Plant Starts 2025

We will have our plants at the following:

Plant sales at the farm in 2025 will be 5/10 & 5/18 9am-3pm

Rochester Farmers Market 5/23 & 5/30- 3pm to 6pm- Rochester Park

Waitsfield Farmers Market- 5/17, 5/24 & 5/31- 9am to 1pm- Mad River Green

Also available for pickup at our farm anytime by ordering on our Online Store

Please order from the online store, not from this page!

We can not hold or reserve plants for an extended period, please order when ready to pick up.

If you see something here, but not in the store, or want to get in touch for plants anytime: Email us at farmers@uphillfarmvt.com or call 802 767-4430

We have different varieties of plants for sale that are all grown by us from seed; none are acquired from anywhere else. We use Fort Vee, an organic compost-based potting mix from Vermont Compost, for all our starts. Our plant varieties are the same that we grow in the field, using organic methods and organic seed when it is available. So, if it won’t grow well here in our challenging climate we don’t grow it. We will be adding more varieties as they get ready. Check our Online Store for what is ready now.

This is a comprehensive listing of what we will be starting for 2025, although small quantity varies might not be listed. They will be listed in the store as they become available or will be available at plant sales. Please contact us with any questions.

Tomatoes

We have four-packs and 3 1/2″ pots.

  • Sun Gold – Orange cherry tomato and very sweet. Paula’s favorite.
  • Super Sweet 100s – Red cherry tomato, and yes, they are super sweet.
  • Yellow Pear – Small, yellow pear tomato. Low-acid.
  • Amish Paste – Great for salsa, sauce, or just eating. They ripen early.
  • San Marzano – Another paste/salsa tomato, suitable for drying as well.
  • Brandywine – Heirloom red and they get huge!
  • Jet Star – Nice, dependable, early red slicer. High quality and great flavor.
  • Black Krim – Deep red/brown heirloom variety. Rich, smoky flavor.
  • Celebrity – A red slicer, great for sandwiches. Dependable producer in Central VT.
  • Black Cherry – A purple-red cherry tomato with an intense tomato flavor.

Peppers

Peppers have been hard to grow in the Green Mountains some years, although peppers are getting more dependable as our growing season gets longer. Black plastic on the ground and covering them early on helps. Don’t plant any peppers until it is consistently warm. They don’t like the cold. Usually the first or second week of June is OK.   Four – packs and 3 1/2″ pots.

  • King of the North – Bell pepper. Dependable here in Rochester.
  • New Ace – Another bell that thrives in our short season.
  • Early Jalapeño – Small, hot pepper. This is an early variety and does well in central VT..
  • Ancho Poblano-  Great for stuffing or roasting, as in Chile Rellenos. Mild with a touch of heat.
  • Yellow Banana- A long yellow pepper for roasting, grilling, or eating raw. Very mild and sweet.
  • Chili Peppers- We grow Anahiem and Joe E. Parker, both do well and are hot.
  • Hungarian Hot Wax- A local favorite with plenty of heat.
  • Shishito- A small roasting pepper. Very prolific.
  • Cayenne- Used fresh or dried.
  • Cubanelle- A mild roasting pepper.
  • We have a few other types in limited quantities.

Cucumbers

Cukes will be in 4-packs and 3 1/2″ pots available about June 1st.

  • Marketmore- Long, green cucumber. The standard high quality northern cucumber.
  • National Pickling – A good high-yielding pickler. Does well in VT.

Eggplants

Like peppers, eggplants like the weather to be warm before you plant them.

  • Ping Tung – A long, skinny, purple and white Asian- type eggplant. Great for grilling. Can be a heavy producer.
  • Black Beauty – A large almost black eggplant. An heirloom variety, high yields.

Brassicas

Available in 4-packs

  • Brussels Sprouts – Dagan. Proven in our climate
  • Broccoli -Belstar

Flowers

We have many types of flowers in four packs or singles depending on variety.

  • Marigolds- tall and short varieties
  • Calendula
  • Impatiens
  • Love-lies-bleeding
  • Torch Tithonia
  • Echinacea
  • Nicotiana
  • Snapdragon
  • Statice
  • Alyssum
  • Yarrow
  • Coleus
  • Others too!

Herbs

Reliable growers for our area. Grown in 3 1/2″ pots and some 4 packs, depending on variety. See our online store for availability

  • Basil – Genovese, a classic Italian basil variety with great flavor.
  • Sacred Basil – Also known as Tulsi. Used in Indian and Thai cuisine, and Ayurvedic medicine. Makes a nice tea. A little more cold hardy than most basils.
  • Thyme – Ayelet. So many uses dried or fresh from soups to soothing headaches and sore throats. Tender perennial.
  • Sage – Broadleaf. Use fresh or dry. Zone 4 perennial.
  • Krausa Parsley – Double-Curled variety. Tolerates heat and is cold hardy. Great grower.
  • Giant of Italy Parsley – Flat-leafed variety.  Large, glossy leaves with a mild, sweet flavor.
  • Rosemary – Dark green, use fresh or dried. Tender perennial.
  • Lemon Balm – Hardy Zone 3 perennial. Sweet, lemon-mint scent and flavor. Use fresh in teas, seafood, and salads.
  • Oregano – True Geek oregano. A tender perennial.
  • Catnip – Zone 3 Perennial. Our cats made us grow this! Repels mosquitos too.
  • Chives – A hardy perennial in our climate. Subtle, mild onion flavor with lilac colored edible flowers.