Mountain Time Farm

New plants for fall 2024 include Scotch Laburnum, Wild Marjoram, Littleleaf Lilac, Tarragon, two new kinds of Hazelnuts, and many others. Second year and older plants survived -23F last winter, proving their cold hardiness.

In the spring we ship dormant bare root plants after the ground thaws but before the plants leaf out. In the fall we ship after the plants have gone dormant for the winter, but while there is still time to plant before the ground freezes.

For local pickup, select local pick-up option for shipping and we will contact you to arrange a time for your order to be picked up.

Seedlings are the children of the parent plants, and so each one is slightly different, each from each other as well as from the parents. Much like garden vegetables have been slowly improved over millennia, or as the famed lineages of apple varieties grafted everywhere today, your planting of our seedlings is a direct participation in the ongoing history of plant-human interaction, of what foods people like to eat, and of whatever comes after. We hope that someday you will plant seedlings from the best plants you got from us, so that we can keep the whole thing going.

We select seed from the best parent plants growing in our local area, as well as the best cold hardy varieties available at our grocery store and local farmers markets. For nuts we gather seed from the best nut trees in our area, and for nuts we can't find locally but that do grow here, we purchase those from top quality nurseries and orchards in the Northern US and Canada who sell nut seeds from proven trees of their own stock.

We now offer easy appointment booking so you can schedule a time to come check out the trees and plants. Click here to book an appointment.