For those of you that own iPhones, there’s a really cool app out there called “Seasons”. It allows the user to see what fruits and vegetables are “in-season” at your local markets. It shows you when the local stuff is available and when the import stuff comes in. For example, you point on a map [...]

Homegrown tomatoes are the pride and splendour of the avid home gardener. There seems to be little in life more satisfying than growing your own delicious food and lucky for you tomato enthusiasts, Potter’s carries lots of varieties of tomato plants. Little ones, big ones, weird shapes and colours… we’ve got enough tomato plants to [...]

72nd has a nice selection of veggie starters in stock right now… especially tantalizing are those cool-weather crops that are good to be started right now. I’m talking about things like cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, spinach, raddichio, swiss chard, etc. For those who like your warm-weather veggies, such as peppers and tomatoes, we have [...]

While many would say Chuck and some might say Halle, my top three favourite berries go like this:   1) Blackberries 2) Pineapple 3) Raspberry   Yeah, yeah, I know pineapples aren’t technically a berry but I just changed the rules…and if you don’t like my pineapple pick, then change it to strawberries… score one [...]

I know that Chris wrote about this just a few days ago… but I have never seen so many vegetables and seeds go through our store in all my years here!  It must be the economy, everyone wants to grow their own food.  What a great idea!  Growing your own veggies is fun and rewarding.  [...]

Wow, what a season for vegetables! Late in the winter I had heard a prediction in the news that we would see an increase in people growing their own vegetables. Money isn’t as free-flowing in this recession as it was about a year ago and, on top of that, more and more people are getting choosier about what they [...]