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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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Swede – Willhelmsburger (Organic)
£1.60 Add to basketSwede – Willhelmsburger (Organic)
A well-formed, firm-fleshed and smooth-skinned swede, refined in taste and with good keeping qualities. Swede is a very valuable winter vegetable and easy to grow.
Wilhelmsburger is a German variety from 1935 bred for culinary use. Ronja’s favourite recipe for swede is a bake with a creamy sauce and goats cheese. It will also make a great addition in stews or just roasted.
(Approximate seed count – 275)£1.60 -
Daikon Radish (Organic)
£2.20 Add to basketDaikon Radish (Organic)
This is a great variety of Daikon radish, also known as Mooli, for sowing in July and August producing long bright white roots which are crunchy and delicious. Its roots can grow huge – up to 3 inches in diameter! It is not too hot and stays very sweet and crunchy. It’s best left in the ground until needed. We have some disagreement on the best way to eat daikons; Fred likes to eat it raw and Ronja’s favourite way is to eat it fermented or pickled. Try both and see what works best for you!
(Approximate seed count – 150)£2.20 -
Radish – Black Spanish (Organic)
£2.30 Add to basketRadish – Black Spanish (Organic)
Large round winter radish with thick black skin and white flesh. This radish is an old variety that is easy to grow and makes an excellent winter vegetable. It is larger than the standard radish with a spicy taste and crisp texture. It’s great eaten raw in salads or cooked in a stew, stir-fry or used like a turnip. It’s a reliable and robust radish that will keep throughout the winter outside or in storage, staying tender and without getting woody.
Sow thickly in July or August and thing out for small early harvests.
(Approximate seed count – 250)£2.30 -
Beetroot – Cylindra (Organic)
£2.30 Add to basketBeetroot – Cylindra (Organic)
A distinctive, very attractive variety which forms long, thin cylindrical beets . Deep purple, and typically 20cm tall, and 6cm diameter, but like any beet, can get very large with enough room. They look great in the veg patch, at the market and also on your plate! Very suitable as a main crop and has excellent storage capability.
Guest description by our friend Dan from Chagfood CSA
(Approximate seed count – 200)£2.30 -
Turnip – Goldana (Organic)
£1.65 Add to basketTurnip – 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 -
Onion – Red Baron (Organic)
£2.25Out of stock. Join the waitlist to be notified when this product becomes available.Onion – Red Baron (Organic)
A mid-late variety with deep red skin, suitable for storage as well as bunching when young. Red Baron is a classic red onion producing large globe-shaped bulbs with a punchy flavour. They can be grown as a main-crop onion but are also suitable for bunching when picked young.
(Approximate seed count – 350)£2.25 -
Carrot – Fantasia (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2027***
£2.50 Add to basketCarrot – Fantasia (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2027***
A colourful breeding population of carrots featuring a mix of colours including orange, purple, yellow, and combinations of each. This is a mix originally bred by the Organic Seed Alliance in the USA. You can read more about it here (https://seedalliance.org/2022/digging-for-carrots-at-the-end-of-the-rainbow/).
This is very much a ‘work-in-progress’ so we can’t guarantee any specific mix as we are figuring it out ourselves too.
Sow it and see what comes… it will definitely be carrots!
(Approximate seed count – 300)£2.50 -
Swede – Devon Champion (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2027***
£1.75 Add to basketSwede – Devon Champion (Organic) ***NEW FOR 2027***
A traditional variety of swede from Devon renowned for its excellent eating qualities. We are super-excited to be able to offer this traditional variety of swede which had been assumed to have gone extinct after being dropped from all the seed catalogues many years ago.
We were thrilled when a local grower contacted us after reading this article (https://wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/opinion/devon-champion-lost-forever/) and said that he had been stewarding this variety for years, and would we like some seeds?
He said that this fabulous swede had been grown by his family for probably four generations in various farms around Devon, in Ashburton, Bovey Tracy, and Kingsbridge.
(Approximate seed count – 275)£1.75
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