Lone Pine Farmstead

07/22/2025

Hopefully we can beat the birds to these Bob Gordon elderberries once they ripen!

Wild varieties are available at the stand now, only $8 for a gallon sized plant!

07/16/2025

Looking for color and texture in a shade garden? Annabelle hydrangeas might be a great fit!

Hydrangeas arborescens is the native hydrangea to the Midwest. This cultivar “Annabelle” with showy white blooms was found originally by a pair of sisters horseback riding through the woods in Illinois in the early 1900’s.

Large snowball sized blooms, this variety blooms reliably every year, even with severe pruning in the winter.

Annabelle blooms in full-shade but can also handle some sun.

If left, the blooms will dry on the plant and provide winter interest to your garden.

Gallon-sized pots available at the stand for $6!

07/14/2025

The new field of basketry willows looks great! We’ll be offering a very limited supply of cuttings from them this winter when we have our elderberry cutting sale! Stay tuned in January/February for those details!

In the meantime: the stand is nearly sold out of willows for the year! We still have a handful of p***y willows and blue artic willows and will have a restock of golden weeping willows in a couple of weeks.

07/08/2025

Raspberries are fruiting at the stand right now!

Lots of other berries available as well! Elderberries, Haskap berries (honey berries), gooseberries, bush cherries, blueberries, black berries and beautyberries.

I noticed that the raspberry starts I ordered this spring all arrived mislabeled, if you purchased a red hoping for gold or vice versa, send me a PM and we’ll figure something out 🙂

06/29/2025

Assorted daylillies are starting to bloom now!

Available at the self-serve stand for only $6!

06/17/2025

American Black Elderberry is flowering right now! The flowers have just as many of the beneficial properties as the berries and taste very floral and sweet. Dry them for teas or make a batch of elderflower cordial.

Beautiful plants available at the stand only $8 a gallon

06/16/2025

It’s going to be a good summer for berries! Lots of things are ripening at the same time and I’m looking forward to making some creative jams.

Most of these are available at the stand right now! Strawberries, Black velvet gooseberries, bush cherries and raspberries!

06/06/2025

If you’re looking for an easy perennial that does well in sun or shade, Spiderwort might be for you!

This native plant grows great in a variety of soil conditions and does wonderfully here in our climate. Now blooming at the stand, gallon sized plants for only $6

06/03/2025

⭐️Haskap berries!⭐️

New at the stand this week: Haskap berries!

We have two varieties, Indigo Gem and Czech 17 (also known as Berry Blue). They are gallon sized plants for only $10.

These are easy to grow and taste similar to blueberries. You do need two different varieties for cross-pollination.

05/23/2025

While I love strawberry season, I’m especially looking forward to these garden gems this year. Looks like we’ll have a big harvest of raspberries this summer!

If you’d like to grow your own, we still have some gorgeous plants at the stand! Heritage and Fall Gold (my favorite!) varieties available. Only $8 a pot!

05/21/2025

We’re sold out of tomatoes this year but if you’re looking for some new and unique varieties, check out our friend at Gardens of Green! I’m really excited for the paste tomatoes and cotton we got from them!

Tomatoes!

Roma/paste varieties :
Hungarian Italian
X SOLD OUT Ukrainian purple
San marzano

Beefsteak varieties:
Great white
X SOLD OUT Hillbilly

Snacking/salad varieties:
Red cherry
Yellow pear

02/23/2025

It’s time to start winter sowing! Here’s a video tutorial