We spent 13 years building an abundant fruit forest, annual veggie beds, perennial medicinal herbs, and a healthy mixed hardwood-coniferous forest and now we’ve sold our property to the next stewards so that we can begin a new homesteading project in Vermont closer to our best friends and their kids.

Don’t worry - we plan to keep this website up and running so that our customers can reference what we’ve written about our plants!

We’ll let you know once we re-start a farm in Vermont!

Female Cordifolia Hardy Kiwi

Actinidea arguta var. cordifolia

This variety produces very well in our partly shady garden.  A neighbor of ours has a vine that towers overhead, engulfing a fence and raining down fruit.

This hardy vine bears grape-sized kiwi fruit each fall, just when you need some vitamin C and a sweet, tart, tasty treat!  Unlike the fuzzy kiwi, hardy kiwi fruits are smooth and hairless, so you can pop them right in your mouth.

In addition to sun, fertile soil, and a sturdy trellis, female vines need a male nearby to set fruit.