Huntertown Gardens

09/15/2026

Home grown Canning Tomatoes 12.95 half bushel

09/14/2026

09/14/2026

🍁 When Will Fall Colors Peak Where You Live? 🍂

One of autumn’s biggest questions has arrived: When will the leaves reach peak color?

Our map shows the typical timing of peak fall foliage across the United States, from the earliest color in northern New England and higher elevations to the later displays across the South.

Of course, Mother Nature doesn’t follow a perfect calendar. 🍁 Elevation, rainfall, drought, temperature, wind, and local tree species can all push peak color earlier—or later—from year to year.

Take a look at the map and tell us: Where do you live, and are you seeing any fall color yet?

🔗 Full fall foliage guide: Link in comments.

09/13/2026

🥪🍎 Remember those classic school lunch favorites? These Lunch Lady recipes bring those nostalgic flavors right back to your kitchen.

Ingredients
🍞 Cafeteria Rolls
4½ cups all-purpose flour, divided into 3 cups and 1½ cups
1½ tablespoons instant yeast, rapid rise
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1¼ cups warm milk, 110°F
4 tablespoons butter, softened
1 egg, room temperature
2 tablespoons butter, melted (for the top of the finished rolls)

🟫 Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Brownies
¾ cup butter, melted
2 cups powdered sugar
2 cups graham crackers, crushed
1¼ cups creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
2½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

🍫 Lunch Lady Brownies
Brownies
1 cup melted butter
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
½ teaspoon salt
4 eggs
3 tablespoons vanilla extract

Frosting
¼ cup melted butter
¼ cup milk
3 cups powdered sugar
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

🍕 Rectangle School Pizza
Crust
2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal
2¾ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
¾ cup instant nonfat dry milk powder (Nestle Carnation brand used)
2½ tablespoons granulated sugar
2½ teaspoons instant yeast, from a 0.25-ounce packet (Red Star Platinum brand used)
2 teaspoons fine sea salt
2 tablespoons olive oil, extra virgin
2 cups warm water (105°-110°F)

Toppings
½ pound lean ground beef
½ pound ground mild Italian sausage
14 ounces jar pizza sauce, yields about 1½ cups (MIDS brand used)
16 ounces block whole milk mozzarella cheese, shredded (yields about 4 cups)
1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning blend

09/13/2026

A few more fall pictures!

09/13/2026

Fall is here!

09/12/2026

Most people know the name Johnny Appleseed as a folk tale before they ever learn the man was real. 🍎 John Chapman was a real nurseryman who spent decades walking ahead of settlers across Ohio and Indiana, planting apple orchards that would be ready and bearing fruit by the time families arrived to claim the land. He wasn't planting for pie, either. In the early 1800s, apples grown from seed (not grafted) were mostly too sour and bitter to eat fresh, so most of Chapman's trees existed for one practical reason: c***r.

Chapman spent his final years in the Fort Wayne area, and when he died in March 1845, he was buried on a bluff above the St. Joseph River. Today that spot sits inside Johnny Appleseed Park, marked with a simple grave and still shaded by apple trees descended from the ones he loved. Every September, the city holds the Johnny Appleseed Festival there, drawing crowds who come for the crafts and the reenactors, but plenty of them still make the quiet walk over to stand at the grave itself.

There's something fitting about a man remembered mostly as a myth having a very real, very findable resting place. No stew pot, no barefoot legend required, just a grave marker under old trees in a city park, and a story about patience that's still bearing fruit almost two centuries later. 🌳

09/07/2026

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Huntertown Gardens will be closed Monday and Tuesday for the holiday. Reopening Wednesday for our Fall season! Thanks!
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