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Case-Barlow Farm's Garden Group started their early spring season by taking a field trip to Columbus for the Ohio Historical Society's Annual Heirloom Plant Sale. Two successful finds that will be planted on the farm this summer: a tomato that was found on a log in the Ohio River flood of 1884, and a tomato called Reisentraube, meaning "giant bunch of grapes," which was grown by the Pennsylvania Dutch as early as 1856. It is said that they made wine from this variety and used it in their salads as well.

The Garden Group will also experiment with some rare annuals this season. One of them, called "corn poppy," was originally planted at Monticello in 1807, and the other, called "Job's Tears," are clusters of seeds that form at the tips of the stems and can be strung as beads. Historic Pansies from the 1800's are self-seeding biennials that should bloom from midsummer to fall.

The Garden Group will be working in the garden on a weekly basis during the growing season in addition to monthly meetings from April through September. Regular meeting dates are scheduled for the remainder of the summer on Jul. 1, Aug. 5, and Sept. 2.

If you would like to stop by and take a look at what is growing or if you would like to help, please call the farm at 330-650-0591 or email the farm at casebarlow@aol.com.

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