The Green Arrow Pea (Pisum sativum) is an old English heirloom shelling pea. A semi-dwarf frost-tolerant bush variety that grows to only 2'-3' tall and doesn't require staking. High yields for a compact plant. Produces lots of 4"-5" pods with 9-11 plump, tender, sweet peas inside. Delicious fresh or cooked, if you don’t eat them all before you make it into the house.

• Sweet and tender
• Full sun
• High yields
• Good fresh or cooked
• Good for containers

Good companion plants: Bean, Carrot, Cucumber, Parsley, Pepper, Sage, Spinach, Squash, Strawberry, Thyme

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Hardiness zones: 2-11
• Planting season: Spring
• Pea type: English/shelling - remove peas from pod before eating
• Growth habit: Bush - no support
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
• Spacing between plants: 2"-3" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
• Germination soil temps: 40F-85F
• Soil needs: Clay, sandy, loamy, chalky, rich, moist, well-drained
• Soil pH: 5.5-7.0
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost tolerant: Yes
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 8 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 65-70 days

The Lunar White Carrot (Daucus carota) is a creamy-white carrot with a small core and mild, sweet flavor that grows 8"-12" long. Harvest sooner for smaller carrots. Half-hardy to frost and light freezes. Good steamed, roasted, and fresh.

• Sweet, mild flavor
• Size: 8"-12" long
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
• Days to maturity: 70-75
• Can be harvested sooner for mini carrots
  

Good companion plants: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Chives, Lettuce, Onion, Parsley, Peas, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme, Tomato

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Depth to plant seeds: .25" deep
  
• Spacing between plants: 2" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
• Germination soil temps: 65F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-6.8 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Hardiness: Half-hardy to frost and light freezes
• Planting season: Spring, fall
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 16 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 70-75 days

The Thessaloniki Tomato is a Greek heirloom. A tomato so epic that Homer could have written an ode to its plump round fruits that ripen from golden yellow to vivid red, high yields in high temps, and a rich, earthy flavor that’s well-balanced between sweet and acidic. This one’s a keeper, both in the garden and on the countertop. By the time you eat a few of these, you may even be able to pronounce it.

• Well-balanced flavor
• Heat tolerant
• Early producer
• Stores well

SEED PLANTING INFO

• Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum
• Growth type: Indeterminate, trellis support, regular pruning 
• Tomato size: Medium
• Depth to plant seeds: .25" deep
• Spacing between plants: 24" apart
• Spacing between rows: 36"-48" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 75F-95F
• Soil needs: 6.0-6.5 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 1 plant per 2 sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 75-80 days

Click here to view our full Tomato grow guide

Good companion plants: Basil, Borage, Onion, Parsley, Pepper

The Purple Haze Carrot (Daucus carota) is dark purple on the outside and bright orange on the inside. Fun when sliced into coins. Grows 6"-8" with tapered roots, good texture, and sweet flavor. Half-hardy to frost and light freezes. Good steamed, roasted, and fresh.

• F1 hybrid
• Sweet and crunchy
• Size: 6"-8" long
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
• Days to maturity: 70-75
• Can be harvested sooner for mini sized carrots

Good companion plants: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Chives, Lettuce, Onion, Parsley, Peas, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme, Tomato

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Depth to plant seeds: .25" deep
  
• Spacing between plants: 2" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
• Germination soil temps: 65F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-6.8 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Hardiness: Half-hardy to frost and light freezes
• Planting season: Spring, fall
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 16 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 70-75 days

The Golden Wax Bush Bean is a beautiful buttery treat in the garden. With its long, straight yellow pods, this heavy producing stringless bean is easy to cook or can. Grow these alongside Borlotti Bush Beans and Royal Burgundy Bush Beans for an artistic change from the usual green beans.

• Easy to grow
• Stringless variety
• Produces long 5"-7" pods
• Buttery wax bean flavor

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
  
• Spacing between plants: 4"-6" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 10-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 70F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer, fall
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 65-75 days

Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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The Snow White Carrot (Daucus carota) is a creamy white carrot with a crispy crunch and mild, sweet flavor. Grows 7" long with a tapered root. Harvest sooner for small carrots. Half-hardy to frost and light freezes. Good steamed, roasted, and fresh.

• Sweet and crunchy
• Size: 7" long
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
• Days to maturity: 70-75

Good companion plants: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Chives, Lettuce, Onion, Parsley, Peas, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme, Tomato

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Depth to plant seeds: .25" deep
  
• Spacing between plants: 2" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
• Germination soil temps: 65F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-6.8 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Hardiness: Half-hardy to frost and light freezes
• Planting season: Spring, fall
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 16 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 70-75 days

The Sub Arctic Plenty (Early) Tomato is trying to tell you something: It produces a lot of fruits very quickly (45 days!), and really likes cooler temps. It would also like you to know that you can quickly (45 days!) grow the plants closer together without a stake or cage, or in a container or hanging basket. One more thing: It doesn’t sacrifice flavor or texture by ripening so many fruits so quickly (45 days!). You’ll harvest clusters of robust, red, juicy, tart, smallish medium-sized fruits in no time (45 days!). Plenty of them.

• Very high yields
• Very quick production—45 days!
• Good for containers
• Good for an early Southern or short Northern growing season

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum
• Growth type: Determinate, tomato cage support, no pruning 
• Tomato size: Medium
• Depth to plant seeds: .25" deep
• Spacing between plants: 12"-24" apart
• Spacing between rows: 36"-48" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 75F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-6.5 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 1 plant per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 45-60 days

Click here to view our full Tomato grow guide

Good companion plants: Basil, Borage, Onion, Parsley, Pepper

Heart of Gold Melon (100% Heirloom/Non-Hybrid/Non-GMO)

• The Heart of Gold melon produces a very sweet and delicious golden flesh fruit that grow up to 4 lbs!
  
  
• Day to Maturity | 85-100 days
  
  
• Melon Seeds | Because of the long growing season, start plants indoors 4 to 5 weeks before outdoor planting time. Direct sow 4-5 seeds in a hill and then thin to the appropriate spacing. 
  
  Click here for complete Melon grow guide

• Fruits are black and round
  
  
• Excellent flavor and a must -try if you you enjoy eggplant
  
  
• Easy to grow
  
  
• Eggplant Seeds | Start seed indoors to allow at least 10 weeks for young plants to develop. Plant in rows 3 feet apart, with 2 feet between plants.
  
  Click here for complete Eggplant grow guide

• Dukat dill is a particularly fine plant with amazing flavor and large heads.  If you like dill you will love to try this new variety in your garden
   
  
• This variety is darker than most other dill varieties.
  
  
• Excellent fresh or dried.
  
  
• Grown for homemade dill pickles.
  
  
• Can be grown in containers, raised beds, and any other location in full sun.
  
  
• Annual plant.
  
  
• Adds great flavor and color to many culinary creations.
  
  

Additional Details

Dill has a very long history of herbal use going back more than 2,000 years. The seeds are a common and very effective household remedy for a wide range of digestive problems. An infusion is especially efficacious in treating gripe in babies and flatulence in young children. The seed is aromatic, carminative, mildly diuretic, galactogogue, stimulant and stomachic.

Other Medicinal Properties

Dill is also used in the form of an extracted essential oil. Used either in an infusion, or by eating the seed whole, the essential oil in the seed relieves intestinal spasms and griping, helping to settle colic. Chewing the seed improves bad breath. Dill is also a useful addition to cough, cold and flu remedies, it can be used with antispasmodics such as Viburnum opulus to relieve period pains. Dill will also help to increase the flow of milk in nursing mothers and will then be taken by the baby in the milk to help prevent colic.

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• Just as the name suggests, this style of gourd will produce a gourd that looks like chicken eggs (same colors and sizes)
  
  

The Holiday Marbles Pepper is an assortment of tiny peppers with a tiny spark of heat. Compact plants cast out lots of green peppers that ripen through cream, yellow, purple, orange, and red. Shoot fresh ones onto a salad, or play for keeps and dry them whole to use like peppercorns.

• High yields
• Edible ornamental
• Harvest any color
• Good for containers

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Capsicum annuum
• Pepper size: 1/4"-1/2"
• Scoville heat units (SHU): 300-500/mild
• Plant support: Tomato cage or stake
• Depth to plant seeds: 1/8" deep
• Spacing between plants: 12"-18" apart
• Spacing between rows: 24"-36" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
• Germination soil temps: 75F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 1 plant per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 90+ days

Good companion plants: Basil, Carrot, Cucumber, Eggplant, Okra, Rosemary, Sage, Squash, Tomato

The Orange Oxheart Tomato is what you call eye candy. High yields of deep orange heart-shaped fruits glowing against a backdrop of emerald green leaves provide a stunning visual in any garden. They’re tasty, too. Meaty, fruity, juicy slicers grow and ripen all summer long, giving you more time for more eyefuls. 

You may also like: Pink Oxheart Tomatoes ⟐ Yellow Oxheart Tomatoes 

• Sweet and juicy
• Small seed core
• High yields
• Good fresh and cooked

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum
• Growth type: Indeterminate, trellis support, regular pruning 
• Tomato size: Large (1-2 lbs.)
• Depth to plant seeds: .25" deep
• Spacing between plants: 24" apart
• Spacing between rows: 36"-48" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 75F-95F
• Soil needs: 6.0-6.5 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 1 plant per 2 sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 75-85 days

Click here to view our full Tomato grow guide

Good companion plants: Basil, Borage, Onion, Parsley, Pepper

The Calypso Tomato is often referred to as a “common salad tomato". Calypso is tolerant of heat and humidity, and great for Southern gardens.

• Common tomato flavor
• Common tomato color
• Heat tolerant
• Great for Southern gardens

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum
• Growth type: Indeterminate, trellis support, regular pruning 
• Tomato size: Medium
• Depth to plant seeds: .25" deep
• Spacing between plants: 24" apart
• Spacing between rows: 36"-48" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 75F-95F
• Soil needs: 6.0-6.5 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 1 plant per 2 sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 75-80 days

Good companion plants: Basil, Borage, Onion, Parsley, Pepper

The Bradley Tomato is a sweet little pink tomato. By sweet, we mean lightly sweet and slightly acidic. By little, well, that’s just what you say when you describe something darling; it’s a medium-sized fruit. As for pink, it’s a dark pink. To be precise, it’s a lightly sweet and slightly acidic medium-sized dark pink tomato. A reliable producer with good-old fashioned tomato flavor.

• Well-balanced flavor
• Dark pink color
• Reliable producer
• Good fresh or cooked

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum
• Growth type: Indeterminate, trellis support, regular pruning 
• Tomato size: Medium
• Depth to plant seeds: .25" deep
• Spacing between plants: 24" apart
• Spacing between rows: 36"-48" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 75F-95F
• Soil needs: 6.0-6.5 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 1 plant per 2 sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 75-80 days

Good companion plants: Basil, Borage, Onion, Parsley, Pepper

• Valerianella locusta (aka Corn Salad) is a small annual plant that is eaten as a leaf vegetable. It has a characteristic nutty flavor, dark green color, and soft texture, and is popularly served as salad greens.  //Wikipedia

• Corn Salad has a delicate flavor, similar to a butterhead lettuce. It is quite hardy and requires very little care while remaining practically free of pests & disease. Corn salad is also known for growing vigorously in almost any soil! 
  
  
• We think Corn Salad tastes best right out of the garden with a light drizzle of olive oil and a squeeze of fresh lemon. Once you try this cold-hardy green, you'll be sure to make it a staple in your fall/winter gardens every year.

• Day to Maturity | only 40 days
  
  

• Valerianella locusta (aka Corn Salad) is a small annual plant that is eaten as a leaf vegetable. It has a characteristic nutty flavor, dark green color, and soft texture, and is popularly served as salad greens.  //Wikipedia
  
  
• Corn Salad has a delicate flavor, similar to a butterhead lettuce. It is quite hardy and requires very little care while remaining practically free of pests & disease. Corn salad is also known for growing vigorously in almost any soil! 
  
  
• We think Corn Salad tastes best right out of the garden with a light drizzle of olive oil and a squeeze of fresh lemon. Once you try this cold-hardy green, you'll be sure to make it a staple in your fall/winter gardens every year.

• Day to Maturity | only 40 days
  
  

• These seeds produces a medium-to-large hard round heads of cabbage
  
  - Suitable for spring, summer, and fall crops
  
  - Cold hardy
  
  - Stores well. Suitable for home gardens and market growers
  
  - Perfect for Kraut recipes
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 90 days
  
  
• Cabbage Seeds | ❄️ Cabbage is an annual cool-season crop, hardy to frost and light freezes. A smaller cabbage head has better flavor and can stay in the field longer without splitting. To keep them small, plant close together or, when the head is almost full, give the plant a sharp twist to break up the roots. 😀 Cabbage is a wide spreading foliage plant with handsome leaves that form a tight, hard ball head on a strong central stem. Young plants may bolt if grown at 50F for a long time; however mature plants of late varieties improve flavor in cold weather.
  
  Click here for complete Cabbage grow guide

Additional Details

Did you know? Cabbage is an excellent source of vitamin C! It also contains significant amounts of glutamine, an amino acid that has anti-inflammatory properties. Cabbage can also be included in dieting programs, as it is a low calorie food.

• Mini pumpkins about the size of a grapefruit
  
  
• Tiny pumpkins weigh about 14 ounces
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 90 days

Additional Details

The word pumpkin originates from the word pepon, which is Greek for “large melon". The French adapted this word to pompon, which the British changed to pumpion and later American colonists changed that to the word we use today, "pumpkin".
 

• These seeds produces good yields of 2 lb heads of cabbage in the shape of a cone.
  
  - Excellent flavor and very sweet.
  
  - Open pollinated heirloom variety.
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 65-75 days
  
  
• Cabbage Seeds | ❄️ Cabbage is an annual cool-season crop, hardy to frost and light freezes. A smaller cabbage head has better flavor and can stay in the field longer without splitting. To keep them small, plant close together or, when the head is almost full, give the plant a sharp twist to break up the roots. 😀 Cabbage is a wide spreading foliage plant with handsome leaves that form a tight, hard ball head on a strong central stem. Young plants may bolt if grown at 50F for a long time; however mature plants of late varieties improve flavor in cold weather.
  
  Click here for complete Cabbage grow guide

Did you know? Cabbage is an excellent source of vitamin C! It also contains significant amounts of glutamine, an amino acid that has anti-inflammatory properties. Cabbage can also be included in dieting programs, as it is a low calorie food.

The Slenderette Bush Bean is a sleek French-type green bean. A vigorous grower that produces high yields of slim 5" long stringless pods on a compact plant. This sweet, juicy, tender, crunchy bean would taste great in a European thin/thick bean salad served alongside wider Roma II Italian beans.

• Easy to grow
• Stringless variety
  
• Sweet, juicy, tender, and crunchy
• High yields

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
  
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
• Spacing between plants: 4" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 5-10 days
• Germination soil temps: 70F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
  
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer, fall
  
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 50-55 days

Click here to view our full Bean grow guide

Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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The Scarlet Runner Pole Bean is just about as traditional a vegetable you can grow in your garden. Named for its showy red hummingbird attractors (flowers) it puts out on 6'-8' vines that will grow on fences, trellises, and yes, poles. This high-yielding runner bean produces foot-long pods with speckled red-purple beans, but pick them sooner for best flavor. Tolerates heat and drought, and doesn’t mind cool nights.

• Easy to grow
• Heat tolerant
• Long pods up to 8"-12”
• Eat fresh, shelled, or dried

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus coccineus
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
• Spacing between plants: 5" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 8-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 70F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 65-75 days

Click here to view our full Bean grow guide

Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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The Royal Burgundy Bush Bean has so many things going for it—colorful, beautiful, tasty, plentiful, long-producing—but the coolest thing is that it grows in cool weather. Dark purple 5"-6" pods produced high on the plant make for a doubly easy harvest. When cooked, watch them change color from royal purple to royal green.

• Easy to grow
• High yields
• Continuous production throughout growing season
• Grows in cool weather

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
  
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
  
• Spacing between plants: 4" apart
  
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 5-10 days
  
• Germination soil temps: 70F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
  
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer, fall
  
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
  
• Days to maturity: 50-55 days
  

Click here to view our full Bean grow guide

Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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One of the BEST fertilizers you will come across is EPSOM salts. Just mix into your soil and see amazing results!

Read: How and Why you should add Epsom Salts to Soil Now
 
EPSOM salts contain both magnesium and sulfur, two very important elements required for healthy plant growth.

When used in your garden as a natural source of magnesium... roses, tomatoes and peppers will thrive!  You'll see your plants develop more "bushy", and deeper in color. Some gardeners boast their plants develop more blooms which will in turn provide larger yields of fruit especially on those tomato and pepper plants.

Here are some ways to use EPSOM salts in the garden:

• METHOD #1:   When planting, add one tablespoon (equivalent to 1 sampler pack) of EPSOM salts into the hole you've created,
  
  
• METHOD #2: Try mixing one tablespoon of EPSOM salts into a one gallon container filled with water. Now water the roots of your plant, directly after planting. Avoid getting this mixture on the leaves
  
  

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Let us tell you about Lettuce Leaf Basil. It’s a lovely Italian basil that grows huge leaves as big as your hand, with a flavor that’s sweeter and less spicy than other basils. Its crinkles hold onto dressing in salads, you need only one leaf for a sandwich or wrap, and you can use the rest as you would any other basil. Save the edible flower spikes to garnish seafood dishes and cocktails.

Harvest the leaves and stems from the top part of the plant, and pinch off edible flower buds as they appear, which prevents the leaves from turning bitter, and signals the plant to branch out and grow more leaves, making a bushier plant. The more you harvest, the more it grows!

• Sweet and mild
• Huge 5"-6" leaves
• Grows 1'-2' tall
• Good for containers
• Tons of medicinal benefits!

As a medicinal herb, Basil has been used internally to treat anxiety, colds, colic, cough, depression, diarrhea, fever, flatulence, flu, indigestion, insomnia, intestinal parasites and worms, exhaustion, gastric pain, gonorrhea, lactation problems, migraine headache, nausea, stomach cramps, sore throat, and vomiting, and externally to treat acne, insect bites and stings, loss of smell, skin problems, snake bites.

⚠️ Do not use medicinally while pregnant.

⚠️ Medicinal properties are presented as information only, and are not a recommendation or prescription for use. Consult a medical professional before using any herb medicinally.

As a companion plant, Basil attracts hummingbirds, pollinators, and beneficial insects, and repels asparagus beetles, cabbage moths, cabbage white butterfly, cabbage worms, carrot rust fly, flies, maggots, mice, mosquitoes, spider mites, thrips, and tomato hornworms.

Health Benefits of Genovese Basil

Basil is a known health tonic for expecting mothers and when mixed with tea it increases lactation in mothers.  It is also a nerve tonic and young children are sometimes encouraged to chew on the leaves of basil because it stimulates brain cells and can increase memory.  

See Basil Recipes & Growing Tips on our Pinterest Board

Lemon Basil, also called Hoary Basil (for its fuzzy stems), is a hybrid cross between traditional basil and lime basil.

The bright green leaves have a sweet lemony aroma and a tangy lemon-anise flavor that’s best used fresh in seafood dishes, fruit salads, lemonade, cocktails, and salad dressings. Add at the end of cooking to preserve the citrus flavor, then garnish with the edible flowers.

Harvest the leaves and stems from the top part of the plant, and pinch off edible flower buds as they appear, which prevents the leaves from turning bitter, and signals the plant to branch out and grow more leaves, making a bushier plant.

The more you harvest, the more it grows!

• Tangy lemon-anise flavor
• Culinary and medicinal
• Good for indoor gardens
• Good for containers
• Tons of medicinal benefits!

As a medicinal herb, Basil has been used internally to treat anxiety, colds, colic, cough, depression, diarrhea, fever, flatulence, flu, indigestion, insomnia, intestinal parasites and worms, exhaustion, gastric pain, gonorrhea, lactation problems, migraine headache, nausea, stomach cramps, sore throat, and vomiting, and externally to treat acne, insect bites and stings, loss of smell, skin problems, snake bites.

⚠️ Do not use medicinally while pregnant.

⚠️ Medicinal properties are presented as information only, and are not a recommendation or prescription for use. Consult a medical professional before using any herb medicinally.

As a companion plant, Basil attracts hummingbirds, pollinators, and beneficial insects, and repels asparagus beetles, cabbage moths, cabbage white butterfly, cabbage worms, carrot rust fly, flies, maggots, mice, mosquitoes, spider mites, thrips, and tomato hornworms. 

Health Benefits of Lemon Basil

Basil is a known health tonic for expecting mothers and when mixed with tea it increases lactation in mothers.  It is also a nerve tonic and young children are sometimes encouraged to chew on the leaves of basil because it stimulates brain cells and can increase memory.  

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These delicious sprouts are popular and common as an integral part of Asian cuisine. Mung bean sprouts are quite thick and are crunchy with a nutty taste – mild and fresh. These can be served with salads, sprinkled as crunchy toppings, used in stir-fry, or simply enjoyed by themselves.

• Plant produces good yields of egg shaped tomatoes.
  
• The tomatoes are the size and shape of an egg.
• A firm tomato that keeps well. Does well in poor growing conditions.
  
  

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum
• Growth type: Indeterminate, trellis support, regular pruning 
• Tomato size: Small
• Depth to plant seeds: 1/8" deep
• Spacing between plants: 24" apart
• Spacing between rows: 36"-48" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 75F-95F
• Soil needs: 6.0-6.5 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 1 plant per 2 sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 75-80 days

Click here to view our full Tomato grow guide

Good companion plants: Basil, Borage, Onion, Parsley, Pepper

Squash (Winter), Burgess Buttercup

• Cucurbita maxima.
  
  
• Plant produces heavy yields of 8" long turban shaped green squash with silvery white stripes.
  
  
• The yellow orange flesh is very sweet and grows 3 to 5 lbs.
  
  
• The Burgess strain stores well.
  
  
• A winter squash variety.
  
  
• Day to Maturity | 90 days
  
  

• Produces good yields of 5" diameter multi color gourds
• This unusual gourds have 10 fingers pointing towards the blossom end
• Excellent for making crafts

Cabbage, Brunswick

• Brassica oleracea.
• A heirloom variety dating back to 1924.
• Plant produces a large drumhead type cabbage.
• Used for making kraut.
• Suitable for spring, summer, and fall crops.
• Stores well. Suitable for home gardens and market growers.

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Additional Details

Did you know? ❄️ Cabbage is an annual cool-season crop, hardy to frost and light freezes. A smaller cabbage head has better flavor and can stay in the field longer without splitting. To keep them small, plant close together or, when the head is almost full, give the plant a sharp twist to break up the roots. 😀 Cabbage is a wide spreading foliage plant with handsome leaves that form a tight, hard ball head on a strong central stem. Young plants may bolt if grown at 50F for a long time; however mature plants of late varieties improve flavor in cold weather.

• Just as the name suggests, this style of gourd will produce something that looks like a caveman's club
  
  
• Colors will vary
  
  
• Grows well in raised beds

• Also known as "Slippery Snake"
  
  
• Grows long light green snake-like shaped gourds
  
  
• Grows as a long vine
  
  
• If you like to grow gourds then you'll be sure to appreciate this one

• These tomatillo seeds will produce delicious 3-5 ounce fruits.
  
  
• Tomatillo is popularly used to make salsas.
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 85 days

• Easy to grow crisp leaf lettuce variety
  
  - Grows really well in containers and tight spaces
  
  - Perfect for hydroponic growers
  
  - Excellent for salads and other culinary dishes
  
  - A popular variety of lettuce for many chefs
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 65 days
  
  
• Lettuce Seeds | Lettuce can be grown practically anywhere.  For leaf types seed should be sown thinly in rows 1 foot apart. For head, Bibb, and cos types, space rows 18 inches apart.
  
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• One of the key characteristics of crisphead lettuce is its high water content, which contributes to its refreshing crunch. This variety is also low in calories, making it a healthy choice for those looking to maintain a balanced diet. In addition, crisphead lettuce is a good source of vitamins A and K, as well as folate.
  

• Crisphead lettuce is a type of compact butterhead lettuce that forms tight, dense heads. This variety is popular for its crisp texture and mild flavor, making it a versatile option for salads, sandwiches, and wraps.

• Day to Maturity | 65 days
  
  
• Lettuce Seeds | Lettuce can be grown practically anywhere.  For leaf types seed should be sown thinly in rows 1 foot apart. For head, Bibb, and cos types, space rows 18 inches apart.
  
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The Creole Tomato produces juicy fruit with a sunny sweet flavor. Performs well in hot, humid climates. Surprisingly firm and meaty flesh is great for fresh eating, and can hold up to grilling or a cheesy tomato pie.

• Heat tolerant
• Juicy and sweet
• Good for Southern gardens
• Slow to ripen

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum
• Growth type: Indeterminate, trellis support, regular pruning 
• Tomato size: Medium
• Depth to plant seeds: .25" deep
• Spacing between plants: 24" apart
• Spacing between rows: 36"-48" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 75F-95F
• Soil needs: 6.0-6.5 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 1 plant per 2 sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 80-90 days

Click here to view our full Tomato grow guide

Good companion plants: Basil, Borage, Onion, Parsley, Pepper

• The Yellow Paris is a very large pumpkin
  
  - An old heirloom variety from France
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 100 days

Additional Details

The word pumpkin originates from the word pepon, which is Greek for “large melon". The French adapted this word to pompon, which the British changed to pumpion and later American colonists changed that to the word we use today, "pumpkin".

 

• The Cinderella is an old heirloom from France - looks just like the coach in the Cinderella fairy tale
  
  - Plant produces medium-sized 25 lb. red/orange pumpkins
  
  - This pumpkin has delicious flesh
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 100-110 days

Additional Details

The word pumpkin originates from the word pepon, which is Greek for “large melon". The French adapted this word to pompon, which the British changed to pumpion and later American colonists changed that to the word we use today, "pumpkin".

 

• The Southport Onion produces medium-sized white globe onions
  
  - A crisp and mild-flavored onion
  
  - Perfect for salads and many other culinary creations
  
  - A long day onion
  
  - Grows well in containers and small spaces
  
  - Easy to grow
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 120 day
  
  Onion Seeds | Onions are easy to grow, have a fairly short growing period and take up little space in the garden. Plant onions 1/4 inch deep and 3 to 4 inches apart in double rows, leaving 6 to 10 inches between rows.
  
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• The Southport Onion produces medium-sized white globe onions
  
  - A crisp and mild-flavored onion
  
  - Perfect for salads and many other culinary creations
  
  - A long day onion
  
  - Grows well in containers and small spaces
  
  - Easy to grow
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 120 days
  
  Onion Seeds | Onions are easy to grow, have a fairly short growing period and take up little space in the garden. Plant onions 1/4 inch deep and 3 to 4 inches apart in double rows, leaving 6 to 10 inches between rows.
  
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• The Barletta, Pearly White Onion is an extremely tasty small pearl-sized onion
  
  - Barletta onions are beautiful silver white pickling onions
  
  - So delicious
  
  - Perfect for shish-ka-bobs, chicken and veggie skewers,  and even just grilled on the bbq
  
  - Grows well in containers and small spaces
  
  - Easy to grow
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 75-80 day
  
  Onion Seeds | Onions are easy to grow, have a fairly short growing period and take up little space in the garden. Plant onions 1/4 inch deep and 3 to 4 inches apart in double rows, leaving 6 to 10 inches between rows.
  
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• Crimson Forest is a rare heirloom
  
  - Dark red, burgundy, and purple colors
  
  - Excellent for many culinary creations
  
  - Grows well in containers and small spaces
  
  - Easy to grow
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 60 days
  
  Onion Seeds | Onions are easy to grow, have a fairly short growing period and take up little space in the garden. Plant onions 1/4 inch deep and 3 to 4 inches apart in double rows, leaving 6 to 10 inches between rows.
  
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• White Lisbon is a very popular type of bunching onion
  
  - Dark green leaves with long white stalks
  
  - Stores well after harvest
  
  - Excellent for many culinary creations
  
  - A hot and cold resistant variety
  
  - This variety is usually planted in the spring but it's also a great fall/winter crop as well
  
  - Grows well in containers and small spaces
  
  - Easy to grow
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 65 days
  
  Onion Seeds | Onions are easy to grow, have a fairly short growing period and take up little space in the garden. Plant onions 1/4 inch deep and 3 to 4 inches apart in double rows, leaving 6 to 10 inches between rows.
  
  Click here for complete Onion grow guide

• Mild, sweet, onion-like flavor
  
  - A very hardy variety
  
  - Blue-green leaves resemble giant scallions
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 100 days
  
  
• Leek Seeds | Plant leeks in the spring, and late in the summer or fall. Plant leek seedlings 8-10 inches apart
  
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The Green Grape Tomato produces clusters of 6-8 fruits on a compact plant all summer long. The slightly oblong 1" fruits turn a light yellow-green when ripe, with a sweet, sharp flavor that’s a bit like citrus. These look so much like green grapes, you may be tempted to make vino de tomato verde, but please resist.

• Sweet, citrus flavor
• Reliable producer
• High yields
• Good for containers

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum
• Growth type: Indeterminate, trellis support, regular pruning 
• Tomato size: Small (1" oval)
• Depth to plant seeds: 1/8" deep
• Spacing between plants: 24" apart
• Spacing between rows: 36"-48" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 75F-95F
• Soil needs: 6.0-6.5 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 1 plant per 2 sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 70-80 days

Click here to view our full Tomato grow guide

Good companion plants: Basil, Borage, Onion, Parsley, Pepper