Vegetable Seeds
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Celeriac – Ibis (Organic)
£2.30 Add to basketCeleriac – Ibis (Organic)
Fast growing smooth skinned celeriac with good storing qualities and disease tolerance. Ibis is a vigorous variety that produces smooth white skinned globes with a good dense interior. Its celery-like nutty mild taste enriches soups and stews and it tastes amazing when roasted or mashed. Our favourite recipes include celeriac schnitzel, battered and pan-fried and celeriac chips with curry powder.
We’re selling particularly this variety because it has all the qualities you would want from a celeriac. Its smooth skin makes it easy to clean, it’s resistant to septoria, good for storing and is bolt-hardy which makes it suitable for early cultivation under protection.
(Approximate seed count – 300)
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Summer Purslane – (Organic)
£1.65 Add to basketSummer Purslane – (Organic)
A healthy salad plant with thick, succulent and oval leaves best grown over the summer months. This is a great salad vegetable undergoing a revival in popularity. It has crisp, fleshy leaves and a refreshing mild and sweet flavour.
This inconspicuous plant is often thought of as a weed but should actually be considered a superfood providing a good source of iron and vitamin A, B, C, and E. It is one of the best plant sources of Omega 3 fatty acids.
It makes a tasty addition in a salad for its unusually pleasant texture and can also be cooked like spinach.
(Approximate seed count – 1100)£1.65 -
Soybean – Fiskeby (Organic)
£2.90Out of stock. Join the waitlist to be notified when this product becomes available.Soybean – Fiskeby (Organic)
An early-maturing edamame soybean perfect for UK gardens. Friskeby produces abundant clusters of plump, sweet pods ideal for steaming or drying. This variety has been bred to thrive in cooler climates and is the ideal gourmet addition to any vegetable patch.
(Approximate seed count – 30)£2.90 -
Chicory – Radicchio Treviso Early (SM4.10) (Organic)
Price range: £2.20 through £6.72 Add to basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageChicory – Radicchio Treviso Early (SM4.10) (Organic)
A mid-early Treviso-type radicchio ideal for both salads and cooking (similar in growth cycle to 206TT). Treviso is one of the main centres of radicchio production in Italy.
This variety produces dense elongated heads, of striking deep red and white appearance which can be harvested from autumn.
The leaves make a wonderful addition to raw salads as they are sweeter than some red headed radicchio types. The heads are equally tasty grilled or sautéed as is commonplace in Italy.
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Purple Sprouting Broccoli – Rudolph (Organic)
£2.20 Add to basketPurple Sprouting Broccoli – Rudolph (Organic)
A famous extra-early variety producing delicious tender spears as early as October . Rudolph is a fantastic variety and we are really happy to be offering it in our catalogue. Our selection was from a huge population we had access to so the genetics are extremely strong.
It is one of the few open-pollinated broccoli varieties which large scale veg growers still use, along side their hybrid counterparts.
(Approximate seed count – 100)
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Chicory – Radicchio Castelfranco (SM4.18) (Organic)
£2.50 Add to basketChicory – Radicchio Castelfranco (SM4.18) (Organic)
Stunning extra early radicchio best suited for raw salads. Castelfranco radicchio varieties are considered the queen of salad leaves. Their exquisite beauty will add something very special to your salad bowl, and their flavour is much sweeter than other radicchio types.
The plants begin with broad open green leaves, developing a central head as they mature. The inner leaves take on a pale yellow colour with beautiful burgundy speckles.
Sometimes know as “Tulip of Winter” as the heads are opened up to display their full glory in the produce markets of Italy.
(Approximate seed count – 100)£2.50 -
Asian Greens – Tatsoi (Organic)
£1.68 Add to basketAsian Greens – Tatsoi (Organic)
A fast growing variety producing an abundance of flavoursome dark glossy round leaves. Tat Soi produces leaves with a mild mustard flavour and a crunchy texture that can be used raw as a delicious addition to a salad or cooked in a variety of ways. It is a fast growing variety that can be cut at any stage. If the baby leaves are left to mature they become a stunning rosette of broad round greens with a wide, crisp and juicy central stem.
(Approximate seed count – 300)£1.68 -
Leek – Hannibal (Organic)
£2.25 Add to basketLeek – Hannibal (Organic)
A dependable autumn variety that bulks up quickly throughout September and can be harvested up to December. An organic favourite, Hannibal produces a long dense shaft and mid-green leaves. It has a mild flavour and plenty of heart.
Guest description from our friend Ed at Chagfood CSA!(Approximate seed count – 300)
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Lettuce – Ruffled Soul (Organic)
£2.00Out of stock. Join the waitlist to be notified when this product becomes available.Lettuce – Ruffled Soul (Organic)
Deep red, ruffled leaves, very suitable for repeated harvests. The most attractive lettuce I grew in 2018, it contrasts brilliantly with other leaves in a mixed salad. Bred by Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seed this lettuce is very suitable for repeated harvests since it is slow to bolt and the leaves do not get too big.
Guest description by our friend Dan from Chagfood CSA!
(Approximate seed count – 175)£2.00 -
Asian Greens – Giant Red Mustard (Organic)
£1.80 Add to basketAsian Greens – Giant Red Mustard (Organic)
Purpleish-red and green mustard with large leaves and a fiery spice. The young leaves are of a succulent, delicate and peppery flavour. When harvested fully matured, the leaves might surprise you with their bold flavour. When cooked or steamed like other greens however the taste will be mild and similar to spinach or chard. Giant Red Mustard seeds are also excellent for sprouting.
(Approximate seed count – 330)£1.80 -
Ground Cherry – Cossack Pineapple (Organic)
£2.10 Add to basketGround Cherry – Cossack Pineapple (Organic)
Deliciously sweet half-inch diameter fruits on short bushy plants. Cossack Pineapple is a superb variety of ground cherry, very productive plants 12 inches high and 24 inches diameter.
The Pineapple-sweet fruits make a delicious and healthy snack and are especially loved by children. They are naturally high in pectin so are perfectly suited to making jams and preserves.
(Approximate seed count – 25)£2.10 -
Cima Di Rapa – Cento-Cinquanta (Organic)
£2.10 Add to basketCima Di Rapa – Cento-Cinquanta (Organic)
Slow growing variety, also known as rapini or broccoli rabe. This variety is ready to harvest within 150 days and can be grown all year round, although best sown April-May. It is slower to make heads and bolt than San Marzano, making it slightly easier to grow.
Prized as a delicacy in Italy for its sweet and slightly bitter taste, cima di rapa translates as ‘turnip greens’, the plants produce large serrated edible leaves much like a turnip and delicate flowering florets. The leaves, stems and florets can all be eaten.
(Approximate seed count – 300)£2.10 -
Cucumber – Crystal Lemon (Organic)
£2.25 Add to basketCucumber – Crystal Lemon (Organic)
A prolific, unusual and old variety of outdoor cucumber; small, round and yellow with a crisp, sweet flavour. First cultivated in 1894 in New Zealand, these small apple shaped cucumbers with pale skins are an unusual and very pleasing variety of cucumber. The plant is an attractive climber and will produce prolifically throughout the summer, whether planted in a container or in free draining soil. The skin gets tougher as the fruit ages so they are best picked early on.
Drawings by Lucca Benney.
(Approximate seed count – 11)
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Chard – Peppermint (Organic)
£2.30 Add to basketChard – Peppermint (Organic)
A beautiful and very productive variety of two tone pink and white stems.
This variety was given to us by our friends at Trill Farm Garden, who said it was the best chard they had ever grown (and they have grown a lot of chard). Very strong and healthy plants with great consistency. A real winner for the veg patch or market garden.
(Approximate seed count – 100)£2.30 -
Lettuce – Olga (Organic)
£2.10 Add to basketLettuce – Olga (Organic)
A light green frilly edged lettuce with a glossy crisp leaf. They are very sweet, crisp and nutty with a hint of butter. Great performance in the cold and heat.
(Approximate seed count – 300)£2.10 -
Kale – Tuscan Rainbow (Organic)
Price range: £2.30 through £4.80 Add to basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageKale – Tuscan Rainbow (Organic)
Red, purple and blue-green leaf colours with slight ruffling on the edges, cold resistant and vigorous. A Frank Morton cross from Wild Garden Seed in Oregon, USA of Cavolo Nero ‘Lacinato’ and Redbor hybrid kale. The majority of the plants have savoyed, blue-green leaves with ruffled edges, others are more purple or more white, some have more ruffling and others less. When grown outdoors the colours will intensify with the cold. It is a hardy and very beautiful kale tasting. sweet and aromatic.
We planted ‘Lacinato rainbow’ in our 2018 trial and relished in this diverse variety that tastes amazing and is more funky and cold-resistant than the usual Cavolo Nero
Price range: £2.30 through £4.80
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