Love Apple Farm

Love Apple Farm Urban garden selling awesome veggie starts, hosting gardening classes and an October Pumpkin Patch. Shall we have a Xmas tree lot this year?

10/23/2026

🎃🍂 **PUMPKIN PATCH BASH at Love Apple Farms!** 🍂🎶

We’re keeping the fall festivities going a little longer this Saturday, October 24th, and we’d love for you to join us!

Our pumpkin patch will be open during our regular hours from **10 AM–6 PM**, but we’re staying open a little later for a special evening of live music, delicious food, and family fun!

🎶 **6–7 PM | Live Music** from JUST DANDY and Harmony Rythm !

🌮 **S.C. Eatery** S.C . Eatery will be joining us with their delicious flautas! The Flautas King himself, serving up incredible food made with quality ingredients and NO seed oils!

🎃 Bring the whole family, pick out your pumpkins, enjoy some great music, grab a bite to eat, and soak up a little autumn magic with us!

📍 **Love Apple Farms**
5311 Scotts Valley Drive, Scotts Valley, CA

📅 Saturday, October 24th
🎃 Pumpkin Patch: 10 AM–6 PM
🎶 Pumpkin Patch Bash: 6–8 PM

We can’t wait to see you there! 🍁

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10/21/2026

Just because your garden has irrigation doesn’t mean your newly planted seeds are getting enough water! 🌱

When you’re direct sowing seeds, keeping the top ½–1 inch of soil consistently moist is one of the most important steps for successful germination.

I like using a fan nozzle on my hose to gently water overhead, even through floating row covers. This helps distribute water evenly without disturbing those tiny seeds.

Once seeds begin absorbing water and the germination process starts, letting them dry out can significantly reduce germination rates. But if you miss a watering, don’t give up! Water right away, keep the soil consistently moist, and see what comes up.

If you notice bare patches after germination, simply sow a few more seeds. I actually love doing this with root vegetables because it creates a natural succession of harvests. You can pull the larger vegetables first and give the smaller ones more time to grow.

A little extra attention during germination makes all the difference in establishing a healthy, productive garden.

Save this for your next round of seed starting! 🌱

Bloodthirsty plants 🪴 🩸, ghoulish gourds 🎃, and wholesome food 😋. What more could you want!? Stop by Love Apple Farms th...
10/19/2026

Bloodthirsty plants 🪴 🩸, ghoulish gourds 🎃, and wholesome food 😋. What more could you want!? Stop by Love Apple Farms this Sunday 10-5pm to buy your very own carnivorous plant from The Trappery and enjoy delicious food in the garden from Rose Acres Kitchen —— see you soon! 👋

10/19/2026

A little pepper talk from the garden. 🌶️

Meet the Espelette pepper, a prized variety from the Basque region of France, celebrated for its rich, complex flavor and gentle heat.

Think paprika, but with a little more personality.

In the French Basque Country, these beautiful red peppers are traditionally strung together and hung to dry, eventually becoming the beloved Piment d’Espelette. There’s even an annual festival dedicated to them!

Here at Love Apple Farms, we’re growing an entire bed of Espelette peppers for seed saving. By keeping them separated from our other pepper varieties, we’re helping preserve their unique characteristics for future growing seasons.

A little late-season warmth means we’re still harvesting, and hopefully collecting enough seeds to keep these beauties growing for years to come.

Because sometimes the most interesting thing about a pepper isn’t its heat. It’s its history, flavor, and the traditions behind it. 🌱

**Have you ever cooked with Espelette peppers?**

Join us for a concert in the garden! Saturday (10/24, 6-7pm). Stick around to enjoy the festive lights and decor until 8...
10/18/2026

Join us for a concert in the garden! Saturday (10/24, 6-7pm). Stick around to enjoy the festive lights and decor until 8pm. Grab some treats from a local food truck onsite! 🎶🎃😋

10/16/2026

One raised bed, an entire salad garden. 🥬🌱

Who says you need a big garden to grow your own food?

One of my favorite things about growing a salad garden is how much variety you can fit into a relatively small space. With a little planning, you can grow everything you need for beautiful, fresh salads right outside your door.

In this bed, we’re growing a little bit of everything:

🥬 Red romaine, frisée & other lettuces
🌿 Dinosaur kale, Red Russian & White Russian kale
🥕 Carrots
🌱 French breakfast radishes
🥗 Purple & green mizuna
🥦 Purple sprouting broccoli

And the best part? Many of these vegetables can be harvested throughout the season, while quick-growing crops like radishes can be succession sown to keep the harvests coming.

A little thoughtful spacing, a mix of transplants and direct-sown seeds, and suddenly one raised bed becomes a pretty productive little salad bar.

Now we wait for everything to grow! I can’t wait to show you what this bed looks like in a few weeks.

**Would you grow a salad garden if you only had one raised bed?** Tell me what you’d plant! 🌱

10/15/2026

Come join us for a special evening at the farm! On October 24th we’ll be staying open late (10 am - 8 pm) to host a musical event featuring Harmony Rythm and JUST DANDY. Our friends S.C . Eatery will also be joining us starting at 6 pm. Come down, enjoy some tunes, take in some spooky fall vibes, and don’t forget to tip the musicians!

10/14/2026

🌱 **What does your growing zone actually mean, and how does it affect what you can grow this winter?**

If you’ve ever looked at a seed packet and wondered what Zone 5B, 7A, or 9B means, here’s a little gardening lesson!

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map divides the country into 13 zones based on the **average annual extreme minimum winter temperature**, using 30 years of historical weather data.

Each zone represents a 10°F difference, with an additional 5°F difference between the A and B subdivisions.

For example:
🌱 Zone 5B: -15°F to -10°F  
🌱 Zone 7B: 5°F to 10°F  
🌱 Zone 9B: 25°F to 30°F

I’m gardening in Zone 9B, where our relatively mild winters allow us to grow a variety of cool-season vegetables, including lettuce, kale, carrots, radishes, peas, and broccoli.

But here’s something important: **Your growing zone isn’t the whole story!**

Hardiness zones tell us how cold winters typically get at their most extreme, but they don’t tell us your average high temperatures, exact frost dates, or the length of your growing season.

Those factors are especially important when planning a vegetable garden.

And if you live somewhere with freezing winters? You don’t necessarily have to stop growing!

A simple hoop house, greenhouse plastic, and frost cloth can help protect cold-hardy crops and extend your growing season. In particularly cold climates, combining protective structures can make a significant difference, although some crops may still need supplemental heat.

**Now I want to know: What growing zone are YOU in?** 🌿

👇 Comment your growing zone (and your state or region), and I’ll share some vegetables you can plant or grow this winter!

Don’t know your zone? Look it up using the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map at planthardiness.ars.usda.gov.

Save this for planning your fall and winter garden, and send it to a gardening friend who wants to grow year-round! 🌱

10/13/2026

Our Pumpkin Patch is live! Er, we mean dead. But we're alive! Wait....definitely dead. Come on out, find a pumpkin or some winter veggies to plant, and explore the garden. We've got a new cute vintage/seasonal decor shop too.

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5311 Scotts Valley Drive
Scotts Valley, CA
95066

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Monday 12pm - 6pm
Tuesday 12pm - 6pm
Wednesday 12pm - 6pm
Thursday 12pm - 6pm
Friday 12pm - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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+1 831-588-3801

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