Producer

Grandma's Garden is a backyard project of the Sullivan family. We're thrilled to sell extra seedlings and produce from our garden, along with creative products made from nature's bounty, on CAFE. Eileen (otherwise known as Grandma!) is a retired birth and postpartum doula, who grows medicinal and culinary herbs to make many of the tinctures, teas and salves she once used with clients. She also comes from a long line of phenomenal bakers, so making jams, cakes, sauces, vinegars and extracts are like second nature. Patrick has been married to Eileen for over 40 years and is retired military, the father of their 4 adult children and grandfather to their 4 young grandkids. He claims he's "just the shovel guy" for all of Eileen's projects! But behind the scenes, his infinite patience and loving day to day caretaking and service keep our garden going. Sean, one of our adult sons, does our deliveries and is also our builder. Whatever we need that requires a hammer and nails... from our main raised beds, 10 ft by 4 ft by 30 inches tall, to our greenhouse, our gazebo (gotta have some shade out there when working in the summer garden!), our compost bins, drying racks and so much more... that's Sean's forte, and he does as much as possible with reclaimed materials.

Our seedlings, fresh herbs, vegetables and flowers are grown from non GMO or heirloom/organic seeds. In the case of berries, tree fruits or grapes, they're grown from organically raised plants. We use only non-chemical methods of pest control (including netting, beneficial insects, kaolin clay, etc), and only apply organic fertilizers and soil amendments. We make our own compost, and use vermiculture (earthworm!) bins in all our raised beds to increase soil fertility. Our baked goods, jams, extracts, tinctures, salves, herbal vinegars, etc. are made with carefully chosen organic, high quality ingredients-- many coming directly from our garden. And when we need an ingredient we don't grow (yet!), we buy from other local producers or locally wild-craft our plant material as much as possible. We believe that food is medicine, and that a garden should nourish the soil, the soul, and the body.