The "Grightmire's Pride" tomato is a large, pink, heart-shaped, heirloom paste tomato that is known for its meaty, low-acid, low-seed fruit with a sweet, flavorful taste. It is a prolific and early-maturing, indeterminate variety, originating from Yugoslavia, and is excellent for sandwiches, salads, and sauces. 

Appearance: Large, heart-shaped, pinkish-red fruit.

Flesh: Very meaty, dense, and juicy with few seeds.

Taste: Delicious, sweet, and fragrant.

Acidity: Low-acid, making it a good choice for those with sensitive stomachs.

Plant Type: Indeterminate, prolific grower that is early-maturing.

Uses: Ideal for slicing, salads, sandwiches, and making sauces.

Origin: A variety from Yugoslavia that came to North America via Yugoslavia. 

Cuor Di Albenga is an heirloom oxheart tomato from Albenga, Italy, known for its large, meaty, pleated, teardrop-shaped fruits that are typically red or orangey-red. It has a sweet and savory flavor that makes it excellent for both fresh use, such as in salads, and for cooking, especially roasting, sauces, and canning. These plants are indeterminate, vigorous, and productive. 

Origin: From the Ligurian coast town of Albenga in Northern Italy.

Shape: Large, pleated, teardrop or ox-heart shaped.

Size: Fruits are large, often weighing 10–16 ounces (about 200–300g).

Color: Ranges from pinkish to red or orangey-red.

Flesh: Meaty with few seeds and little juice, with a firm and sweet pulp.

Growth: Indeterminate, vigorous, and productive plants that require staking or caging. 

Fresh: Excellent sliced and eaten raw in salads, or used in Caprese salads.

Sauces: Ideal for homemade sauces, pasta dishes, and stews due to its rich, meaty flesh.

Roasting: Roasting brings out its savory richness.

Other: Also suitable for canning and making fresh juice. 

The red radish of northern Chinese cuisine is both hot and sweet in flavour. It has bright red skin over tender, crisp, white flesh. The tops are delicious and spicy. This daikon is fast growing and slow to bolt, so it can be planted for spring or fall production. So and grow as you would turnips, thinning them to 15-20cm (6-8") apart. For home gardeners on the coast, plan on sowing short rows three or four times in March and April, and again in September and October. This will result in a steady harvest, and they won't all be ready to pick at once.

Ridge Gourd: Hero is a high yielding photo insensitive hybrid variety of ridge gourd. Fruits are vigorous in growth and resistant to biotic and a biotic stresses. Fruit length is 40 – 45 cm and weight 250-300 g each. Plant harvesting starts around 40 – 45 days after sowing. Yield is 14 – 16 tons/acre.

A snow melon is a type of melon, a sweet, crisp muskmelon from Xinjiang, China, that is also known as the Chinese melon. It has a crunchy, firm texture and a flavor similar to a cross between a cantaloupe and honeydew melon, with a high sugar content that makes it very sweet and juicy. The outer rind is typically yellow or orange, though other varieties can have a smooth or netted rind in various colors, and the inner flesh can be orange, white, or coral. 

Shape: Oblong

Rind: Varies by cultivar; can be netted or smooth, with colors ranging from golden yellow to green or salmon

Flesh: Can be orange, white, or coral, depending on the variety 

Flavor: Very sweet, often described as floral

Texture: Firm and crunchy, a key distinguishing feature from softer melons like cantaloupe

Sugar content: High, often between 16-23 Brix 

Chinese chives  are a perennial herb with flat, grass-like green leaves and a mild garlic-onion flavor, distinct from round onion chives; they form clumps, produce edible white flowers, and are used in Asian cooking for stir-fries, dumplings, and eggs, adding savory flavor and texture. They are heartier than regular chives, with a strong aroma when crushed, and are a staple in many Asian cuisines. 

Leaves: Flat, long, and pale green, unlike the hollow, round leaves of common chives, with a strong garlic smell when crushed.

Plant: Forms clumps of foliage, reaching 10-20 inches tall, with edible white flowers on stalks.

Hardiness: A perennial that dies back in winter in colder climates but stays green in warmer zones. 

Taste: Stronger, garlicky flavor than onion chives, but milder than raw garlic.

Culinary Uses: Used in dumplings, pancakes, stir-fries, egg dishes, soups, and salads; added at the end of cooking to preserve flavor.

Edible Parts: Leaves, flowers, and even seeds are edible. 

Cultivated in Asia for over 3,000 years for culinary, medicinal, and ceremonial uses. 

Yellow Chives: A variety with a milder taste and more delicate texture than standard garlic chives. 

Meaty and thick, golden-orange skin with a mild flavor. A great choice for its low acidity and high Vitamin C content.

History: The Golden Jubilee was first introduced in 1943 by the W. Atlee Burpee & Co. which was established in 1876. After almost 150 years Burpee continues and has grown into a very large organization. Golden Jubilee is sweet, mild and meaty. Its mild flavor pairs well with other ingredients and it holds its orange color when cooked. An All American Selections winner in 1943.

Open-pollinated (80 days)

Plant Habit: Indeterminate.  Plant Size: 6’.  Fruit Color: Orange.  Shape: Globe.  Size: 6-8 oz. 30 seeds 

Lettuce seeds can be planted directly into the garden soil.

Sow the seeds directly into the garden soil beginning in early spring starting 2 weeks prior to the last frost-free date. 

Plant the tiny seeds 1/4" deep and later thin to 10" apart. Seeds can be planted every 3 weeks for a staggered harvest or once again in late summer for a fall harvest. Fall planting can occur 10 weeks before your average first frost date.

Build up a raised row of soil about 8" wide. Scatter the seeds in a line on top and then cover with 1/4” to 1/2" of soil. Keep the soil evenly moist. Lettuce seeds will germinate in 5-10 days depending on the soil temperature. Germination is slower in the cold weather of spring. 

Lettuce has shallow roots so gently mulch around it to deter weeds and retain soil moisture.

The ways to harvest lettuce include harvesting it as a baby green by picking individual young leaves, harvesting the outer leaves as needed and letting the plants grow, or by harvesting the entire head by slicing it off about an inch above the soil.

Each packet contains 500 Little Gem Lettuce seeds. Lactuca sativa. Annual. Open-pollinated, heirloom, Non-GMO. Harvest in 50 days. 

This packet plants a 60' row with 72 plants. 

Rainbow Swiss Chard is a striking leafy green with vibrant stems in shades of red, pink, yellow, orange, and white paired with broad, dark green leaves. It has a mild, slightly earthy flavor similar to spinach, with tender leaves and crisp, colorful stalks. Highly nutritious, it’s rich in vitamins A, C, and K, plus iron and magnesium—pretty and powerful.

Rainbow Swiss chard is super versatile. The leaves cook quickly and are great sautéed with garlic and olive oil, added to soups, stews, curries, or stirred into pasta and rice dishes. The thicker stems can be chopped and cooked a bit longer—perfect for stir-fries, gratins, pickling, or roasting. It’s also excellent in omelets, quiche, lasagna, and stuffed dishes, or lightly wilted as a spinach substitute.