A traditional Italian heirloom particularly good for freezing and ideal for stir-fries and steaming. Once the 3-4” main head has been cut, this will be followed by a bumper crop of side-shoot spears thoughout the summer.

Cocozella di Napoli Zucchini, Italian Heirloom

Green and light green striped.

Smooth skin.

Productive heirloom.

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.

Scarlet kale is delicious cut in fine ribbons for kale salad and is a nutritious addition to soups and stews. Grow plenty and harvest some at baby stage, leave others to grow big and frilly, picking individual medium-sized leaves and tender stems. Add mulch for harvest into the winter months—an ornamental edible for containers, veggie gardens, and mixed borders.

Remarkably attractive dark green kale with red veined, frilly, tightly curled leaves. A vigorous performer with good cold tolerance. Leaves darken to deep scarlet in late season. Begin harvesting leaves when young, and allow plant to grow well into the early winter.

Scarlet Kale is an open-pollinated, curled variety with deep red color that intensifies in cooler weather. Multiple harvests for continued productivity. Brassica oleracea. 65 days to maturity.

The broad, frilly, purple leaves grow on 2–3' tall, upright stalks. Red color on a blue-green background, as compared to the red color on a bright green background of Redbor. Scarlet plant height is not quite as uniform as Redbor. Great for baby leaf and bunching.

Lifecycle: Biennial

Zone: 8,9,10

Hardiness: Hardy Annual

Size: 2' h x 2' w

Sun: Full sun to partial shade

Soil: Rich, moist, well-drained

Season: Summer to fall

Seed to Bloom: 50-60 days to harvest (30 baby)

Color: Dark purple red foliage

Broccoli Waltham 29 is prized for its large 4-6" dark blue-green heads and marvelous flavor. It has a reputation as a superfood because it contains a wealth of nutrients and antioxidants that support many aspects of human health. 

Broccoli seeds can be started indoors.

Start seeds inside 8 weeks before the last frost date. Place seeds 1/2" deep in pots with growing mix and place in bright light. After 5 weeks transplant the seedlings 2' apart into enriched garden soil with full sun. Broccoli is a cool-season vegetable that likes daytime temperatures in the 60s and can tolerate light frost and temperatures down to the 20s. 

Seeds take 3-4 months from the time of planting to a broccoli harvest while transplants only take 2-3 months. Unless you start seeds indoors over the winter, it may be difficult to grow a spring broccoli crop from seed, because the weather will warm too quickly. Fall crops are much easier to start from seed directly in the garden. For fall planting, build rows 2' apart and plant broccoli seeds 1" deep and 6" apart. When seedlings are 6" tall thin them to 2' apart.

Broccoli grows quickly and it needs a lot of nutrients. Rich compost will help feed your plants, and they can also benefit from applications of compost tea or from monthly applications of a balanced organic fertilizer. Like other veggies, broccoli needs to be kept evenly moist and water deeply to encourage deep roots. Mulching can help to provide uniform moisture, conserve water, and reduce weeds.  

Each packet contains 50 Broccoli Waltham seeds. Brassica oleracea. Annual. Open-pollinated, heirloom, non-GMO. Harvest in 85 days.

The Long Island is a compact Brussels sprout with heavy yields! This is a workhorse variety that produces very flavorful sprouts. This compact, 24" tall plant yields 75-100 dark green, 1-2" sprouts over a long period. Don't overlook this popular vegetable for your garden.

The Long Island Improved Brussels Sprout is a classic open-pollinated heirloom variety introduced in the 1890s on Long Island, New York, and prized for its reliability, cold hardiness, and excellent flavor. This semi-dwarf plant grows to about 20–24 inches tall and produces a strong central stalk lined with numerous compact, firm, dark green sprouts measuring about 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter. Each plant yields an impressive 75–100 sprouts over a long season, making it a dependable choice for home gardens and market growing alike. The sprouts are known for their rich, nutty flavor, which becomes noticeably sweeter after exposure to frost, making them ideal for late fall and winter harvests. Highly cold tolerant, this variety can remain in the garden well into winter and performs beautifully when roasted, braised, or sautéed, while the leafy greens can also be cooked like mild collards. Long Island Improved Brussels Sprouts are also well suited for storage and freezing after blanching, further adding to their versatility and appeal.

Bright orange, fine-grained roots with a crisp, juicy texture and sweet flavor make Scarlet Nantes a favorite carrot for snacking and lunch boxes. The nearly coreless, 6 in. carrots are orange throughout and grow straight and smooth with blunt ends—in just nine weeks.

Nantes carrots are small to medium in size, averaging 15-20 centimeters in length and 2-5 centimeters in diameter, and are cylindrical in shape with blunt, rounded ends on both the stem and non-stem end. The straight roots have smooth, firm skin that ranges from bright orange to orange-red and are connected to long, edible, leafy greens that bear a grassy, vegetal flavor. Underneath the surface, the flesh is also orange, fine-grained, crisp, and juicy with little to no core. Nantes carrots are crunchy and tender with a mild, sweet taste.

Applications

Nantes carrots are best suited for both raw and cooked applications such as roasting, steaming, baking, grilling, and boiling. When raw, the root does not need to be peeled before consumption and can be used on appetizer plates with dips, sliced and tossed into salads, juiced, or blended into sauces. In cooked preparations, Nantes carrots are used as a base for soups and stews, lightly sautéed in stir-fries, or roasted to enhance their sweet flavor and coated in brown butter. The roots can also be smoked as a vegetarian hot dog or shredded and baked into carrot cakes and carrot puddings. Nantes carrots pair well with orange juice, honey, herbs such as cilantro, parsley, tarragon, thyme, rosemary, coriander, and dill, spices such as cardamom, cumin, ginger, fennel, curry, and cinnamon, dried apricots, onions, celery, tomatoes, and meats such as poultry, beef, and pork. The roots will keep up to one month when stored in a plastic bag in the crisper drawer of the refrigerator.

2-4 oz oval shaped cherry fruits.

Stripes of yellow and orange.

Indeterminate.

Solanum lycopersicum

Bi-coloured

The Tigerella tomato is a popular English heirloom variety prized for its striking appearance and vibrant flavor. Its bright red skin is dramatically streaked with jagged orange to golden-yellow stripes, making it one of the most visually distinctive tomatoes. Tigerella offers a balanced sweet and tangy taste with a lively, zesty kick and a juicy texture. The indeterminate, vining plants are highly productive and begin setting fruit early in the season, producing abundant, round tomatoes about 2 inches (5 cm) in diameter. Well suited to cooler or humid climates and known for good disease resistance, Tigerella tomatoes are excellent for fresh eating, especially in salads, sandwiches, or enjoyed straight off the vine.

70 Days.

Starts yellow; turns to light purple.

Purple/White Exterior, White Flesh

Sweet taste similar to green bell peppers.