Non-GMO - Heirloom - Open Pollinated - High Germination Rate

Seeds For: Vegetable Gardening

Days to Full Maturity: 70 -- Annual --

Lettuce: Bionda Ricciolina/Grand Rapid

Bionda Ricciolina/Grand Rapid: Leaves are lightly cloaked with lob ate edged. Leaves are thick and light green in colour.

Fast growing light green cutting lettuce. Frilly leaves. Will regrow after cutting but it is best to succession plant for best quality and regular production. Make succession plantings every 3 weeks. Broadcast sow in a bed from 3 weeks or so before last frost, trying to get seeds an inch or so apart. Cover or rake in lightly; keep bed moist until lettuce emerges (7-14 days depending on temperature). To harvest either grab a bunch of plants and cut with a knife or pull entire plant. 

Asian mustard (Brassica rapa rosularis) having a rosette of edible dark green spoon-shaped glossy leaves also : the leaves.

Sow tatsoi in spring and again in late summer for harvest in fall. Sow in double rows, with rows spaced 10 inches (25 cm) apart. Plant seeds 2 inches (5 cm) apart and barely cover them with soil. Gradually thin to 8 inches (20 cm) apart.

Tatsoi is a very versatile green, equally suited to being served raw or lightly cooked. To make it easy, just use tatsoi anywhere you'd use spinach. Lightly steam or sauté it, wilt the leaves with a warm dressing, or add them to a soup at the end of cooking.

30000 SHU

Hot Portugal is a vigorous heirloom pepper variety known for producing long, slender pods that mature from bright green to deep red. Typically growing 6–8 inches (15–20 cm) long, these peppers have a smooth skin and slightly curved shape. The flavor is rich and mildly sweet with a noticeable kick of heat, making them excellent for frying, grilling, sauces, or drying. Plants are productive and perform well in warm climates or greenhouse gardens.Portugal, is a moderate to hot and very flavourful (sweet heat) chilli pepper. It is fast growing and very early-fruiting and gives abundant harvests of 15cm wrinkled dark green fruits ripening to a brilliant glossy red on vigorous, upright plants. red or in some cases orange.

It's got a standard red bell pepper base flavor with a mild sweetness and distant cayenne-like smokiness. For a lack of a better description, the flavor is fairly straightforward with a light fruitiness echoing late after each swallow. There's actually a decent bit of heat on this one.

50 days — 'Tendergreen' is an old multipurpose variety that was introduced by Peter Henderson & Co. in 1922.

The plants are strong and erect and reach about twenty inches in height. The pods are round, meaty, stringless and excellent for fresh use and canning.

A longtime favorite, this bean’s round pods are 6” long. Yield is heavy and prolonged. Flavor and texture are excellent, particularly when picked at a modest size. Equally good for freezing or eating fresh. Stringless. Disease Resistance -Common Bean Mosaic

Malabar spinach plants grow in India and throughout the tropics, primarily in the moist lowlands. While the dark green leaves resemble those of spinach, this is a vine type of plant that thrives in hot temps, even exceeding 90 F. (32 C.) Cool temperatures cause Malabar spinach to creep. It is grown as an annual, but grows like a perennial in regions that are frost free.

Malabar Spinach is a rapid growing Indian spinach. Leaves are broad, dark green and thick. The plants are very tender and attractive. Repeated harvest can start 25 days after planting. 

How to Grow Malabar Spinach

Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) is an herb from the mint family. The leaves, which have a mild lemon aroma, are used to make medicine and flavor foods. Lemon balm contains chemicals that seem to have a sedative and calming effect. It might also reduce the growth of some viruses and bacteria.

What Does Lemon Balm Taste Like? This aromatic member of the mint family has a bright, citrusy taste that brings together the acidity of lemon with subtle hints of mint. Both the stems and fresh leaves of lemon balm have a subtly sweet flavor and can be used in food preparation and medicine.

Low growing

Heat Tolerant

Used in India for chutneys, curries, salsas. 

Strong taste, sweet aroma

Coriandrum sativum. Low growing, more heat tolerant variety from India with a strong, sweet aroma and taste.