The Golden Acre is a tasty cabbage that arrives early and is suited for close spacing. This early round head cabbage is easily grown and versatile in use. Heads are about 6 to 7 inches in diameter on compact plants about a foot high. Its firm, medium green head is excellent cooked or raw in stews and salads.

These showy, colorful blossoms will have the neighbors talking. This easy-to-grow annual is shorter than most Cosmos varieties, so it fits well in smaller spaces. Cosmos is great for butterfly gardens and cut flower gardens alike.

Because of their Mexican heritage, these bright annuals meet high heat and drought conditions with native beauty and vigor. Spanish conquistadors searching for gold discovered these flowers on their journeys through Mexico. Mission gardens often included these flowers, which priests gave the name "cosmos," the Greek word for a harmonious whole, because of their neatly spaced petals. Cosmos flowers made their way to England with Spanish ambassadors in the late 18th century, and to the United States in the following century.

These can grow up to 48" tall.

Appearance     Stalks: Bright red, crimson, or ruby red.

Leaves: Dark green and crinkly with prominent red veins.

Growth habit: Arching leaves supported by the colorful stalks.           

Culinary uses     Young leaves: Delicious in salads. Mature leaves and stalks: Can be steamed, sautéed, or stir-fried. Stalks: Can be cooked like asparagus. Common dishes: Salads, quiches, and steamed side dishes. 

Harvesting: Harvest baby leaves after about 30 days or mature leaves after 50-60 days.  Growing conditions: Prefers cool weather and fertile, well-drained soil with consistent moisture.  Planting: Sow seeds in soil temperatures of \(10-29 and thin seedlings to about \(15-30\) cm apart. 

Sunlight: Full sun in cooler climates, and partial shade in hotter climates.  Hardiness: It can be grown as an annual and is relatively cold-hardy, though it does best in cool weather. 

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. 

Ancient from the Netherlands with light green slightly savoyed leaves and white/pale green stalks. 

Marigolds germinate quickly, sprouting within a few days and blooming in about 8 weeks, making them easy to grow from seed. Sow seeds directly outside after all danger of frost, 1 inch apart and water thoroughly after planting.

Marigolds only need enough water to dampen the soil, and they only require watering about once every ten days. The soil should be allowed to dry out on the surface before watering. The base of the plant should receive the water, and the plant should not be watered from overhead.

Marigolds thrive in cool season, it is best to plant during spring. Marigolds can even handle the reflected heat and light of paved surfaces as long as they get regular moisture. Another fun fact, marigolds bloom better and more often in poorer soil!

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

(Chinese cuisine) A round heirloom variety of the daikon (long white radish) having a bright pink or fuchsia center.