Every plant, put through the wringer.
Every plant we grow eventually earns a Field Report: a stat card rating its toughness, payoff, self-sufficiency, speed, guild value, and manners – scored from what actually happened on our ground, not what the catalog promised.
Would we plant it again? We’ll tell you straight, including when the answer is no.
Browse every Field Report as they publish on the Field Reports archive.
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Midnight Jewel Blackberries: The Thornless Bramble That Fruits Twice a Year
Midnight Jewel is a thornless blackberry from Stark Bro’s that fruits twice a year – a heavy summer crop off last year’s canes starting in July, then a second push from this year’s brand-new growth that runs until frost. Berries bigger than your thumb tip, noticeably sweeter than wild canes, no gloves required, from roughly…
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Egyptian Walking Onions: The Perennial Onion That Plants Itself
Egyptian walking onions (Allium x proliferum) are a perennial onion that grows its next generation on top of the stalk – clip the topsets and eat them, or let them flop over and replant themselves. Hardy in zones 3-10, they deliver greens, topsets, and bulbs from a single planting, year after year, with almost no…