About Us

The Tasteful Garden, in operation since May of 1996, is owned by Cindy & George Martin. We are located in Chulafinnee, Alabama which is directly between Birmingham and Atlanta, Georgia. Click here for a map to our location.

We grow over 45 varieties of culinary herbs and over 50 types of heirloom and hybrid tomatoes and other gourmet vegetable and pepper varieties which are sold through our website and shipped all over the United States.

We enjoy growing some of our own food and hope to teach other beginner gardeners how to do the same. Our greenhouses are located on our 16 acre property where we have lived since July 2000 with our son Paul, chickens, cows, horses, dogs, & cats. We welcome visitors to our farm and store on weekends during the growing season. Call us to arrange a time to visit at 866-855-6344 toll-free, 256-403-3413 or email us anytime.

How We Grow

We grow our plants using organic techniques and we fully support what we call "heritage gardening". This is gardening the old fashioned way by recycling farm or yard waste into compost and improving the soil instead of stripping the nutrients year after year. Plants grow healthier and stronger in good soil and need less pesticides because they have natural abilities to fight off pests. Heirloom varieties of vegetables bring diversity and flavors to the garden which also prevent diseases. Mulching, cover cropping and other organic techniques allow us to leave improved soil year after year for our grandchildren as well as have a better garden with delicious vegetables.

How We Cook

We love to cook and eat our vegetables from the garden but we also love to use fresh herbs to flavor our cooking and add nutrients as well. Healthy modern cooking calls for lighter more flavorful ingredients and fresh herbs can add so much more flavor to your recipes, without adding salt, sugar, or fats.

Our Online Store

Our online catalog also has Organic Fertilizers including the best natural Worm Castings, Gift Baskets, Garden tools and Kitchen gadgets as well as cooking and gardening books to provide more information about growing and using fresh herbs and vegetables. We offer lots of growing tips and recipes on our website to help new gardeners and cooks get started as well as offering some possibly new information for those who are more experienced gardeners.

We attend the Birmingham Farmer's Market at Pepper Place every Saturday morning during the summer months. Click here for a map to Pepper Place.

You can join our e-mail list by clicking here to receive an emailed Monthly Update which offers Growing Tips, Recipes, and lets you know what is new in our online catalog. You can read our past issues by clicking here


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