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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A much-loved heirloom cabbage with solidly tight, conical, folded heads 13-18cm in diameter, and 26-39cm tall. Planted individually, Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage seeds will form a plant up to 1m in diameter. This cabbage has smooth, thick green leaves that are perfect for coleslaw. They can be harvested in summer or overwintered, and they resist splitting in wet weather. Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage seeds were first grown in the U.S. by Francis Brill of Jersey City in 1840. -
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A stellar bulbing Florence fennel with an excellent sweet anise-like flavor that mellows with cooking. Selma Fino is usually the sweetest tasting. Takes about 80 days to form full-sized bulbs, however, it can be harvested sooner at a smaller size. Very white bulbs are fairly uniform and won’t prematurely bolt if planted in spring. Tops can be used as a fresh herb, adding a mellow fennel flavor to dishes or salads. Unique compared to other bulb type fennel, some plants have a perennial nature. The flowers are highly attractive to bees and other beneficial insects. Fennel leaves, florets, and seeds can be used for culinary purposes as an herb.
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The herbal lemony flavor of sorrel makes a great addition to salads, sauces, or soups. A famed companion to fish. Will produce the most tender leaves in cool weather. Sow in spring or fall. Once established, can be propagated by root division. Hardy in zone 4-8. Perennial.
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This escarole type of endive has dark green leaves that are broad, coarse and crumpled in appearance but not curly. Popular as an addition to any salad or may be cooked as greens. Harvest as you would lettuce by cutting them just below the lower leaves. They will withstand a touch of frost but not a hard freeze. -
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Also known as mountain spinach, this green has been cultivated since Roman times. Harvest young leaves 3-7 cm long for fresh use. Larger leaves are often used steamed. A colorful and nutritious addition to salads. Leaves can continue to be harvested until the plant goes to seed. Can be grown into summer somewhat longer than true spinach. Germinated in 7-14 days. Maturity from 20 to 60 days. -
Bridal Silk is a Shirley poppy. Shirley poppies thrive in cool temperatures and must be sown when the soil is still cold. 'Bridal Silk' has glistening pure-white chalice-shaped flowers in glorious bloom during early summer, new flowers opening every morning as the old flowers shed their petals. These plants prefer evenly moist soil but can tolerate drought. About an inch of water per week is more than sufficient once they are established. Plant height 45-60 cm. -
Annual Sweet Pea Bijou Mix is a dwarf type with large flowers in shades of white, rose, pink, scarlet, lavender, and blue. It has a long flowering period and is excellent for beds, borders, and containers. -
Double flowers with a silky appearance in shades of pink, white, red, rose, and salmon on 80 cm stems. Strong plants perform well in the heat and drought even though they are considered a cool-season plant. Sow Shirley Double Mix poppy seeds at two-week intervals from late February to mid-April for flowers from mid- to late summer. These poppies will self-sow, and they look spectacular in mass plantings. The flowers have a very delicate appearance, but the plants are actually quite tough. For cut flowers use a candle to sear the stem ends to help them last several days. Rely on Shirley Double to self-sow without becoming weedy.
