Farm Seed Seeds For Sale In Newfoundland And Labrador

A fixture in Mexican salsa verde, the mildly hot green sauce served with tacos and chile rellenos. Resembles green tomatoes and ground cherries, but neither is a substitute for the tomatillo.

Both leaves and flowers are edible. Leaves, when crushed, are strongly anise-scented. Brewed, it is known to help with digestion and congestion. Attractive honey plant with masses of white flower spikes, rich in nectar.

(Carline thistle) Root is used as a liver, gall bladder and kidney tonic, and an ingredient in Swedish Bitters. Large stemless flower with creamy-yellow centre and silver bracts is excellent for dried arrangements.

(Bishopsweed) Known to the ancient Egyptians as a treatment for skin diseases this humble wild plant of the Nile valley was recently catapulted to the forefront of modern cancer research.

Ideally suited for grazing and it is common to obtain 4-6 tons of dry matter per acre of this high-energy feed. Turnips have a high leaf to stem ratio and and provide very high concentrations of protein, sugar content and leaf yields.

(Love-in-a-mist) Finely divided leaves create a mist effect surrounding the lovely blue flowers. Seeds stored with clothing repel insects. Seeds used in curries and bread, although its close cousin black cumin is better.

A good gargle for mouth and throat sores. Indians made a wash for skin problems including skin cancer and venereal sores. (Red root) Used as a tea substitute during the American Revolution.

Start early indoors, plant out with support. Can be eaten without fear of indigestion, stomach pains or heartburn. Long, slender fruit with an edible peel.

Sweet tiny tomatoes. Not commercially cultivated. Heirloom native from Brazil.

Excellent salad green, with ruffled leaves and a nice sweet spicy flavour. Unlike some other fresh greens, the curled leaves don't easily fall flat in tossed salads. Very quick and easy to grow.

Leaves used by Hopi Indians to flavour wild game. Young foliage is strongly lemon-scented and excellent in tea. Attractive native of the American southwest with pink-purple flowers.

Beautiful hallucinogenic plants from South America where they have a history of shamanic ritual use for divination, prophecy and sorcery. They are also used externally in the form of poultices or ointments for the treatment of aches, pains, arthritis,...

Fragrance similar to that of ripe apples.

(Lablab) Most of this legume vine from India is edible: the pods, leaves, flowers, dried seeds, sprouted seeds and roots are all commonly eaten in India. In traditional Chinese medicine it is used as a tonic and for the treatment of dysentery, bloody...

Edible leaves can be added to salads. When dried its silver dollar-like seed pods make attractive winter decorations. (Money plant) Curiously, it symbolizes both honesty and money.

Succulent leaves are popular in France for salads, cooked greens or in soups. Much improved over its wild relative. Good summer green performing best in hot weather. Leaves are a light golden colour.

(Coastal wormwood; San Juan mugwort) Beautiful silvery-green mugwort with a pleasant sage scent. It is more yin-like, and burning moxa made with this mugwort helps to soothe the nerves and induces a truly remarkable experience of "surrender" and of "tearing...

Indeed, this is one very impressive herb native to England. A fine selection for flower beds, borders and containers. Flowers may be brewed into a tea, and aromatic leaves can be dried for potpourri.

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.

Amerindian herb, used as a general tonic, emetic, diuretic, and for coughs, asthma and gonorrhea.

(Yard long bean; Dow gauk) Stringless bean with a mildly sweet flavour. Beans will grow from 60cm/2ft-90cm/3ft long but pick them when they're tender (40cm/16in long). Excellent stir fried.

Winter annual protects and improves soil! Plant fall or early spring. A good nitrogen fixer (70-150 lbs per acre per year). Showy crimson blooms in late spring are an excellent source of nectar for bees.

Matures in 60 days. Improves top soil and an effective choke weed! Plant late spring to early summer. Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench): Cool Season, Grain, Annual, Upright growth habit, Enhances soil P availability,Crude protein: straw 5%, grain...

Ht. 30-90cm/1-3ft. Very tolerant of drought and a good plant for xeriscaping. Requires well-drained soil but prefers low fertility. Likely because of its antiseptic properties, it was used by Native Americans like other sagebrushes to treat colds, diarrhea...

Produces masses of rosy pink flowers on mounds of aromatic grey green foliage. Ht. 60cm/24”.

Also used to make Chartreuse, the famous liqueur made by the Carthusian monks in the mountains of France, Low mat-forming plant with grey felt-like leaves; excellent for rock gardens.

Flowers and stems are used to produce greenish-yellow and olive dyes. Restores normal rhythm to feeble, irregular heartbeat but large doses cause respiratory paralysis. Infusion of the dried tops is recommended for dropsy as well as bladder and kidney...