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I'm Sarah Michelle with Lone Pine Farmstead, a small backyard nursery in a Western Ohio

06/19/2026

Roadside stand open all weekend 9-6!

We still have a great selection of berries, shrubs, hydrangeas, perennials and more! I’ve been adding some new things this week: more hydrangeas, Bob Gordon elderberries, basketry willows, gooseberries and more!

Most things are priced at only $6!

Elderberries and raspberries $8
Currants, haskap berries, gooseberries, grapes and thornless blackberries $10

Come out for a visit! The stand is open every day 9-6 running on the honor system. We have a lock box for cash and QR codes for PayPal and Venmo.

As always, reach out with any questions! I’m always happy to help :)

06/18/2026

Willow restock!

We’ve restocked a few Willow varieties up at the stand this week, including some p***y willows! The varieties available are black and French pink. P***y willows are incredibly easy to grow and care for. They like moderate moisture, especially in their first season of growth. They do very well in our soil and climate conditions here in zone 6. P***y willows put out adorable fuzzy catkins in late winter that add texture and interest to the winter garden. This catkins are a valuable food source for bees at a time of year when not much else is available.

Also available: golden weeping willow and dappled willow. All willows only $6 for a gallon sized pot.

06/17/2026

Garden toad, hard at work protecting the onions and lettuce

06/16/2026

I love growing currants!

They come in a variety of colors, all with wildly different flavors. These black currants are the variety ‘Consort’. They are highly productive, disease resistant (particularly white pine rust which was an issue with black currants in the past), and do not need any special care. They are self-fertile and produce clusters of dark black berries on a 4X4 plant.

Black currants have a piney, sweet-tart flavor. They remind of Christmas. They are great in wine, jams and jellies or in crème de cassis (thanks to my friend Jaime for that recipe suggestion!)

Red and white currants both grow similarly but have a wildly different flavor. They are tart and tangy, similar to a cranberry with a hint of berry sweetness. Currants aren’t your typical berry, but they’re a fun and productive variety in my garden.

Black, red and white varieties are all up at the stand right now, only $10 for a gallon sized pot!

06/15/2026

Weeds happen

If you’ve been to the roadside stand you know that we’re a tiny operation. Blink and you’ll miss us.

Being a tiny and mostly solo operation, weeds happen fairly often. I also grow organically here and don’t spray any of our plants. So weeds pop up here and there.

When I went to put these blueberry plants up at the stand, these “weeds” we’re actually some escaped strawberry plants.

They remind of the sentiment that a “weed is just a flower growing in the wrong place”

Anyways, hope whoever takes these blueberries home also enjoys their weeds 😆

06/14/2026

Hydrangea season just might be my favorite

Obviously, I love all the flowers but hydrangeas are just something special.

This variety is ‘Annabelle’, it’s a nativar of smooth hydrangea, the only native hydrangea in our area. Annabelle blooms reliably in full shade and also does well in full sun.

I have lots of these and more available at the stand right now for $6 per gallon sized pot.

06/13/2026

Elderflower season is here!

While the elderberries get a lot of love, did you know that the flowers themselves contain a lot of the same immune boosting properties?

Elderflower is delightfully fragrant and delicate. They can be dried for teas, made into a cordial, infused into jelly or steeped in vinegar.

The orchard right now smells heavenly. If you’d like to grow your own, we still have lots of plants available. Only $8 for a gallon sized pot at the farmstand.

06/11/2026

Garlic scapes!

These are the flowering stalk from hard neck garlic. I planted the garlic from Mad River Garlic Growers in the fall and now they are sending up their scapes. They’re easy to harvest, just snap or be pull from the plant.

Harvesting the scapes for two reasons:
🧄 they are a delicious early form of garlic
🧄 harvesting diverts the plants energy into forming a larger bulb

They taste like mild garlic and have the texture of a crisp green bean. You can dice them up and use them in any recipe that calls for garlic, I especially like them in stir fry. You can toss them on the grill and serve them as a side to grilled steak or chicken or on burgers. You can pickle them for a delicious garlic pickle. I’ve fermented them into a garlic paste type of fermented spread. So many uses!
This harvest I’m dehydrating to turn into garlic powder (but now I’m second guessing that as my entire house smells like garlic 😅). Other people like to turn them into pesto but we’re not fans of that around here.

06/10/2026

Telling the difference between different wild berries in Ohio!

Have you foraged berries before?

06/09/2026

Slugs in the garden!

Slugs love cool, wet weather and these past few weeks they’ve been THRIVING here in central Ohio.

Slugs are more active at night and the best remedy for them is prevention. Try to eliminate daytime hiding spots and avoid damp conditions. These poor plants of mine were waiting to be planted in the garden and I made the mistake of leaving them in the grass. Plastic pots=lots of hiding spots and damp soil/grass made a perfect combo for a slug feast.

Here’s my two favorite ways to combat them in the garden
1. Mulch. While it might seem counterintuitive to mulch your beds, that top layer really dries into a scratchy surface during the daytime which slugs are not a fan of crossing.
2. Eggshells. A circle of eggshells around vulnerable plants (seedlings and lettuce especially). The theory is that the sodas don’t enjoy crossing the shells and will avoid them if they can.

There’s other methods: bait and traps but I try to stick to natural by methods in my gardens and both eggshells and mulch help to feed the overall soil health as well.

What about you? Do you have a slug invasion this year after all that rain?

Any other slug tips I’m missing?

Address

E Pitchin Road
Springfield, OH
45502

Telephone

+16149058185

Website

http://lonepinefarmstead.com/

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