Farm Seed Seeds For Sale In Guelph

Great for underseeding with a legume. Uses: Erosion prevention, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter, Weed Suppresion The oats stay green into November and form a mulched bed for spring planting.

Ht. 50-60cm/20-24. Lovely ornamental lavender grown as an annual in flowerbeds, planters, and baskets. Blooms all summer. Set against its soft aromatic fern-like green leaves are masses of bright blue lavender flowers.

A wild flower in much of North America. A food and medicine plant going back to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans who used the roots and the young shoots in spring like dandelion.

Juice of plant can be added to soaps to make an effective poison ivy-fighting soap. When applied liberally to affected skin, it works almost immediately to soothe and help to reduce the itchy rash caused by poison ivy's irritant oils.

Striking head of star-like pistils, suspended by delicate cup-like calyces.

The leaves are wonderfully lemony and can be brewed into a delicious refreshing tea. The plant also has potent herbicidal properties, and new herbicides now on the market were inspired by compounds found in it.

In India a renewable bio-fuel is made from the seeds. (Termite plant; Babantsi; Bio-diesel plant) Impressive-looking small tree cultivated as an ornamental throughout Africa. Used externally for skin parasites, venereal disease, herpes, and as a dressing...

They are not easy to grow from seeds but if everyone plants a few seeds maybe we can slow the loss of this special wild plant. (Wood leek; Wild onion; Ramps) Wild leeks -- also known as ramps or wild onions -- are a prized woodland delicacy in eastern...

Uses: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppression Great for livestock forage, but should be grazed only when mature and never after a frost as it turns toxic.

Please call 1-877-564-6697 to place orders to Canada.Cut the plants near the base when most of the green color has turned brown and the seeds are hardening (no longer milky).If anything you purchase from us proves unsatisfactory, we will either replace...

Good for stir-fries, stuffings, pickles, and raw in salads. The fruits go from green to yellow, to orange and red as the fruits ripen, but they are best used when bright yellow. Often called banana pepper, this is a milder version of the 'Hungarian Hot...

Easy to grow shrub or small tree; nice compact bushy habit. Used by South American Indians to paint their bodies red. Seeds are source of natural bright-yellow food colouring, used in butter, margarine, cheese and other foods.

Can reach as high as 150cm/60in. Large tropical-looking foliage. Oil extracted from the seeds of the green form is a commonly used laxative for temporary constipation and acute diarrhea.

Repeat sowings till mid-August for continuous supply. (Mache; Feldsalat) Frequently found in summer salads in France and Germany. Ready to use when 3-4 leaves have developed. Pleasant alternative to lettuce or endive, possessing its own special piquant...

In Chinese medicine the bark is used for diarrhea, dysentery, and flatulence. Excellent for stir fries, especially with egg, and for pickling and seasoning. Also suitable for sprouts and ‘microherb' production.

In Indonesia, milk, tempeh and tofu are made from the dried beans. From Papua and New Guinea but widely cultivated throughout the tropics. Distinctive pods have four wings along their lengths and can be eaten like string beans.

Sow early to midspring or in late summer (best time for weed competition), 1/2 lb./1,000 sq.ft. (15-20 lb./acre) alone. Specific charges will be displayed during checkout.Sow the seeds at the time and rate specified in the product description.

Melons keep for 1-2 months. Delicious served hot with spaghetti sauce, cheese or butter, or chilled in salads. Egg-shaped squash with flesh that really does look like spaghetti.

Roasting directions included with each order. Large roots, roasted and ground, can be adulterated with your favourite brand or enjoyed alone as a nourishing caffeine-free drink. Coffee substitute costing pennies a pound.

Attractive New Zealand shrub called the Tea Plant by Captain Cook because of the agreeably bitter tea his men made from the leaves. Traditional Maori remedy for kidney and bladder complaints, and to combat the miseries of the common cold.

(Rose milkweed)

Controversially, the bark contains cephalanthin, a compound that is both a poison and a source of its healing powers. (Honeyball; Honey bells) A handsome native shrub found growing in wet areas of eastern North America.

Dark green leaves, bushy habit, and slow to bolt. Excellent for dillweed production. Finely cut foliage. For fresh use as dillweed, or allowed to go to seed for dill pickles.

Maintain at 10-15°C/50-60°F until germination is complete. Requires a cold period (4-5 weeks at 5°C/40°F) or 24 hours in 40-70 ppm gibberellic acid for success. Difficult to germinate: viability is usually quite low, never exceeding 40%.

Not invasive like other thistles; a protected wildflower in Germany. (Carline thistle) Root is used as a liver, gall bladder and kidney tonic, and an ingredient in Swedish Bitters.

This flat-leaved form of chervil has been used in Europe for centuries. Use it wherever parsley is used -- you can't go wrong with it. Like parsley, the fresh leaves are chopped and added at the last minute to traditional spring soups.

Germination will take about two weeks, with bloom about two months after that, and harvest a month later, about one hundred days from planting. Canada is a major producer of linseed.