Windy Ridge started in 1984 as a sweet corn patch. The sweet corn was sold at the farm and at farmers markets. We gradually added other vegetables. After ordering plants for our vegetable patch for a couple of years, the idea struck! Why not start our own in a small greenhouse?
From that idea and one small greenhouse, we have grown to three greenhouses with one more waiting to be built. We now have a greenhouse business in the spring, take vegetables to market in the summer, and grow and sell pumpkins, mums and other fall decorations in autumn.
We now grow all our own vegetable plants from seed. The varieties are chosen for taste and productivity. Many of the plants are for our own produce business, but we also grow an abundance for sale at the greenhouse and at the farmers markets we attend.
Vegetables feed the body, but beauty feeds the soul. Our annuals and perennials are purchased as plugs and are grown to maturity in one of our greenhouses. Roses arrive from Jackson and Perkins in February as bare root plants and are ready for sale usually by mid-April. Most are in full bloom when sold. We also plant several hundred hanging baskets with flowering annuals. Or if you prefer to plant your own, we have annuals in a variety of sizes. Many perennials are also available.
