Cucumber Homemade Pickles

Homemade Pickles Cucumber is a very vigorous vining plant that produces a large abundance of solid, crisp, and flavorful cucumbers. The firm crunchy cucumbers grow 6" long and the plant is resistant to common cucumber diseases.

Harvest peppers when they are very firm and green or wait until they are fully mature and red in color. 

Each packet contains 30 Yolo Wonder Bell Pepper seeds. Capsicum annuum. Annual. Open-pollinated, heirloom, non-GMO. Harvest in 75 days. 

This packet plants a 40' row with 30 plants. 

Old Fashioned English Lavender Vera has proven itself to have superior winter cold hardiness and sweetly fragrant flowers suitable as cut flowers, for sachets and Lavender oil production. This heirloom variety from England is a compact plant that blooms in early summer with an abundant crop of thin, highly fragrant flower spikes with dark blue calyxes and lavender corollas. Lavender can be sown indoors in late winter or outdoors in early spring or late fall. Plant seeds 1/4" deep and 3" apart. Seeds should come up in 14-21 days. Thin seedlings to 18" apart. Good For Containers and evergreen. Each packet contains 300 Organic Lavender Vera seeds.

A great-tasting, snake-striped heirloom watermelon that grows up to 25-50 lbs. or even larger!

This Watermelon is one of the oldest heirloom varieties in existence. Also known as “Gypsy,” this variety was developed in Georgia around the 1830s. The bright pink crisp flesh is sweet and juicy, and it is known for the green and white stripes that resemble the pattern of a rattlesnake. Their solid rind is thin but very tough and helps them travel and store well. Plant seeds outside after the soil has warmed in spring. Create small mounds of soil 24” apart in 6’ rows. Plant three seeds 1” deep on top of each mound and then later thin to one plant per mound.

This packet plants 15 mounds ≈ 15 plants.

Citrullus lanatus (90 days)

Organic Heirloom/Open-pollinated/Non-GMO 

Galia variety- early maturing! Diplomat does not slip at maturity; rather, fruit is harvested with stem attached. Rind blushes yellow when mature. Plenty of sweetness and flavor!

Tokyo White Bunching Onion is a hardy, mild-flavored, fast-growing onion that does not form a bulb. They are often referred to as scallions and grow 12" long with white stalks and green tops. This variety is very dependable because it thrives in a wide range of soils, is heat and cold tolerant, and can be sown successively throughout the season. Young plants can be harvested at 60 days and mature ones at 110 days.

Scallion seeds can be planted directly into the garden soil.

Sow seed directly into the garden soil after the last frost. 

Plant seeds 1/4" deep and 1" apart. Firm the soil lightly and keep it evenly moist. Seeds will germinate in 7-14 days. Later thin to 3" apart when seedlings are 1- 2" high.

Gently apply a thick layer of mulch to keep weeds down and the soil moist.

Harvest bunching onions when plants reach 10-12" tall, while the stalks are still white at the bottom and fairly thin. 

Each packet contains 300 Organic Tokyo White Bunching Onion seeds. Allium cepa. Annual. Open-pollinated, heirloom, Non-GMO.

Brunswick cabbage is a cold-hardy fall/winter variety that is also heat resistant. It has good flavor fresh and is a favorite for making sauerkraut. The solid heads can weigh 6-10 lbs. These are also delicious in our Spicy Cabbage Salsa Recipe!

Cabbage seeds can be planted outdoors.

Sow seeds 2-3 weeks before the last frost date.

Plant seeds 1/4" deep and 3" apart. Seeds should come up in  7-14 days. Thin seedlings to 18" apart. 

Keep cabbage free of weeds. This is especially important when they are small because the weeds will take nutrients away from the cabbages. 

Each packet contains 150 Brunswick Cabbage seeds. Brassica oleracea. Annual. Open-pollinated, heirloom, non-GMO. Harvest in 90 days. 

This packet plants a 75' row with 50 plants.

First imported to the U.S. in 1824, Brunswick cabbage history says all cole crops were exported under the Brunswick name at that time. This German heirloom, a large drumhead, is becoming rare as winter cabbage growing decreases. For many years it was a favorite for making sauerkraut. 

Features.

German heirloom with dense, firm drum-shaped heads packed with flavor.

An excellent late-season variety, the large, 6-10lb. drum-shaped heads are dense and firm. A favorite choice for homemade sauerkraut. Cabbage lasts longer in the fridge than most vegetables. If cabbage is properly stored, it can last from 3 weeks to up to 2 months in your refrigerator. In optimum root cellar conditions, it can even last longer. Do not remove the outer leaves nor wash until ready to use. It’s versatile and can be used for soups and salads, shredded into coleslaws, stir-fried, and fermented into sauerkraut. It can be stuffed whole or use individual cabbage leaves, steamed, boiled, fried, roasted, and grilled.

Tomato Ace 55 Vf. An old favorite heirloom tomato with bright scarlet, thick walled fruit that are moderately smooth and produced in abundance on medium to large vines with a good level of resistance to Verticillium and Fusarium. A great all round choice for the greenhouse and outdoors alike, best used fresh with an excellent old fashioned strong tomato flavor. Indeterminate. 85 days from planting out.

• Sow in spring 1/16 inch deep. Germination takes around 6-14 days at 65-75F. Transplant the seedlings when large enough to handle into 3 inch pots.
• Grow on under cooler conditions and when about 8 inches tall, either plant in their growing position in the greenhouse or gradually acclimatise them to outdoor conditions and plant out 18 inches apart in a warm and sunny spot in moist, fertile well drained soil and keep watered.

Packet: 9 grams of seed

"Trottolino pepper" is an Italian hot pepper, often sold as Trottolino Amoroso. It is known for its medium heat, sweet and fruity flavor, and a distinctive shape that resembles a spinning top. These peppers grow on bushy plants and ripen from green to red. 

The Trottolino Amoroso pepper, also known as Diavolicchio, has a Scoville heat unit (SHU) rating that varies widely, with sources listing it between \(500\) and \(20,000\) SHU. One source notes that it was once renamed in honor of the Diavolicchio pepper. While some reports indicate a very low heat level with fruity flavor, others describe it as a medium-hot pepper with a high SHU rating. 

Characteristics

Flavor and heat: The Trottolino Amoroso has a sweet, fruity flavor with some bitterness and is considered medium-hot.

Appearance: The peppers are upright, chubby, and conical in shape, with some varieties having dark purple markings as they mature.

Color: They start green and ripen to a bright red.

Growth: The plants are relatively small and bushy, with a long fruiting period.

Uses: It is considered a great cooking and stuffing pepper. 

Italian heirloom hot pepper known for growing in attractive, clustered bunches, similar to a bouquet, on compact plants. The peppers are cone-shaped, deep red when ripe, and have a hot, spicy taste with a Scoville rating around 20,000 units. They are versatile and can be used fresh, dried, or for making powder, and the plants are well-suited for containers.