New Hampshire Magazine has published an article featuring Dr Tomato and Healthy Home Harvest. Click here to read it.

If we followed all the suggestions about protecting ourselves from ticks and mosquitoes – don’t go out during times of maximum activity, use repellants, wear long sleeve shirts, tape your pants – we probably wouldn’t get bitten but we also wouldn’t get much work done or would die from heat stroke! Therefore, perhaps our best line of defense is to provide the least hospitable environment we can for the development of mosquito populations.

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Recently, some of you have been seeing a label on our mushroom bags that says MYCOANGELO. This is the name that we are now using for the mushroom side of Healthy Home Harvest LLC. Because some of you have asked how and why we came up with this name, I will explain. To James and me it was simple. The first part of the name MYCO refers to fungi or mushrooms. A MYCOlogist is a person who studies fungi. James and I have also found that growing mushrooms is an art and a science. And who is virtually everyone’s favorite artist/scientist?? MichelAngelo of course! Thus, a marriage of the two elements gives us MYCO and ANGELO = MYCOANGELO! So when you think of our ARTISTIC, organically grown, gourmet mushrooms, think of MYCOANGELO!!! And to all you mycophagists (a mycophagist is a person who eats mushrooms).

We are happy to announce that PHILBRICK’S FRESH MARKET is now carrying our famous MYCOANGELO organic gourmet mushrooms in their produce department. We pick and deliver often so you are assured a fresh, quality product. Now you can access our mushrooms in the Portsmouth area whenever the spirit move you! Other regional outlets to be announced soon.

As it stands now, David, James and MYCOANGELO will be at the Northwood Farmers Market this summer. This market is Thursday afternoons at the intersection of Routes 4 and 202/9 in the parking lot beside the Masonic lodge. The market runs from 3:00pm until 6:30pm. The opening Market date is Thursday, May 27. We look forward to participating in this market and hope to see some of you there.

When: Saturday, May 15th & May 22nd from 9:00am until 1:00pm.

Where: The Stone Church, Newmarket NH.

On May 15th and May 22nd, we will be at the Stone Church in Newmarket for their great Farmers Market. We will be bringing a LOT of vegetable seedlings to meet all your plant needs for this year’s garden. Tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, lettuce, Swiss chard, eggplant, cukes, squash, melons, cabbage and more!! We will also have low tunnel hoops, Dr. Tomato’s Organic Fertilizer and Rowdy Roots. Oh yes, and of course we will have our famous organic gourmet mushrooms! Dr. Tomato will be available as always to answer any and all of your questions. We look forward to seeing you there!

When: Saturday, April 21st from 9:00am until 1:00pm.

Where: The Stone Church, Newmarket NH.

This Saturday, the 21st of April, James & Loretta will be at the Newmarket Farmers Market. In addition to having our famous fresh, organic mushrooms and herbs, James will have a full van load of vegetable and flower seedlings, Rowdy Roots organic potting mix, Dr. Tomato’s fertilizer, low tunnel hoops and all the growing information you need. Come join them!

The venue is small and intimate. The vendors are diverse, enthusiastic and friendly. There is great food available and some very talented live musicians provide first class entertainment. The feeling is more like a family gathering than a trip to the local store. We look forward to seeing you at the next Newmarket Farmers Market!

For those of you not familiar with Newmarket, the Stone Church is up on the hill behind the Post Office in downtown Newmarket. This is our favorite farmers market! Good atmosphere, live music, some wonderful vendors, good food and a variety of  products. See you there!

SeacoastOnline.com has published an article written by Denise Landis, about a proposal for official state menu’s for Maine and New Hampshire.

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For those of you who live near Portsmouth, Dr. Tomato and James will be giving a presentation this Tuesday evening, 6:30 pm at the Portsmouth Seventh Day Adventist Hall on 861 Middle Road. They will be talking about garden prep for the coming season, evaluating your soil, growing in low tunnels, choosing varieties for this year and answering any questions you might have. They will also have a lot of items you can purchase right there – Dr. Tomato’s Organic Fish and Seaweed Fertilizer, Rowdy Roots organic potting mix, low tunnel hoops, fabric and plastic to cover low tunnels and vegetable seedlings able to be planted in your garden NOW. So come join us! It should be an enjoyable time for all.

David and James are mere days away from officially unveiling our very own brand of organic, soil-less, nutrient-enriched potting mix…”ROWDY ROOTS!” Rowdy Roots was developed by David and James out of the need for an all-organic, soil-less substrate for commercial “Solarganic” and spring production. After two years of trials with various materials, hoards of experiments, the addition and removal of certain ingredients, and a final refining of our mix- ROWDY ROOTS is the result. A versatile, nutrient-rich, sifted peat-based potting soil which we use for growing EVERY container plant we produce! All ingredients, including the wetting agents, are 100% organic.

As was the case with our Dr. Tomato’s Organic Fertilizer, once people began to see the results we were having they wanted to know…”How can I get some, too?” This has been the question for over a year now concerning our Rowdy Roots Organic Potting Mix. It has been a daunting multi-year process developing our perfect mix, trials and experiments, getting things lab tested, making sure we had taken all the necessary steps and talked to the right people and agencies…all the fun things involved with designing your own brand of organic potting soil! In short order (mere days!) ROWDY ROOTS will be available at the Blue Seal store in Rochester NH. Several other locations, such as the Blue Seal in Windham ME, Farmfield Greenhouses in Lebanon ME, Mountain Grainery in Ossipee NH, Stuarts Greenhouses in Rochester NH, Agway in Dover NH, Blue Seal in Bow NH – to name a few – will also be carrying Rowdy Roots and a variety of our plants and products this spring season as well. As always, you can find us personally at the farmers’ markets in Newmarket too.

If you like our Dr. Tomato’s Organic Fertilizer, you’re going to love the way things grow with ROWDY ROOTS!