Happy Holidays to all of our readers! I'd like to apologize for the dearth of blog information nigh these past few weeks. As the webma...

Johnny's has several different seed breeding workships annually. Every year we extract seeds from selected hand pollinated fruits That ...

The recent weather events assure us we're in Maine; if you don't like the weather give it a few minutes and it'll change. It...

There's no question now – everything's dead. A few cold nights and all survival has stopped; at least for the plants. I didn't g...

Everything looks pretty dead on the farm, that's what's new. Not really new as we've seen it many times before but new for this ...

After a weekend of rain we're back to working in the fields. We hope to get as much done this week out there as we can as the weather is...

Sorry for the delay in getting Brian's columns up - the new catalog upload took priority. Thanks for your patience! -Daria, the webmas...

Welcome to November! The warm summer days are but a memory now and the dark, cold and gloomy days of November are upon us. Oh sure, we'l...

The fall work continues in the fall-like weather. We're busy harvesting the last few squashes and pumpkins for seed and also cleaning up...

We'd like to thank a new customer who has written about us on their blog. Daniel, thank you for mentioning our herb disk set on your bl...

I am a big fan of Michael Pollan. I've enjoyed reading three of his books, and I appreciate his ideas and his writing style. He has bo...

Hello faithful readers and new comers, alike. Brian has asked me, Susie Anderson, to write the article this week. Thank you for reading an...

This past summer, Johnny's had a fence installed by River Valley Fencing . As Brian has mentioned in his "What's New at the Fa...

Oh, October! The time of year when so many of us long for summer to last just a little longer. We know winter is coming; we see and apprec...

TV host and magazine publisher Martha Stewart recently wrote an informative piece on Swiss chard in her blog -- the Martha Blog. She gave us...

Janika sent me an email yesterday that she saw a Praying Mantis in her yard, so I thought that would make a good topic for today’s article. ...

Tomatoes, tomatoes and more tomatoes! September is typically tomato month here on the farm. Usually we harvest them all month for seed produ...

The harvest has started and the tomato workshop was about the first big project to start with. The tomato breeding project covered over 2 ½ ...

The hint of fall is in the air; what with the temperatures cooling down, the leaves starting to turn and everybody’s working on their woodpi...

We’ve got some rain; just about time as things were getting a bit dry. We received two and a half inches at the farm over the weekend. I tho...