members as much variety as we can throughout the season. There will be more plantings of lettuce and spinach too. Our regular customers will benefit as well, when that amazing homegrown lettuce stays around for a few weeks longer then usual, and homegrown green onions and beans show up on our market tables.
Soon there will be trays of tomato, cauliflower, broccoli, and pepper seedlings growing in the greenhouse. And before you know it, we’ll be out in the fields harvesting delicious produce for your table!
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Decorate for Fall: Little white and orange Pumpkins, Gourds, Pie Pumpkins, tons of beautiful Mums, and Straw Bales. Soon to come: cornstalks and a fun variety of big pumpkins!
Kirbygrown Vegetables: Acorn Squash, Delicata Squash, Swiss Chard, Kale, Garlic, Sweet Corn(done by Sept 30th), Eggplant, Cucumbers, Green Peppers, Red Peppers, Sweet Hungarian Peppers, Hot Peppers
Kirbygrown Fruit (done by early October): Tomatoes, Peaches, Nectarines, Prunes, Pluots
Kirbygrown Apples: Honeycrisp, McIntosh, Cortland, Gingergold (Coming soon, dates are Approximate: Twenty Ounce 9/23, Empire 10/03, Golden Delicious 10/05, Macoun 10/05, Red Delicious 10/08, Jonagold 10/10, Crispin 10/15, Northern Spy 10/15)
Locally Grown Produce: Potatoes, Onions, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots
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The weather right now couldn’t be better for canning. Spend a few hours in a steamy kitchen with baskets of gorgeous fruits and vegetables, putting them up for the coming winter, and you will relish every cool breeze. But you’ll relish the satisfaction of putting up your own fruits and vegetables for a delicious and healthy winter even more!
Some of the most popular things to put up this time of year: stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato juice, canned peaches, canned pears, peach jam, applesauce, and apple butter. Every family has their own traditions. Last week the Kirby family canned tomatoes and peaches, this week we’re making salsa! What preserving traditions do you have?
Freezing produce instead of canning is a great alternative. Quick, easy and definitely less steamy! You can freeze just about anything, but peaches, tomatoes, peppers, sweet corn, and sauces work wonderfully.
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Cool evenings, damp and dewey mornings, the first sweet -tart bite of an early apple, and all the intense color that Fall brings. Purples, oranges, rusts, reds and gold. Even the air smells golden as leaves slowly change and fall to the ground.
Get out the woolly sweaters, bundle up by the last bonfires of the season, and add a flare of sparkling gold to your garden with this month’s feature perennial; goldenrod!
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“You might be surprised that I have chosen Golden Rod for my plant this month. I am hoping to shed some light on this beautiful native plant and clear it’s name from those who blame it for their fall time allergies. Most know that pollen is a major allergy trigger, and that airborne pollens affect sufferers the most.
Something that most people are not aware of is that the pollen from the Golden Rod plant is very heavy and it falls to the ground. It is not light enough to be caught by the wind to tickle and irritate your nose.
However, there is another plant lurking close by, blooming alongside Golden Rod – Ragweed! Ragweed does not have attractive flowers, and it’s pollen is light enough to be carried by the wind.
As you drive through the countryside, notice the fields full of beautiful golden color. While wild varieties of Goldenrod can spread aggressively, the cultivars we offer at the market are much easier to control – you can have that amazing color in your gardens at home. Don’t be afraid to let this bright, graceful and cheery plant add some light into your fall garden.”
We have a great selection of fall blooming perennials at the market right now! Several varieties of Rudbekia, Gaillardia, Anemone, perennial Chrysanthemum, and lots more. Mix in a traditional Mum or two for a beautiful Fall display.
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The Echinacea (Coneflower) at the market is putting on quite a show right now! These tough, enthusiastic plants are easy to grow in most gardens. Stop by and enjoy all the summer color in our perennial area and display gardens!
“Echinacea has been around for a long time (North American Plains Indians used it for a variety of medicinal purposes. They learned about it by watching injured or sick elk that sought out the plant!) and is a plant that is shared between many gardeners.
“It is always fun to see where it wants to be in your garden. You may have planted it in one garden the year before and have found it chose a new location the following year, maybe with the help of a winged friend. You can find a large array of Echinaceas from purpurea to newer varieties like ‘Hot Papaya’. They are all striking and provide a food source for butterflies when they are in bloom and for birds when they have gone to seed.”
We carry 16 different kinds of Echinacea at Kirby’s: Echinacea purpurea; ‘After Midnight’; ‘Double Decker’; ‘Fatal Attraction’; ‘Fragrant Angel’; ‘Green Envy’; ‘Green Jewel’; ‘Hot Papaya’; ‘Magnus’; ‘Pink Double Delight’; ‘Ruby Giant’; ‘Ruby Star’;'Virgin’, ‘Big Sky’, ‘Sombrero Hot Pink’, and ‘Sunrise’. There is a color and a style for everyone!
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Does this cool weather make you think about Fall? It will be here before you know it! Make sure you take full advantage of the wonderful summer produce filling the market throughout August and September!
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Perennial Manager Jaime Brennan tells us about a plant with leaves of endless variety, Hostas, the July perennial of the month here at Kirby’s:
“What is a shade garden without a Hosta or two? They come in so many shapes, sizes and colors. My biggest challenge every year is selecting just a few new varieties.
It has a strong upright habit with pale reddish violet flowers starting in early summer.I only wish we had more shade to plant one. At the other end of the scale we have ‘Love Pat’ a 14” Hosta with intense blue, deeply cupped and puckered leaves. White trumpet shaped flowers bloom from mid to late summer.
When I first started gardening I used to challenge myself to design shade gardens without any Hostas. They were too common for me at the time, but now I have come to appreciate the gracefulness of their leaves, the texture and variety of color that help to brighten any shade garden. It is also a joy to watch the hummingbirds dance from blossom to blossom.
We carry 24 varieties of Hostas: Hosta plantaginea; ‘Blue Angel’; ‘Blue Mammoth’; ‘Dancing in the Rain’; ‘Elegans’; ‘Empress Wu’; ‘Francee’; ‘Frances Williams’; ‘Ginkgo Craig’; ‘Gold Standard’; ‘Hadspen Blue’; ‘Honeybells’; ‘Love Pat’; ‘Niagara Falls’; ‘Northern Exposure’; ‘Pauls Glory’; ‘Peanut’; ‘Remember Me’; ‘Robert Frost’; ‘Sagae’; ‘Sum and Substance’; ‘Thunderbolt’; ‘Tokudama Flavocircinalis’; and ‘Wolverine’.
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I know a lot of our customers have been waiting for this moment. Our greenhouse still has plenty of beauitful plants in it, including big hanging baskets, geraniums… and lots more.
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Talking about getting in under the wire….! There are still a few days left in June, plenty of time to talk about this star of the Spring, Baptisia. We have several plantings in our display garden, some paired with classic orange poppies, and they are attention grabbers.
And now, a few words about Baptisia from our perennial manager Jaime Brennan:
“Baptisia is one of my absolute favorite perennials, being a native plant is one of the reasons why. I only wish it bloomed all summer, but it does produce attractive seedpods that last all fall and through the winter. There are some newer varieties that have longer bloom time. Baptisia australis is growing in the garden bordering the west side of our parking lot. They have become large beautiful bushes that have attractive light blue green leaves. Right now (June) you can see what a wonderful combination they make with oriental poppies. We have one beautiful plant of Baptisia alba located in the east garden 
at the edge of the road. There have been many requests for this plant that has dark stems with contrasting white flowers. My fingers are crossed that we will be able to offer them this year (several years ago I ordered Baptisia alba but they all bloomed blue).
Baptisia has a very large taproot that helps it tolerate the heat and drought we can experience here in NY at least once a summer. Their tall spikes have flowers that resemble that of a pea flower, which is not surprising because it is a member of the pea family. One interesting function that pea family plants can do is make their own nitrogen. If you’ve ever wondered what those small nodules on the roots were for – now you know.”
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