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Chard – Peppermint (Organic)
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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 – 200)
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Chard – Perpetual spinach/ Erbette (Organic)
£2.20 Add to basketChard – Perpetual spinach/ Erbette (Organic)
A traditional Italian variety with narrow leaves and a pale midrib. Perpetual spinach or beet leaf is actually a part of the chard family. It tastes similar to spinach but is slightly earthier in flavour.
Hardy, easy to grow and bolt-resistant in its first season it makes a good replacement for true spinach where growing conditions are difficult.
A very versatile cut-and-come-again leaf that can be used for salad mixes, as a leafy green in pies, pastry and pizza or just steamed or blanched on the side of your meal.
(Approximate seed count – 200)£2.20 -
Chicory – Catalogna Gigante di Chioggia (SM4.32) (Organic)
£2.20 Add to basketChicory – Catalogna Gigante di Chioggia (SM4.32) (Organic)
Leaf chicory best used as a delicious sautéing green. Catalogna Gigante di Chioggia – also known as dandelion greens – is an open leaf chicory type which is similar to wild chicory.
The leaves make some of the best sautéing greens around, sweet with a slight bitter edge. They can be blanched in salty water to remove some of the bitterness if desired. Drain and fry up with garlic and chilli for a truly delicious side dish.
More forgiving to grow than some other chicory/radicchio types.
(Approximate seed count – 100)£2.20 -
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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Asian Greens – Mizuna (Organic)
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A variety of mustard greens. Mizuna is a vigorous grower, producing an abundance of stalks with green deeply serrated leaves. Mizuna has a mild piquant almost peppery taste and can be used raw in salads and also as a cooked green. It is highly resistant to the cold and can be grown throughout the winter, making those cold, short days and long nights feel healthier and a little bit spicier! The pretty yellow sprays of flowers can also be a bright addition to a salad with the same mustardy hit.
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Sorrel – French (Organic)
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A zesty perennial herb with bright green shield-shaped leaves and citrusy aroma. French sorrel grows in clumps of 15cm high by 20cm wide. It is easy to grow and easy to pick. Developed in Italy and France in the Middle Ages, the tangy and slightly tart taste packs a punch. Use as a herb, salad leaf or leafy green. Perfect for adding an edge to rich and heavy meals.
(Approximate seed count – 350)£2.20 -
Chard – Magenta Sunset (Organic)
£2.30 Add to basketChard – Magenta Sunset (Organic)
This chard makes a stunning leafy green with stems of orange and magenta . ‘Magenta Sunset’ has its name from the showy coloration that ranges from bright pink over crimson to deep burgundy contrasting the dark green leaves typically growing to a height of 30-60 cm. It is versatile that adds ornamental and culinary value to gardens and container growing. It can be harvested throughout the growing season and makes a delicious and nutritious addition to salads, soups, and stir-fries.
Our favourite way of eating it is as a side dish steamed with melted butter and a pinch of pepper and salt.
(Approximate seed count – 200)£2.30 -
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)£2.50 -
Chard – White (Organic)
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A classic variety with glossy dark green leaves and thick white stems. If you need a leafy vegetable that ‘just grows’ Swiss Chard is a garden essential. From two sowings, one in the Spring and one in the Autumn, you can have chard almost all year round. In Fred’s words “Chard is just always there, even if you don’t want it, it’s still there”.
This variety is robust, vigorous and very productive. You can use the stem and the leaf separately as they have different cooking qualities. Ronja’s favourite recipe is with the whole plant. Sauté onions in some oil with a bit of chilli and the Swiss chard, add some cooked white butter beans, serve with cheese on top – just delicious!
(Approximate seed count – 200)£2.30 -
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 -
Chicory – Radicchio Treviso Late (SM4.75 – Forcing) (Organic)
£2.50 Add to basketChicory – Radicchio Treviso Late (SM4.75 – Forcing) (Organic)
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)
£2.30 Add to basketBeetroot – Bull’s Blood (Organic)
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
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