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The Farm Connection The Farm Connection is a local edible, medicinal, and native plant nursery & store in Marshall, NC.
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A hedgerow can do quite a bit of work around a homestead. It can slow the wind, create privacy, feed birds and pollinato...
10/22/2026

A hedgerow can do quite a bit of work around a homestead. It can slow the wind, create privacy, feed birds and pollinators, and even provide fruit for your kitchen. The trick is choosing plants that suit your site and repeating them enough to make a cohesive planting.

Our guide, “A Homestead Hedgerow That Does More Than Mark a Boundary,” looks at how to plan one, choose a few reliable shrubs and trees, and use different heights to build a useful border. We’ll share the full article once it’s published, and our spring bare-root selection is already available for planning.

The Farm Connection
2161 NC 213 Hwy, Marshall, NC 28753
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Cherry Pie cherry trees produce a tart cherry with enough sweetness to make it especially useful in the kitchen. The dar...
10/21/2026

Cherry Pie cherry trees produce a tart cherry with enough sweetness to make it especially useful in the kitchen. The dark red fruit has the acidity you want for pies, preserves, sauces, and baking, but it is sweeter than many traditional pie cherries and can be eaten fresh too.

Another reason we like it for home growers: Cherry Pie is self-fertile. You do not need to plant a second cherry tree for it to set fruit, which makes it a good fit for smaller orchards and yards where every tree needs to earn its space.

Our Spring 2027 trees are available for preordering now! Reserve your trees now for shipping in spring.

Find Cherry Pie and the rest of our 2027 bare-root collection at tfcnursery.com

The Farm Connection
2161 NC 213 Hwy, Marshall, NC 28753
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Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) is a beautiful plant for wet ground, pollinators, and is prized for its medicinal benefit...
10/19/2026

Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) is a beautiful plant for wet ground, pollinators, and is prized for its medicinal benefits.

It is a native perennial suited for moist meadows, stream edges, and other places where the soil stays damp.

In a rain garden or low area, it gives you a tall flowering layer adding visual interest to sedges and groundcovers.

The narrow blue-purple flower spikes are heavily worked by bees and butterflies through summer,In a rain garden or low area, it brings height and summer blooms while slowly spreading by rhizomes and seed to form a larger patch over time.

Blue Vervain also has a long history in traditional herbal practice, where the aerial parts have been used as a bitter herb and nervine. We like plants that can occupy a difficult site and bring more than one kind of value to the garden, and this is a good example.

Find Blue Vervain online or in store today.

The Farm Connection
2161 NC 213 Hwy, Marshall, NC 28753
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Today is the last day to save 30% on seed garlic.If you have been waiting because the beds are not ready yet, hold your ...
10/18/2026

Today is the last day to save 30% on seed garlic.

If you have been waiting because the beds are not ready yet, hold your garlic in a cool, dark, dry space, and plant when you're ready.

You’ve still got plenty of time to plant garlic. We actually prefer planting later, once the soil has cooled, because planting too early can push too much fall growth and even encourage cloves to begin dividing before winter, which can mean smaller bulbs at harvest.

We have even put garlic in the ground as late as Thanksgiving here in Western North Carolina.

The sale ends tonight, October 18, and applies automatically in store and online while remaining varieties are available.

Shop seed garlic at tfcnursery.com.

The Farm Connection
2161 NC 213 Hwy, Marshall, NC 28753
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All seed garlic is 30% off through Sunday, October 18, in store and online!! Garlic needs time to make roots before wint...
10/15/2026

All seed garlic is 30% off through Sunday, October 18, in store and online!! Garlic needs time to make roots before winter, and there is still plenty of planting season left! We've planted as late as Thanksgiving, but our seed garlic won't be here that long! Varieties are getting low, so grab yours before they're gone.

Our 2026 seed rack is also buy one, get one free. It's a good time to tuck away favorites and try a few varieties you have been curious about.

Both sales apply automatically at checkout.

The Farm Connection
2161 NC 213 Hwy, Marshall, NC 28753
Mon-Wed 9-3 | Thu-Sat 9-6 | Sun 11-4
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Buy 1 seed packet and get 1 packet of equal or lesser value FREE. The discount applies to all 2026 seed packets, so stoc...
10/09/2026

Buy 1 seed packet and get 1 packet of equal or lesser value FREE. The discount applies to all 2026 seed packets, so stock up your seed stash before fresh 2027 seed packets arrive!

Fall is also a useful time to take note of what worked in this year's garden while it is still fresh in your mind. If there was a variety you loved, or something you wished you had planted, now's a great time to grab that seed.

Shop online at tfcnursery.com or come browse the seed racks in the store.

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2161 NC 213 Hwy, Marshall, NC 28753

Mon-Wed 9am-3pm | Thu-Sat 9am-6pm | Sun 11am-4pm

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Seed garlic is 20% OFF in store and online through Sunday.The discount applies automatically in your online cart, so no ...
10/08/2026

Seed garlic is 20% OFF in store and online through Sunday.

The discount applies automatically in your online cart, so no code is needed.

October is garlic-planting season in our part of the mountains. Garlic needs time to establish roots before winter, then it picks back up in spring as the days lengthen.

Hardneck varieties give you garlic scapes in late spring and tend to do especially well in colder climates. Softnecks generally store longer and are the type you can braid.

Planting more than one variety is also a good way to spread out harvest characteristics and see what performs best in your own microclimate.

Shop seed garlic at tfcnursery.com or come see us in the store. Sale ends Sunday.

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2161 NC 213 Hwy, Marshall, NC 28753

Mon-Wed 9am-3pm | Thu-Sat 9am-6pm | Sun 11am-4pm

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Nash’s Blue-Eyed Grass is not actually a grass at all.Sisyrinchium nashii belongs to the iris family. Its narrow foliage...
10/07/2026

Nash’s Blue-Eyed Grass is not actually a grass at all.

Sisyrinchium nashii belongs to the iris family.

Its narrow foliage gives it a grass-like look, then small blue-violet flowers appear in spring just above the leaves.

It stays compact, generally under 2 feet tall, and grows in full sun to part sun with average to moist soil. It is especially useful in rain gardens, moist borders, and meadow-like plantings where a smaller native perennial fits better than something tall.

Planting several together gives the fine foliage and small flowers more presence in the garden, while still keeping the planting light and natural looking.

If you have a wetter edge, a low spot, or a rain garden that needs a smaller native layer, Nash’s Blue-Eyed Grass is a good one to add now.

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In spring, Shining Blue Star, (Amsonia illustris), covers itself in clusters of pale blue, star-shaped flowers, giving t...
10/06/2026

In spring, Shining Blue Star, (Amsonia illustris), covers itself in clusters of pale blue, star-shaped flowers, giving the plant its name.

The color is soft, but the effect is not. On an established clump, those flowers sit over glossy green foliage and give the whole plant a really distinct look at a time of year when a lot of native perennials are still just waking up.

It is also a useful plant structurally. Shining Blue Star grows into a substantial 2 to 3 foot clump without becoming coarse or floppy, so it can hold its own in a perennial border or the upper portions of a rain garden.

It handles full to part sun and is comfortable in average to wetter soils, which gives it a wider range of uses than the delicate flowers might suggest.

And then there is the foliage. Those glossy leaves stay attractive well after bloom and can turn yellow in fall, so this is not a plant that disappears once spring is over.

Shop Shining Blue Star in store and online today.

2161 NC 213 Hwy, Marshall, NC 28753

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Dry part shade is a genuinely difficult spot. Under trees, along woodland edges, on the north or east side of a house, o...
10/04/2026

Dry part shade is a genuinely difficult spot. Under trees, along woodland edges, on the north or east side of a house, or anywhere roots are already competing for moisture, gardeners often end up with bare gaps because a lot of common perennials either want more sun or more consistent moisture.

Here are three native plants that handle those conditions better than most.

Nodding Fescue is a fine-textured woodland grass that does well in part shade and can handle drier ground once established.

Appalachian Sedge is another good choice for dry to average woodland soil, especially where you want a lower, softer layer around shrubs, trees, or taller perennials.

Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis, adds spring flowers and a little more height. It does well in part shade and is a good fit for drier woodland edges, especially where you want some color without using a plant that needs rich, consistently moist soil.

If you have bare gaps under trees or along a woodland edge, these are three plants worth knowing.

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2161 NC 213 Hwy, Marshall, NC 28753

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2161 NC 213 Highway
Marshall, NC
28753

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Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

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