Blue Curled Scotch Organic Kale Seeds are hardy and grow in most regions. Blue Curled Scotch Kale is one of the most frost-resistant varieties, which means you can plant them earlier and keep plants in the ground longer. Toss washed kale in smoothies with berries and other sweets for a blast of fiber, antioxidants, and minerals.

Packet: 9-10 grams of seed

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

Liscia verde Da Taglio/Smooth Green Leaf: Plant has a smooth stalk with bright dark leaves. Leaves are long and narrow and are slow bolting. The stems of this chard variety are thin and the leaves are very sweet. This is the perfect green to grow even in hot weather.

Flavor: Very sweet and mimics a mild spinach taste.

Preparation Ideas: Sautee or use in a stir fry.

Plant Type: Vegetable

Fill Weight (grams): 2

Grows Best In: Sun/Partial Shade

Days to Germination: 7-10 Days

Days to Maturity: 55 Days

Planting Depth: .25"

Seed Spacing: Sow Liscia Verde Da Taglio Swiss Chard seeds roughly 6" apart in rows, keeping rows of seeds roughly 20" apart.

Best Container Size: 12"+

Instructions: Sow Liscia Verde Da Taglio Swiss Chard seeds outdoors in rows as soon as the ground can be worked. Place one seed every 3" and cover firmly with soil. Prefers full sun. Thin to 6" apart when plants are 3" tall. Use thinnings as fresh greens. Keep plants heavily mulched and moist.

Suggestions: When plants are 7" tall, cut outer leaves at soil level with a sharp knife. Harvest will continue all season if inside leaves are permitted to grow.

Packet: 9-10 grams of seed

Cauliflower: Plant has a short stem with round compact head. Plant is well protected and is pure white in colour, approx 0,9 – 1,2 kg (2-3lb) in weight. Hardy variety well suited for open field growing.

Cultural heritage. From 1880. Dark green. Very tasty. Gives many side shoots and rich harvest throughout the country. Good for freezing.

Cultivation from seed:

Pre-cultivated indoors March-April. Cover the seed with clear plastic provided with air holes and place at about 20 degrees, bright and cooler after germination. Planted after softening when the risk of frost is over. Can also be sown directly in the open air when the soil has been heated to at least 15 degrees. Avoid dehydration. Cut off the flower heads early for more side shoots. Non-woven fabric or cabbage net protects against pests.

60 Day Rapini: Plant has small inflorescences with the most tender leaves that are used. They are sown all year round according to areas and are harvested according to the resp, negative cycle of 60 to 120 days after sowing.

Packet: 9 grams of seed

Choi-san: Very popular for Chinese cuisine. Harvest a whole plant when bolting. Oblong leaves are erect and thick with slender petioles

Cantonese pak choy, Chinese flowering cabbage, Chinese soup green, edible rape, flowering Chinese cabbage, flowering pak choy, mock pak choy, yellow flower choy sum.

Other names for this Asian vegetable...

China:  hon tsai tai, hong tsoi sum, hong cai tai, yu choy, zi cai tai, cai tai, cai tsai, cai xin, choy sum, pak tsoi sum, pei choy sum, tsai hsin, tsoi sum, yintsai sum, you cai, yu choy, yu choy sum, yui tsai

Japan:  beninabana, kosaitai, saishin

Korea:  yuchaeip

Malaysia:  sawi bunga, sawi manis

Thailand:  pakaukeo, pakauyai

Vietnam:  cai ngot, zaub ceg ntev

Lollo Bionda lettuce forms a beautiful round mound of pale green, crisp frilled edged leaves. Appreciated for its unique shape and refreshing taste, it holds well in summer heat and in the cold. It makes an attractive complement to Lollo Rossa.

Lollo Bionda, for which you pay premium prices for in the supermarket, is one of the easiest, trouble free lettuces you can grow. It's a cut-and-come-again, that is, if you pick the outer leaves, the plant will continue to grow. Given the right conditions, this type of lettuce will produce leaves for three months or more.

Lettuce is by far the most popular of the leaf salad vegetables, and belongs to the same family as chicory and endive. It has a long history in the kitchen with images on ancient Egyptian tombstones dating from 4500 BC. Definitely a "Heritage Variety" ! The Romans also ate a lot of lettuce and by the 1st century AD, nine varieties were described, perhaps one was Lollo Bionda

Germination: 4-10 days This Italian sister lettuce of Lollo Rossa is refreshingly crisp with a perfect round head of frilly leaves. Harvest the singular leaves as you need them or the entire mounded, fluffy sphere. Holds well in the heat and the cold.

PLANTING: Indoors - 3-4 weeks before planting outside. Sow 1/4" deep in cells with soil temps 55-70 degrees. Transplant out 8-12" apart.

PLANTING: Outdoors - Sow 1/4" deep, 1" apart. Thin to 6-12", depending on the size of lettuce you want from baby to full heads. Keep moist during germination.

Harvest - Cut whole head at base or individual leaves before lettuce starts to bolts and becomes bitter in the heat and long days of summer.

Tips - Plant into fertile soil with lots of organic matter and adequate water for optimum growth. Sow heavy seeded rows every 10-14 days for baby greens using the 1 oz. Pinetree Lettuce Mix for a season long supply of lettuce.

One of the most vigorous and productive courgette varieties. We have grown for several years on our farm and this is excellent and recommended. This stunning slightly ribbed, courgette variety produces lots of classic long straight shaped zucchini, pale green almost white. Very productive and early perfect either cooked with olive oil or grated raw in salads. sliced for BBQ kebab vegetable. Italian Bush variety, easy to pick

Packet: 9-10 grams of seed