Octagon Acres

05/31/2026

Farm kids have a lot of responsibility. They also have a lot of freedom.

05/28/2026

Certified organic seedlings available at the farm for your gardening delight!

Please see previous post for a list of cool and funky varieties. 🤓

All plants are $3 each.
If we are home and available we are happy to help. If not, please do your thing!

Happy growing! 🌱🌱🌱🌱

05/28/2026

Happy chicks checking out their pasture.

05/26/2026

Octagon Acres certified organic seedlings are available multiple places for your gardening pleasure:

🌱Erie Co+op in Erie
🌱Orlando Brothers Golden Dawn in Conneaut
🌱Octagon Acres - 6312 Hatches Corners Rd in Monroe Township just south of Conneaut,
🌱Harbor Gardens in the Ashtabeautiful Harbor

Prices at the farm are $3 each. If we’re here and available we’re happy to walk you through the varieties. If not- self-serve set-up is available.

Lots of the following are available:
🍅Tomatoes- LOtS of variety! heirlooms, hi-looms, and a few old school hybrids
🌱Cherry tomatoes- sungold, white cherry, Black cherry, sweetie cherry
☀️ Ground cherries and golden berries!
🥒Cucumbers- lemon, silver slicer, spacemaster DMR, marketmore
🥬Kale- lacinato
🌱Culinary herbs- basil, Thai basil, sage, dill, cilantro
🫑Peppers- King of the North, Beaver dam, Early Jalapeño, Shosh*to
🌻Flowers- sunflowers (sonneblume, lemon queen, red, teddy bear), Hollyhock (black and Chattermix double), strawberry calendula, calendula, marigolds for integrated pest management (and beauty)

Weather looks good and if you’re like us, you are more than ready. Happy growing! Here’s to a bountiful season. 🍅🥒🌱🫑🥬🌻🌻🌻

05/24/2026

My young assistant and I are at Fat Sally’s Warehouse on Laird St. in Ashtabeautiful today until 3pm. We have a wide variety of organic seedlings for your garden!! 🌱🌻🌱🌻🌱

05/15/2026

The night temps look good for garden planting!

Find Octagon Acres organic seedlings at the Erie Co+op, Orlando Brother’s Golden Dawn in Conneaut, and Harbor Gardens in the Ashtabula Harbor! 🌱☀️🌱☀️

We will also be at the Kingsville Lawn Sale from 9-4 on Saturday! 📚📚📚💜💜💜

05/13/2026

Chicks and poults living their best lives on our porch while working on growing feathers. 🪶🪶🪶

05/07/2026

05/06/2026

The turkey poults have arrived! Chicks should be here tomorrow! 🐥🐥🐥