“Their [the descendents of Italian immigrants] italianità - where it has persisted at all - resides in the humble details of everyday life, not in the glories of any nation or its state.”

Donna Gabaccia, historian

Spring Strawberries!

Strawberry flowers eventually become...

...beautiful strawberries!

About Produce at the Homestead

Here at the Homestead we grow only heirloom and organic produce, mostly from locally banked or personally saved seeds. Most of our seeds are either NY or Italian heirloom varieties. 

    Grown in hand-mixed soil (local organic compost, peat moss, and heavily composted soil from the Catskill Animal Sanctuary) and lovingly tended, our interesting and sometimes very rare varieties have unparalleled taste and freshness.

    We also wild forage, and those items are identified in the list by (WF). For herbs whose uses you may be unfamiliar with, this homesteader is a certified herbalist who can make recommendations. 
Produce List 

PRODUCE LIST

PRODUCE LIST

CHRONOLOGICALLY LISTED BY AVAILABILITY:

JUNE THROUGH SEPT

HERBS

• Jewelweed (WF)
• Basil
•  Cilantro
• Calendula
• Motherwort (WF)
• Raspberry Leaf (WF)
•  Queen Anne's Lace/Wild Carrot Seed (WF) 

LETTUCE VARIETIES

• Parris Island Romaine
• Green Leaf
• Mixed Leaf
• Garnet Rose
• Arugula 
• Spotted Trout Leaf

GREENS

• Spring Onions
• Spring Raab
• Rainbow Chard
• Batavian Escarole
• Baby Kale
• Bloomsdale Spinach
• Star Sister (WF)
• Dandelion (WF)

PEAS

• Green Arrow Shelling Pea
• Purple Podded Shelling Pea 
• Sugar Daddy Snow Peas
• Sugar Snap Peas

STRING BEANS

• Provider String Bean (green)
•  Royalty Purple String Bean
•  Blue Lake Pole Beans (green)
• Tenderette (green) 

CUCUMBERS

• Muncher
• Lemon
• Marketmore 76 

SUMMER SQUASH

• Cocozelle
• Black Beauty
• Yellow Crookneck 

BERRIES

• Black Raspberries (WF)
• Rosehips (WF)
• Pink Stickyberries (WF)
• Earlyglow Strawberries 

TOMATOES

•  Yellow Pear
• Cupid Grape
• Brandywine
• Black Krim
• San Marzano
• Roma
• Early Girl

PEPPERS

• Golden Bell (sweet)
• Lady Bell (sweet)
• Cayenne (hot)
• Italian Cherry (hot) 

EGGPLANT 

• Gretel (white)
• Classic Purple

MELONS

Cantaloupes:

• Collective Farm Woman 
• Iroquois
• Jenny Lind

Hard-Rind/Watermelon:

• Cream of Saskatchewan
• Golden Midget
• Blacktail Watermelon 

WINTER SQUASH

• Table Queen Acorn
• Waltham Butternut 

PUMPKINS/GOURDS

• Big Max Pumpkin
• Long Island Cheese Pumpkin
•  Little October Pumpkin
• Hard-Shelled Corsican Gourd
• Hard-Shelled Birdhouse Gourd