Need tomato plants?
The annual plant sale of the Nehalem Bay Garden Club will be held as usual on Mother’s Day weekend: Saturday, May 10th from 10-3 and Sunday, May 11th from 10 to noon. Location of the sale is 43080 Northfork Rd, Nehalem at the junction of Hwy 53 and Northfork Rd.
Over 500 tomato plants will be available this year in 8 different varieties.
- Moskvitch is an early heirloom with outstanding flavor and 3-4 inch fruit.
- Alaska is an heirloom large cherry tomato good in a container.
- Big Beef is a large beefsteak hybrid that is disease resistant.
- Sungold is a tall orange hybrid cherry that needs support.
- Beaver Lodge is an heirloom with 1 ½ inch fruit suitable for hanging baskets or containers.
- Stupice is a tall heirloom with 2-4 inch fruit that reaches 5-7 feet and needs support.
- Super Sweet 100’s is a small hybrid cherry tomato that needs staking.
- Juliet is a plum/cherry hybrid with 2-3 ½ inch fruit.
Alaska, and Beaver Lodge are determinate which means they are smaller and grow like a bush. They usually grow up to five feet tall, so they are perfect for a small garden or container gardening.
The rest of the varieties are indeterminate which have a more vine-like structure and can grow up to 8-10 feet tall so will need support.
Also available at reasonable prices will be: hanging baskets, planters with colorful flowers, perennials, annuals, vegetables, tomatoes, shrubs, trees, herbs ground cover and houseplants among others.
There will be Mother’s Day gifts and a raffle. Raffle tickets are $5 each or 6 for $20.
On Saturday May 10th only, bring your children and your tools. There will be a hands-on nature related activity for the kids and the Sharpenator will be there to put a new edge on your tools.
Either day, to help assuage hunger in our communities, please bring canned food and/or personal care items when you come. All will be donated to the North County Food Bank.
We encourage you to pay with cash or check and to round up! Nehalem Bay Garden Club donates proceeds from the sale to local organizations that share the Club’s mission.
