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Chicory – Puntarelle (SM4.33) (Organic)
£2.50 Add to basketChicory – Puntarelle (SM4.33) (Organic)
An interesting chicory variety grown for its hollow bolting shoots. Unlike other chicory varieties which are grown for their leaves, Puntarelle is grown for its flowering shoots. The young shoots form a ‘head’ at the base of plant and are julienned into thin strips which are then soaked in cold water to removed some of their bitterness. In the water they twist and curl into elegant crisp and crunchy shapes which are then served with a punchy dressing to make a lovely late autumn salad.
Shoots usually appear between mid-October and November.
(Approximate seed count – 100)
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Cabbage, Winter – Verza Moretta (Organic)
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Fantastic traditional ‘Veronese’ purple Savoy cabbage with bright green centre. This striking variety has been cultivated in the countryside around the Adige river in Italy since the nineteenth century and is on the official list of traditional rare varieties.
It has purple and green outer leaves and bright green-yellow centres. Forms a compact head with a sweet flavour, perfectly suited to salads, soups, and risottos. (Approximate seed count – 50)
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Chicory – Pain De Sucre (Organic)
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Mild tasting green leaves that form dense, conical heads; alternative to winter lettuce.. This is a more mild tasting chicory that is a superb substitute for lettuce in the winter. Indeed, this is a common practice in several rural parts of France and no doubt elsewhere, too. It can produce very large heads, with a tender green exterior and golden yellow hearts that have a real sweetness to them, hence the name!
(Approximate seed count – 500)£1.60 -
Chard – Rhubarb (Organic)
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A very striking variety of chard with dark green leaves and bright red stalks. This ornamental looking chard is worth just growing for its beauty! It can be used like any other chard or spinach.
(Approximate seed count – 200)£2.30 -
Asian Greens – Kizuna Mix (Organic)
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We are really excited about this one!
This is a diverse breeding population derived from a cross between Dazzling Blue Kale and Beni Houshi Mizuna. We found the first individual of this cross between where the two parents had been flowering. These seeds are from the F2 generation which means the second generation after the original cross happened. There is a beautifully diverse mix of quite round leaves, and very feathery and frilly leaves and everything in between.
The texture is somewhere in between Red Russian kale and Pak Choy so the leaves have a bit of body to them but are also very soft and are delicious both raw and cooked like spinach.
(Approximate seed count = 200)
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Chicory – Radicchio Treviso Late (SM4.75 – Forcing) (Organic)
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A forcing chicory from Treviso for delicious winter eating. This variety of chicory has been bred for forcing through the winter months (Tardivo means late in Italian), and produces totally delicious ‘chicons’
To force chicory the plants should be left untouched in the field until winter time. When you wish to force them, pull up however many plants you need and replant the roots into a moist medium such as sand or spent compost. The plants then need to kept in total darkness for a few weeks and then beautiful chicons will grow from the roots.
They are generally eaten cooked in pastas and other dishes and were the first Italian vegetable to gain IGP, a European protected status for special food products specific to a place of origin.
(Approximate seed count – 100)£2.50 -
Beetroot – Bull’s Blood (Organic)
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A variety with extremely dark red leaves, usually grown as a salad leaf. The leaves are exceptionally dark red, almost purple colour and very tender and sweet, especially as baby-leaf. They can be cut up to 4-5 times and will grow back.
(Approximate seed count – 200)£2.30 -
Stridolo (Organic)
£2.20 Add to basketStridolo (Organic)
An Italian heirloom herb with succulent, aromatic leaves and delicate edible white/pink campion-like flowers. Also known as Sculpit or Bladder Campion, its leaves have a complex flavour profile, combining notes of tarragon, chicory and rocket. Delicious eaten raw in salads or cooked into risottos, soups and omelettes, it’s also a pretty addition to the flower garden. While the plant remains edible when in flower, the leaves of older plants become stronger and more bitter – for the best flavour, harvest when the leaves in spring when young and succulent.
(Approximate seed count – 500)£2.20 -
Kale – Bear Necessities (Organic)
Price range: £2.10 through £4.00 Add to basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageKale – Bear Necessities (Organic)
An unusual ultra-frilly Red-Russian type. Bear Necessities has leaves unlike any other kale as it was bred from a cross between a mizuna and a kale. It’s ultra frilly leaves lend themselves to salads when young and are great cooked when larger.
The leaves have a high volume and surface area which means they stir-fry particularly well, easily getting coated in delicious flavours and holding their shape.
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New Zealand Spinach (Organic)
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Cultivated as leafy vegetable that can be used like spinach. Hardy and succulent vegetable that is similar to spinach in taste and texture and can be used in cooking and salads. It is frost-tender but ready for harvest when true spinach will have long gone.
It’s relatively easy to grow and very ornamental with its triangular shaped leaves and a trailing growth habit.
(Approximate seed count – 60)£1.95 -
Flower Sprouts – White Winter (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2027***
£2.50 Add to basketFlower Sprouts – White Winter (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2027***
An open pollinated breeding population of flower sprouts (similar to kalettes). This variety has been developed by the folks at the BC Eco Seed Coop in Canada. Here’s what they have to say about it:
“About 10 years ago we crossed a Brussels sprout with a variety of ornamental hybrid and open pollinated kales. Since then we have been selecting for a very winter hardy white laced kale that produces beautiful white sprouts in the winter and early spring. From a June planting, the large green leaves can be used as you would collards in the late summer and fall. After frost, the small inner white streaked leaves develop a sweet flavour and can be added to salads. From mid winter to early spring white sprouts can be harvested from the stalks to stir fry or use in salads. This is still a diverse landrace with a fair bit of variation in leaf shape and colour as well as distribution of sprouts on stalk. We have had fun trying to tame and refine this breeding project over the years, and wanted to release it so you might try your hand at seed selection too.”
OSSI (Open Source Seed Initiative) Pledged Variety.
(Approximate seed count – 200)£2.50 -
Spinach – Vital Flock (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2027***
£2.80 Add to basketSpinach – Vital Flock (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2027***
A breeding population of spinach created using four of our favourite varieties – sow it and see what you get!. We crossed Giant Winter, Matador, Abundant Bloomsdale and Merlo Nero to create this genetically diverse variety (sometimes known as a flock). It’s currently in the F1 generation which means the first generation after the original cross was made. If you save seeds from these plants they will be the F2, and then next time F3 etc.
Give it a go and breed your own spinach variety adapted to your local conditions.
(Approximate seed count – 300)£2.80 -
Chicory – Wild Garden II (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2027***
£2.20 Add to basketChicory – Wild Garden II (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2027***
A diverse mix of culinary chicory varieties. Another great breeding mix from the folks at Wild Garden Seeds. From Frank Morton’s description:
“This is a restart of our Wild Garden Chicory Mix, created by growing a mixture of 11 chicory varieties to seed together.
This second incantation of the Wild Garden Chicory Mix is comprised of the original WGS population, the original Italian varieties, and the varietal hybrids, many of which are striking in form and pigmentation, all of them delicious and unique as an autumn/winter salad mix.
Add chervil, chickweed, and cress, and you have the best holiday seasonal salad around. Farm Original Variety! OSSI (Open Source Seed Initiative) Pledged Variety.”
(Approximate seed count – 100)£2.20
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