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  • Grenoble Red Winter LettuceGrenoble Red Winter Lettuce

    Winter Lettuce – Grenoble Red (Organic)

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    Winter Lettuce – Grenoble Red (Organic)

    Robust Batavia variety forming a loose head with slightly frilled, maroon tinged leaves. Grenoble Red or Rouge Grenobloise is a Batavian heirloom lettuce with waffled leaves that are tinged with a maroon colour. It’s tolerant to the cold and has an ability to grow for longer than most varieties when its outer leaves are repeatedly picked off. While it is an excellent winter variety, it can also be sown in the spring and summer too.

    (Approximate seed count – 200)

    £1.98
  • Perpetual spinach/ Erbette ChardPerpetual spinach/ Erbette Chard

    Chard – Perpetual spinach/ Erbette (Organic)

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    Chard – 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.

    £2.20£4.40
  • Solara CourgetteSolara Courgette

    Courgette – Solara (Organic)

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    Courgette – Solara (Organic)

    A bright yellow variety producing an abundance of fruits over a long period. Solara is a fantastic modern open-pollinated yellow fruited courgette. We are really impressed with how productive and uniform this variety is compared to other yellow varieties we have tried and they taste superb. A couple of plants will keep you well fed throughout the summer.
    (Approximate seed count – 20)

    £2.95
  • Purple Delicacy Kohlrabi

    Kohlrabi – Purple Delicacy (Organic)

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    Kohlrabi – Purple Delicacy (Organic)

    A very attractive purple heritage variety, fast growing and well suited to early and late plantings due to its cold hardiness. Delikatess Blue is certainly our shining star for early and late season crops. It grows fast and consistently and is ready to harvest after 8-12 weeks. Although sometimes considered a root vegetable, kohlrabi is actually the swollen stem of the plant. The whole plant can be eaten, the large leaves can be cooked like kale and smaller leaves make a pretty and very tasty addition to salads. The stem can be cooked in various ways, steamed, stir fried, baked etc, but to be honest we think it tastes better raw. Eaten raw it is similar to apple in taste and texture but with a slightly nuttier flavour. This variety is best harvested when tennis ball-sized as it can become woody when left to grow much larger.

    (Approximate seed count – 125)

    £2.20
  • Fine Speckled Oak LettuceFine Speckled Oak Lettuce

    Lettuce – Fine Speckled Oak (Organic)

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    Lettuce – Fine Speckled Oak (Organic)

    Fantastic and unusual oak-leaf lettuce, covered thickly in fine speckles of crimson. Fine Speckled Oak was one of Fred’s favourites in our 2018 lettuce trials. It was super healthy and had very consistent growth throughout the population. At full maturity it forms a dense colourful heart. An attractive and vigorous lettuce bred by Wild Garden Seed in Oregon, USA, that we are very pleased to offer in our catalogue.
    (Approximate seed count – 175)

    £2.00
  • Swiss ChardSwiss Chard

    Chard – White (Organic)

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    Chard – White (Organic)

    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
  • Elf Ears Oak LettuceElf Ears Oak Lettuce

    Lettuce – Elf Ears Oak (Organic)

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    Lettuce – Elf Ears Oak (Organic)

    An oak-leaf lettuce with pointy elongated ‘ear’ tips and a crispy texture. Elf Ears Oak is a tasty and beautiful lettuce with slightly savoyed leaves that have an elongated tip and a dense compact heart. The leaves almost resemble a dandelion in terms of shape but the good taste, sweetness and crunch make it a superior salad ingredient. It was bred by Frank Morten from Wild Garden Seed in Oregon, USA.

    £2.00£3.90
  • Bull's Blood BeetrootBull's Blood Beetroot

    Beetroot – Bull’s Blood (Organic)

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    Beetroot – 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
  • Red Salad Bowl LettuceRed Salad Bowl Lettuce

    Lettuce – Red Salad Bowl (Organic)

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    Lettuce – Red Salad Bowl (Organic)

    Fast growing lettuce with long, burgundy red and deeply cut leaves.. This lettuce is known for its excellent taste and resistance to bolt. It has a non-heading growth habit with sweet, succulent oakleaf type leaves. We love it for its tenderness and cheerfulness in salads. As the name suggests one lettuce is usually enough to fill a whole salad bowl.

    Best grown in spring, early summer and fall. However it can be grown in the hotter summer months too as it’s slow to bolt.

    ‘Red Salad Bowl’ was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit (AGM) in 1993.
    (Approximate seed count – 250)

    £1.98£3.00
  • Dwarf Mix ZinniaDwarf Mix Zinnia

    Zinnia – Dwarf Mix (Organic)

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    Zinnia – Dwarf Mix (Organic)

    A staple flower for the garden, bright coloured blooms on straight stalks. This dwarf mix of Zinnias grow to around 30cm tall. They produce blooms of varying shades of pink, adored by bees and butterflies. We love to plant zinnias in among our vegetable crops. The dwarf varieties take up less space but are equally beautiful to their taller cousins.
    (Approximate seed count – 100)

    £1.85
  • Goldana Turnip

    Turnip – Goldana (Organic)

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    Turnip – Goldana (Organic)

    An improved version of the Golden Ball turnip, creamy-yellow flesh, suited for spring and autumn sowing. Turnips are very traditional vegetables which, unlike most of the vegetables we eat, are native to Europe. For some reason they are not as popular as they used to be.

    Goldana is a tasty maincrop variety with a uniform golden round shape, probably one of the mildest and sweetest varieties that you can find. It is quick to grow and doesn’t need much attention. “Get them in, get them out” is what Fred says. He likes them in soups or stews but they can also be roasted, mashed or grated into a slaw or salad.
    (Approximate seed count – 400)

    £1.65
  • Superschmelz KohlrabiSuperschmelz Kohlrabi

    Kohlrabi – Superschmelz (Organic)

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    Kohlrabi – Superschmelz (Organic)

    A light-green kohlrabi that will remain tender and sweet to a huge size. If left to grow it can reach up to 8kg. It is resistant to bolting and splitting.

    Fred has been growing Superschmelz kohlrabi for years. “It gets huge, it stores really well AND it stays tasty and crunchy!” is his verdict.

    We think kohlrabi is best eaten raw in salads or straight from the garden. It is also nice pickled or added to stews and stir fries.
    (Approximate seed count – 100)

    £2.20

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