Perennial cousin to summer savory, with thicker and shinier leaves. The flavour is more pungent and biting. Has a higher proportion of thymol than summer savory. This herb is great for culinary uses, however, just as important is its use to attract bees while repelling aphids, and cabbage moths.
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This annual Mexican herb has a pungent aroma, spear-shaped, deeply toothed leaves, and green flowers. It is also known as Wormseed, American Wormseed, Mexican Tea or Herba Sancti Mariae. Epazote's (eh-pah-ZOH-teh) fragrance is strong and pungent. It has been compared to citrus, petroleum, savory, mint, or camphor. It smells pretty strong, but we have found that it does add a wonderful depth of flavor to a pot of beans! With its strong taste and aroma, not everyone takes to it right away, but used as a spice, it adds a wonderful rustic layer of flavor to many Mexican and Latin American dishes, giving them an extra dimension of flavor that just can’t be replicated with any other herb – very similar to the “umami” flavors of fermented Asian ingredients. Epazote leaves are used for their pungent flavor and aroma to season soup, corn, beans, and shellfish in Mexico. It is used in beans to prevent flatulence. It is also brewed for "Jesuit Tea" but the herb's main use is to expel intestinal worms from humans and animals. Oil of chenopodium is derived from this plan.
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Thyme seeds produce a tasty herb that compliments poultry and other meat dishes and is used extensively in stews, sauces, and marinades. Thyme grows relatively slowly at first but once established, it grows with vigour! This variety of thyme is relatively low growing at 15-30 cm in height.
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A staple of the herb garden. Dusty, green leaves are used in dressing, sauces, salted herbs, sausage, and tea. Make a good base for dried floral wreaths. Also known as garden sage. Perennial in Zones 4-8.
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Leafy herb with bold celery flavor. Easier to grow than standard celery. A versatile ingredient for salads, soups, stews, and vegetable medleys. More intense flavour (both fresh and dried) than garden celery.
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Aromatic leaves are a substitute for French tarragon. Sweet licorice flavor brightens salads and main dishes. The edible, pretty, golden-yellow flowers bloom all summer. Also known as sweet mace or Mexican tarragon. Grows well in sunny hot locations. Try adding to hanging baskets grows 40-55 cm.
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Spearmint came to North America with the Colonists. They used mint teas medicinally for headaches, indigestion and to help them sleep. Mint is also an excellent culinary addition and makes a great tea for the pure pleasure of it. As a general rule, mint family plants root vigorously when allowed to grow freely and can be invasive. Many gardeners grow them in containers to keep them in check. -
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Biennial that is usually grown as an annual. We have found that this parsley dies back in the winter but new leaves emerge before the snow melts. Deeply cut bright green leaves. Italian parsley is reputed to have better flavor than the many curled varieties. Holds flavour when dried. Height 30-60 cm -
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Upland Cress is slow to start but, once established, easy to grow. Long-standing and slow bolting. Harvest by cutting individual leaves or by picking the 15-18 cm rosettes of dark green, glossy, rounded leaves. Salad's come to life with the nutrient-packed upland cress leaves added. Cut the leaves when they are 2-5 cm tall. The leaves grow back in 2-3 weeks. Harvest as desired through the growing season.
Many common names of Barbarea verna are )Upland or Winter Cress), Early Yellow-rocket, Early Yellowrocket, Land Cress, Peppergrass, Upland Cress, Winter Cress -
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Early, organic, round red radish.
Try leaving some to grow seed pods which are delicious in salads or save your seeds for future plantings. Radishes thrive in very loose rich soil, plenty of water, and best grown in cooler weather.Roots are bright red, smooth, and uniform with good flavor. Best for spring and fall plantings. Crops sown in hot weather tend to produce roots that are less uniform and become pithy earlier than hybrids.
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Blue Winds Broccoli is the most popular broccoli. This extra-early maturing broccoli produces impressively large, tightly beaded heads. The large plants are tightly beaded and sport powdery light blue foliage. They have strong-stems with densely packed heads. After harvesting of main head, Blue Winds Brocolli has good side shoot production will supply a continued harvest of delicious florets! One of the only hybrid crops we grow! -
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These sweet, crisp napa cabbages are ideal for salads and a mainstay of the stir-fry, great for cabbage rolls too. Direct sow in summer with the last planting about 10 weeks before frost. A great hardy plant that withstands some cold and can stay in the garden until late October early November or until the weather gets severe. Small plants will bolt if exposed to temperatures under 10 C for 7-14 days. Early spring crops and late fall crops should be covered with clothe covers to ensure heavy heads.