Come Grow Together at The Garden Faire

Super Starts is honored to be a vendor again at The Garden Faire, held on Saturday, June 22, 2013, from 9am to 5pm, in Scotts Valley’s Sky Park. The Garden Faire is a free-admission, educational event focusing on benefits of organic gardening and sustainable, healthy living. Included will be a unique assemblage of garden goods and materials, plants and services, plus many knowledgeable speakers, interactive presentations, food and beverage, live music and plenty of activities for everyone.

The Garden Faire 2013 theme, “Growing Together – Nourishing Our Community,” will explore the importance of individual actions toward building the health of ourselves, our community and our planet, implementing new ideas and techniques that will assist and enhance the growth of plants, while sustaining our earth and our environment, resulting in organic/holistic food for body and spirit.

Super Starts will be selling the following garden seedlings. We hope to see you there!

6 Packs
Bush Beans ‘Maxibel’
Pole Beans ‘Purple Peacock’
Black Hollyhock ‘The Watchman’
Nasturtium ‘Black Velvet’
Dill
Chamomile
Cilantro
Italian parsley
Yerba Buena
Sweet Basil
Lemon Basil
Thai Basil
Cinnamon Basil
Opal Basil
Sunflower ‘Autumn Beauty Mix’
Sunflower ‘Valentine’
Bush Morning Glory ‘Blue Ensign’
Zinnia mix

4 inch pots
Catmint ‘Kit Kat’
Alpine Strawberry ‘Red Wonder’
Alpine Strawberry ‘Yellow Wonder’
Lemon Cucumber
Persian Cucumber
Pickling Cucumber
Eggplant ‘Nubia’
Eggplant ‘Black Beauty’
Eggplant ‘Little Prince’
Eggplant ‘White Star’
Cinderella Pumpkin
Canary Melon ‘Tweety’
Cantaloupe ‘Lilliput’
Galia Melon ‘Sigal’
Tuscan Melon
Luffa Gourd
Tomato ‘Brandywine’
Tomato ‘Black Krim’
Tomato ‘Giant Syrian’
Tomato ‘Marvel Stripe’
Tomato ‘Isis Candy Cherry’
Tomato ‘Snow White Cherry’
Tomato ‘Giant Syrian’
Tomato ‘San Marzano’
Tomato ‘Yellow Pear’
Tomato ‘Red Pear’
Tomato ‘Principe Borghese’
Tomato ‘Indigo Rose’
Tomato ‘Vilma’
Sweet Pepper ‘Coral Bell’
Sweet Pepper ‘Red Bull’
Sweet Pepper ‘Antohi Romanian’
Sweet Mini Pepper ‘Yummy’
Sweet Pepper ‘Purple Beauty’
Sweet Red Pepper ‘Belcanto’
Sweet Pepper ‘Corno di Toro’
Pepper ‘Jalapeno’
Anaheim Pepper
Serrano Pepper
Watermelon ‘Super Gold’
Delicata Squash
Spaghetti Squash
Zucchini ‘Patio Star’
Yellow Zuccnini
Round Zucchini ‘Piccolo’
Yellow Patty Pan Squash
Light Green Patty Pan Squash
Dark Green Patty Pan Squash
Pumpkin ‘Mini Jack’
Lavender angustifolia ‘Ellagance Purple’
Sage
English Thyme
Rosemary
Echinacea purpurea ‘Starlight’
Canna ‘South Pacific’

Tomato 'Super Bush'

A very compact plant that grows to 2 1/2 to 3 feet tall and produces many large, 5 ounce round, red fruit.

This variety grows great in a container. Be sure to use fresh potting soil and feed every few weeks with a liquid vegetable fertilizer. It also makes a great garden plant for full sun. Amended with compost and a good organic vegetable fertilizer that is not too high in nitrogen. Use stakes to support these heavily bearing plants if necessary.

Harvest when fruit are fully colored and slightly soft to the touch. The flavor is very sweet and rich. They can be used fresh in salads or sandwiches, made into salsa or pasta sauce.

Tomato 'Matina'

An heirloom variety, originally of German origin. These handsome apple-shaped 4-6 ounce fruit are packed with a balance of sweet and slightly tart flavor. Great fresh, canned, or stewed. This variety stands up well to cooler conditions and still produces abundantly and early. Plants grow to 5-6 feet tall. 65 days to mature.

Plant in full sun in soil that has been amended with compost and a good organic fertilizer that is not too high in nitrogen. Support these heavily bearing plants with a sturdy tomato cage.

Harvest when fruit are bright red and slightly soft to the touch. It is excellent eaten fresh in salads and can also be use to make a great pasta sauce. Matina tomato may also be canned to preserve for later use.

Plant Sales @ 2 Locations in Santa Cruz, April 27, 2013

Super Starts will be selling hardy garden starts at 2 locations in Santa Cruz this Saturday April 27, 2013. Both sales support local nonprofits, Santa Cruz Parent Education Nursery School and the Live Oak Family Resource Center.

SCPENS is a non-profit parent cooperative preschool offering quality education to both child and parent. The SCPENS 5th Annual Spring Rummage Sale is a fundraiser to raise money for the co-op preschool which has been a community treasure since 1975. The 50+ family rummage sale will have scores of kids clothes and gear, sporting equipment galore, household stuff, books and DVDs, a bake sale and our plant sale. A portion of all Super Starts sales will be donated to SCPENS. Check out the event on facebook.

SCPENS 5th Annual Rummage Sale

Saturday, April 27 from 8am - 2pm
411 Roxas, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

The Live Oak Family Resource Center (LOFRC), a not for profit program of Community Bridges, is hosting its first annual community yard & craft sale to benefit its programs serving the Live Oak and greater mid-county communities. There will be more than 40 vendors of gently used items, handmade goods and craft items produced by local artists, and refreshments. Come join the fun and help support a valuable community resource.
LOFRC First Annual Community Yard & Craft Sale
April 27, 2013, 8 AM to 2 PM
1740-17th Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

Parking next door at the Live Oak Senior Center

We will be selling the following varieties.

6 packs:
Sprouting Broccoli ‘Rudolph’
Romaine Lettuce ’Freckles’
Red Lettuce ‘Garnet Rose’
Lettuce ‘Buttercrunch’
Red and Green Curly Kale
Fennel
English Thyme
Catmint ‘Kit Kat’

4 inch pots:
Japanese Cucumber
English Cucumbers
Eggplant ‘Nubia’
Eggplant ‘Black Beauty’
Eggplant ‘Little Prince’
Eggplant ‘Long Purple’
Eggplant ‘Farmer’s Long’
Eggplant ‘White Star’
Pumpkin ‘Porcelain Doll’
Pumpkin ‘Mini Jack’
Pumpkin ‘Wyatt’s Wonder’
Pumpkin ‘Piacentina’
Luffa Gourd
Winter Squash ‘Festival’
Butternut Squash
Tomato ‘Matina’
Tomato ‘Brandywine’
Tomato ‘Black Krim’
Tomato ‘Black Cherry’
Tomato ‘Snow White Cherry’
Pepper ‘Coral Bell’
Pepper ‘Red Bull’
Pepper ‘Jalapeno’
Pepper ‘Padron’
Watermelon ‘Crimson Sweet’
Watermelon ‘Sugar Baby’
Lavender angustifolia ‘Ellagance Purple’
Italian Oregano
Italian Parsley
Pineapple Mint

Watermelon 'Sugar Baby'

80 days. Vines grow to 6 feet and set 4-6 melons roughly 10 inches across. Has crisp, sweet rich flavor. Terrific for home gardens. They require a lot of heat to produce fruit, so plant them in the most warm and sunny spot in the garden.

Plant in full sun, in soil amended with compost and a good vegetable fertilizer. Water regularly, but do not overwater while fruit is ripening. Contrary to their name, watermelons grow best and ripen the sweetest fruit if they are not overwatered.

Harvest when fruits are full size and the stem easily pulls off of the vine. Raise ripening fruit off of the ground with pieces of wood or place on a bed of straw to prevent them from rotting.