The term "Apple Romaine" refers to a specific variety of romaine lettuce, not a hybrid of an apple and lettuce. This variety is known for its bright, apple-green color and specific leaf characteristics. 

Color: Bright, vibrant apple green.

Texture: Sturdy, crisp, and crunchy, providing a satisfying "high loft" when prepared.

Shape/Edges: The leaves have a smooth surface with distinctive serrated (toothed) edges and a slightly cupped shape.

Growth Habit: The plant has an upright growth habit, making harvesting easier.

Taste: Like other romaine varieties, it generally has a mild, subtly sweet and earthy flavor, with a slight hint of bitterness that adds depth. 

The robust texture and flavor of Apple Romaine make it highly versatile. 

Salads: It is ideal for salads, including the classic Caesar salad, as its sturdy leaves can hold up to thick and creamy dressings.

Wraps/Sandwiches: The leaves' shape and strength make them an excellent, low-carb replacement for tortillas, taco shells, or bread.

Cooking: Unlike some softer lettuces, Apple Romaine holds up well to heat and can be grilled, braised, or added to soups and stir-fries. 

Tangy flavor with lemon notes mixed with anise. Have small white flowers that bloom on long green branches.

Flavor: Sweet Dani Lemon Basil has a distinct lemon flavor with notes of anise. 

Scent: The leaves have a strong lemon fragrance. 

AAS Winner: It's been recognized as an outstanding variety by All-America Selections. 

Use: The leaves can be used fresh or dried in various dishes, including fish, soups, salads, and even desserts. 

Growth Habit: It grows to about 40 cm (16 inches) high and is typically grown as an annual. 

Planting: Direct sow outdoors in late May and June in a sunny spot with well-drained soil. 

Spacing: Thin seedlings to 15-20 cm (6-8 inches) apart. 

Growing Sweet Dani Lemon Basil:

Choose a sunny location: Basil thrives in full sun. 

Plant in well-drained soil: Avoid planting in heavy clay soil. 

Water regularly: Keep the soil moist but not soggy. 

Harvest frequently: Pinch off leaves as needed to encourage growth. 

Protect from frost: If growing indoors, bring plants indoors before frost. 

Packet: 9 grams of seed

Cubanelle - An heirloom sweet Italian frying pepper with a sweet mild flavor. The cubanelle is growing in popularity and these bright green thin-walled peppers add a pretty color for frying and cooking. Chefs and home cooks often prefer them to bell peppers because of their excellent flavor and their low moisture content, which makes them perfect for quick cooking in lots of recipes.

Peppers can grow to 5" long on productive 30” plants. It is best to cut them from the stem when they are yellowish-green, but they can also be left on the plant to mature to bright red. Capsicum annuum (75 days) Heirloom - Open-pollinated

Heat Level: None - Sweet Pepper

In early spring, start seeds indoors 8 weeks prior to warm nightly temperatures. Place the seeds in sterile media and cover 1/4” deep. Provide 85°F bottom heat, bright light, and keep moist at all times. Seeds will germinate in 7 - 21 days. Transplant seedlings into pots and grow until there are 6 true leaves on the plant. Plant them directly into rich soil, 30” apart, or into large 5-gallon containers. Easy to grow in containers.

ROTONDA BIANCA SFUMATA DI ROSA sel. ROMANESCA

Produces round-oval fruit that is flattened at the tip and deeply grooved. Violet with blue and white tinges near the stalk. Compact  flesh  with few seeds. Resistant to transportation and particularly suitable for industrial processing. A vigorous and erect plant with well covering foliage. Suitable for growing either in a nursery or directly outdoors.

Peculiar round white eggplant with shades of rose color. Large size fruits of 12-15cm in diameter. Italian heirloom, very productive and medium-early cycle. The flesh is white and creamy with a  sweet and delicate savor.

Eggplant should always be cooked before it is consumed, as it has an alkanoid that can damage the digestive system. It contains vitamins, antioxidants, iron, fiber and magnesium among many others.

The sowing takes place in March or April outdoors, while in the interior it is done from January. At 1cm deep and 45cm between plants. Seeds need temperature of 25ºC to germinate. After 3 to 5 months from sowing, the fruits will be ripe and can be harvested. Prefers fertile and well-drained soils.

Packet: 9-10 grams of seed

Drunken Woman Looseleaf lettuce seeds produce some of the nicest tasting, easiest to grow lettuces that we know about for spring, summer, and fall harvests.

Verde a costa Larga/ Green White Ribbed: Plant has smooth with bright dark leaves. The mid rib is the broadest and the thickest of the chards and is snow white in colour. Plant is very slow in bolting. 

(2’ tall) Verde a Costa Larga Argentata 2 Italian Swiss Chard was bred to have very low oxalic acid. It has very wide silvery white stalks at maturity for those who just use the cooked stalks. It can also be used whole and raw at baby leaf size. Holds quality well when frozen too. Slow bolting. 55 days.

Packet: 9-10 grams of seed

A medium  to early variety. The hearts are round, medium-sized and compact. the sheaths are thick, fleshy and entirely  white with very little fibre. They are crunchy and tender white  with  a  sweet, aromatic flavour. SOWING: can be sown  in several stages from july until the beginning September for harvesting from November until February. 

Fennel is easy to grow. They prefer full sun and a well drained soil. They will do best in rich soils.Water them during dry periods, once or twice per week. Add a general purpose fertilizer once or twice a season. While classified as a herb, Fennel is a popular European vegetable too. Native to Mediterranean region, the bulbous base and stalk is popular eaten raw like celery, cooked, or boiled. Closely related to Parsley, Fennel is popular in Italian and other Mediterranean recipes. Also called Florence Fennel or Finuccio, it is easy to grow and very hardy, lasting well after the first frost. With bright green, fern-like leaves and aromatic yellow flowers, this plant will grow three to four feet tall. Plant it in the back of the herb garden or in your vegetable garden. Foliage and seeds have an anise-like flavor.

Traditional Italian herb with a wonderful anise taste. Romanesco Fennel is also called Roman or Florence Fennel. Very sweet and aromatic late maturing variety produces a large head with thick white tightly wrapped stalks.

Florence fennel or Finocchio

Perhaps the most indulgent vegetable to start off at this time of year is Florence fennel, otherwise known as finocchio or, more commonly, bulb fennel. The handsome feathery foliage of this crop is matched only by its exquisite aniseed flavour that makes a fine pairing with fish (try baking parcels of mackerel with slices of fennel and lemon for a sublime dinner). But fennel has more strings to its bow than this – pop chunks into a stew to freshen things up, or finely slice a bulb over a garden-gathered salad using a chef’s mandolin. The leaves can be used in place of herb fennel.

Bulb fennel is perhaps a slightly misleading name, as the ‘bulb’ is in fact the swollen stem base of the plant. But this is nitpicking as all you really need to know is that this is a vegetable to luxuriate in – a gourmet kitchen gardener’s treat!