Early Girl Tomato — Indeterminate slicing tomato at Wild Geese Gardens

Indeterminate slicing tomato

Early Girl Tomato

Out of season

A dependable early slicer that beats Montana's short season with full-size fruit in about 50–60 days.

  • full sun
  • moderate
  • Plant out late May; harvest mid-to-late summer
  • $4–$7

Early Girl earns its spot in valley gardens every year. It sets full-size, flavorful slicing tomatoes in roughly 50 to 60 days from transplant — early enough that you're eating fresh tomatoes well before the first fall frost threatens. It's an indeterminate, so it keeps producing all season; give it a cage or stake, full sun, and even water to avoid cracking and blossom-end rot. Set it out after our last hard frost in late May, and pinch the lowest suckers to keep airflow up.

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Buttercrunch Lettuce — Butterhead lettuce

Buttercrunch Lettuce

Butterhead lettuce

A tender, slow-to-bolt butterhead that thrives in our cool spring and fall.

  • part shade
  • moderate
  • Plant early spring and again late summer; cool-season
$3–$6
Sub-Arctic Plenty Tomato — Determinate tomato
Out of season

Sub-Arctic Plenty Tomato

Determinate tomato

One of the earliest, most cold-tolerant tomatoes there is — bred for exactly our kind of summer.

  • full sun
  • moderate
  • Plant out late May; very early harvest
$4–$7
King of the North Bell Pepper — Bell pepper
In season

King of the North Bell Pepper

Bell pepper

A short-season bell pepper that actually ripens to red in our cool summers.

  • full sun
  • moderate
  • Plant out early June; harvest late summer
$4–$7