Seedling & Potting Soil Sales

2025 Seedling Sales

The Talking Farm’s annual seedling sales will begin on March 20, 2025! Members at any level get exclusive access to the online shop and 20% off between March 20-23. The seedling sale will open to the public on March 24th. Please note that seedlings are limited in quantity due to grow space limitations.

The Talking Farm’s seedlings are locally and organically grown by our farm staff and come in 3″ pots. We will offer 43+ varieties of tomatoes (heirloom, cherry, and slicers), cucumbers, squash, eggplant, flowers, greens, peppers, and herbs. Order your seedlings in advance online and pick them up during a pickup date of your choice. Pickup dates are May 10th, 14th & 24th at the Howard Street Farm. As with prior years, there will be no in-person sales but some excess seedlings and potting soil will be for sale during seedling pickup times.

 

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***New this year! We will be selling Cowsmo premium organic potting mix to top off your beds and gardens. 

*All proceeds from the seedling sales support The Talking Farm. Seedling varieties are subject to change without notice. 

Key Dates

March 20-23 – Members-Only Sale

March 24th – Public sale begins 

Saturday May 10th  – pickup 9a-1p

*New weeknight pickup! Wednesday May 14th – pickup 3-6p

Saturday May 24th – pickup 9a to 1p 

Click to sign up for a membership & get access on March 20th & 20% off

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Cowsmo Potting Mix (green bag) is a sand-free mix designed for use in seed starting. It is meant especially for starting plants in small containers that will then be transplanted into larger containers or into the ground. The Green Mix is also ideal for soil blocking, because it contains materials that hold together well after they are stamped into blocks. It is sand-free.

The ingredients in the Green Potting Mix include Peat, Cowsmo Compost*, perlite, rock phosphate, meat and bone meal, and kelp, which are all sourced from Wisconsin and Minnesota and mixed and packaged on-site.

1.5 cu ft bag.

*Cowsmo compost is made from dairy manure on a blacktop surface using the windrow system. It is organic compost is made from manure rather than leaves and twigs, which gives the compost nutrients for crop growth, unlike leaf compost. Because the compost is made on a blacktop surface, sand and pests do not get into the compost. Cowsmo compost is odorless and relatively weed-free.

To purchase: Click the link below and before checking out, select your pickup date in your cart. Currently, pickups are M-F 9-3 pm at the Howard Street Farm (3669 Howard St., Skokie), but we can make reasonable alternative arrangements. Email info [at] thetalkingfarm.org with questions.

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