Wondering where you can find our fruit trees, berry bushes, herbs, natives, tropicals, medicinals, edible flowers, and other unique offerings?

In addition to our weekly sales location at the Corner Farmers Market, we’ll be at the following spring plant sales across North Carolina:

Cabarrus County Spring Herb & Plant Sale
Saturday, April 13–8:00-2:00
Concord, NC

Ciener Botanical Garden Spring Plant Sale
Saturday, April 13-8:00-12:00
Kernersville, NC

Go Green Annual Plant & Garden Sale
Sunday, April 14–9:00-2:00
Greensboro, NC

Piedmont Environmental Alliance Earth Day Fair
Saturday, April 20–10:00-4:00
Winston-Salem, NC

The Corner Farmers Market Plant Sale
Saturday, April 20–8:00-12:00
Greensboro, NC

Durham Earth Day Festival
Sunday, April 21–12:00-5:00
Durham, NC

Raulston Blooms!
Friday, April 26–4:00-7:00 & Saturday, April 27–10:00-3:00
Raleigh, NC

Friends of the Page-Walker HerbFest
Sunday, May 5–12:00-4:00
Cary, NC

The Whole Bloomin’ Thing Spring Festival
Saturday, May 11–9:00-4:00
Waynesville, NC

Black Mountain Spring Garden Sale
Friday, May 17–3:00-7:00 & Saturday 9:00-3:30
Black Mountain, NC

Garden Jubilee Festival
Saturday, May 25–9:00-5:00 & Sunday, May 26–9:00-5:00
Hendersonville, NC

(Stay tuned—we’ll be updating this list regularly with more plant sales.) Please note that we do not have open nursery hours at this time.

Want to pick up plants now?

Order ahead by emailing us at kwhomestead@gmail.com and pick up at the Corner Farmers Market (2105 W. Market Street, Greensboro) or opt for a free delivery of orders over $150 if you’re in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem area. We deliver to other locations as well (for a fee)!

Where can you find our 2024 plant list?

You can find our 2024 plant availability on our website (see yesterday’s post), and our Facebook and Instagram pages!

Want to book us for an edible landscaping installation or consultation?

We recommend emailing us as soon as possible with your interest/inquiry so we can get you on the books. Now is a great time for planting!

Let’s grow together, ya’ll!

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Questions? Message or email us at kwhomestead@gmail.com!

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There is one exception to this general rule—paw paws. Native paw paws grow well in shady spots and partially shady spots, but they also do fine in the sun. They’re versatile trees and make excellent additions to the shadier part of your yard that won’t support other traditional fruit trees.

Fruit trees also grow well in almost any soil type… They do well in North Carolina’s red clay soils and in other soil types. If you’re worried that your soil needs an extra nutritional boost before planting, we have fertilizers to help you round out your fruit tree’s nutritional needs!

Be sure that the spot you’re choosing for your fruit trees has good drainage. In general, fruit trees do not do well in spots that flood, have standing water, or stay very wet. They do best in well-drained soil and even on slopes (trees that bloom early like plums, cherries, and peaches particularly enjoy slopes). The paw paw is another exception to the well-drained soil rule—they thrive in low, wet, soggier locations.

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Well, you’re in luck! Almost all of your favorite fruits can be grown in our area of North Carolina.

This includes apples, peaches, plums, nectarines, pears, persimmons, paw paws, cherries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and even some cold-hardy citrus plants will thrive outside! 98% of the fruit trees and edible plants that we have listed on our plant list can be grown without any trouble outside in our climate (see our pinned post for our 2023 plant list and stay tuned for the 2024 plant list reveal later this week).

Come by the Corner Farmers Market (2105 W. Market Street, Greensboro) any Saturday from 8am-12pm and chat with us about what fruit tree options would work best for your yard and land!

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This week, join us at these 2 locations tomorrow:

The Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden Symposium Plant Sale
(215 S. Main Street in Kernersville) from 8:30-1:00

The Corner Farmers Market
(2105 W. Market Street in Greensboro) from 8:00am-12:00

At the market we’ll have:
salad mix
spicy mix
edible flowers
seeds from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
chicken eggs
duck eggs
chicken (bones, livers, gizzards, hearts, etc)
duck (whole birds, bones, necks, liver, gizzards, hearts, etc)
edible plants like blueberries, blackberries, apples, and more
fingerling potatoes
 sunchokes & more

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But there are some plants that should not be started now, no matter if you plan to start them inside, in your greenhouse, or in the ground outside.

The plants that should not be started are some of your summer crops:

Basil
Green beans
Cucumber, squash, zucchini, & okra—Most of these plants only need 1-2 weeks in pots before being transplanted outside. You don’t want to stunt their growth by keeping them in pots for too long and the ground outside is too cold for them.

All of these crops like warm soil, and do not cope well or live in weather that is still this chilly.

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Many berry bushes produce super fast! Berries like blackberry, raspberry, and blueberry may fruit some their first year and will begin fruiting in earnest the year after.

Dwarf apple trees sometimes produce apples their first year after planting, and other fast-producing fruit trees like peaches will produce 2-3 years after planting. Some of our larger peach trees (6-7 feet tall) may produce even earlier!

Nut trees like pecans take longer to produce and the native paw paw tree also requires 5+ years before you get any fruit. No matter if you’re playing the food production long-game or if you’re in it for quicker yields, there’s a a little something for everyone.

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You can start tomato and pepper seeds indoors, to be transplanted out when the weather warms up. These will be harvested in June/July.

You can direct sow radish, carrot, and beets seeds. And don’t forget the greens! Kale, lettuce, chard, and more can be planted directly in the ground right now! Many of these crops will take around 45 days to be harvest-ready, 1-2 months depending on the crop.

Fun fact: These direct sow seeds mature much faster in the warmer months, and can mature in 21-30 days instead of 45+. Why not plant some now, and some in spring and summer, to make your bounty last all of the growing season?

Seed potatoes can also be planted now!

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Wondering where you can find our fruit trees, berry bushes, herbs, natives, tropicals, medicinals, edible flowers, and other unique offerings?

In addition to our weekly sales location at The Corner Farmers Market, we’ll be at the following spring plant sales across North Carolina:

Ciener Botanical Garden Horticultural Symposium
Saturday, March 2–8:30-1:00
Kernersville, NC

Cabarrus County Spring Herb & Plant Sale
Saturday, April 13–8:00-2:00
Concord, NC

Go Green Annual Plant & Garden Sale
Sunday, April 14–9:00-2:00
Greensboro, NC

The Whole Bloomin’ Thing Spring Festival
Saturday, May 11–9:00-4:00
Waynesville, NC

Garden Jubilee Festival
Saturday, May 25–9:00-5:00 & Sunday, May 26–9:00-5:00
Hendersonville, NC

(Stay tuned—we’ll be updating this list regularly with more plant sales.) Please note that we do not have open nursery hours at this time.

Want to pick up plants now?

Order ahead by emailing us at kwhomestead@gmail.com and pick up at the Corner Farmers Market (2105 W. Market Street, Greensboro) or opt for a free delivery of orders over $150 if you’re in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem area. We deliver to other locations as well (for a fee)!

Where can you find our 2024 plant list?

Our plants lists are not updated until March, but you can check out our 2023 plant list here (last image). Many 2024 offerings will be similar to 2023 offerings, with some exciting additions for 2024. Some of these additions include:

Cranberry—$15 each or 2 for $25
Apricot—$36-42
Native oakleaf hydrangea—$36
Dwarf gardenia—$36

Want to book us for an edible landscaping installation or consultation?

We recommend emailing us as soon as possible with your interest/inquiry so we can get you on the books. February and early March are great times for planting!

Let’s grow together!
Emma & Jason
KW Edible Landscaping Nursery

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Brandywine (red slicer)
Cherokee Purple (purple slicer)
German Johnson (red slicer)
Mortgage Lifter (red slicer)
Persimmon (orange slicer)
Red Cherry (red cherry)
Roma (red paste tomato)
Amy’s Apricot Mix (red/orange cherry)
San Marzano (red paste tomato)
Black Cherry (purple cherry)
Sugar Cherry (orange/yellow cherry)
Matt’s Wild Cherry (red cherry)

There’s a little something here for everyone, no matter your favorite tomato flavors and colors. Swing by our table Saturday The Corner Farmers Market and browse through the best seeds around!

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