Preparing to Plant
Gardeners ready for summer of growth
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Crazy Harry's Country Market, located on the Beverly Five-Lane in Elkins, has been a go-to source for planting since the store opened in the 1970s.
ELKINS -- With spring now in full swing, many West Virginia residents are starting to get their gardens prepared for a summer of growth.
If they already haven't, growers are currently preparing to put their favorite seeds or bulbs into the ground. And Crazy Harry's Country Market, located on the Beverly Five-Lane in Elkins, has been a go-to source for planting since the store opened in the 1970s.
When it comes to produce, Crazy Harry's offers an array of bulk seeds for those looking to grow some vegetables this summer.
"Right now the bulk seeds, onion sets, and seed potatoes are the biggest things people are getting," longtime Crazy Harry's employee Tereasa Howell, who's worked at the market for the past 40 years, told The Inter-Mountain. "The bulk seeds are a lot cheaper than buying the packs and stuff like that, so we are selling a lot of those right now. We have squash, cucumbers, lettuce, carrots, corn and everything else people want to put in their garden."
Howell said that most gardeners start planting in March and planting continues all the way through June.
"June is a little late to be planting stuff, but we do get some people who want to do stuff for the fall," she said. "As far as seed-wise, you could probably put anything out right now and it will be OK – of course, they won't be up for a while."
Crazy Harry's also offers ramps, which are popular among many residents in the Mountain State.
For those interested in flowers, trees and berries, Crazy Harry's Greenhouse offers a wide variety for customers.
"Mainly right now people are getting a lot of fruit trees and things like that, but they're not sitting them out yet," said Howell. "It's a little bit too early for a lot of the flowers and different things."
Traditionally gardeners begin putting flowers out in late April or early May, depending on the weather and when the ground starts heating up.
"Right now it's a little too cold to plant anything in the ground," said Crazy Harry's Greenhouse worker Shirley Landis. "In a couple of weeks hopefully most of the cold temperatures will be gone and people can start putting flowers and things like that out."
Landis said people are currently mostly purchasing shrubs, fruit trees, and hanging baskets from the Greenhouse, which is open daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Country Market is open Thursday through Monday, 9 a.m. until 6 p.m., except on Sunday when it closes at 5 p.m.