Organic Seeds Herbs For Sale In Iowa

Tender annual 14-20 in. This uniform, slow to bolt, classic basil variety has a concentrated flavor and fine, sweet fragrance and is fantastic for seasonings, salads, garnishes and pesto.

Harvest young fruits at 8cm/2-3” for making pickles. Mature fruits are attractive, smooth skinned, medium green in colour 18cm/6-7” long, 5cm/2” diameter. Bitter free cucumber at all slicing stages.

In China the root is used to treat autoimmune diseases and cancer. There is strong evidence that it has direct immunomodulating effects by controlling the cytokines that mediate immune response.

This traditional paste variety is used in most Italian recipes and thought to make the world's finest sauce. This indeterminate heirloom variety yields large plants with a heavy crop of richly flavored fruit.

Stalks are pure white, crisp and very tender. Grows 25cm/10” in 45 days. Try bite-sized slices stir fried with tofu, meat and seasonings. Leaves are thick and glossy with a hint of mustard flavour.

This unique cultivar forms a beautiful, compact rosette of oak-shaped leaves with sweet, succulent midribs. Leaf texture is between the standard oak leaf (crispy) and a butter-head (soft, buttery).

Fruits mature from a beautiful translucent white to pale yellow to scarlet red, and are delicious in any colour. They are great used in mixed colours in stirfries, salads and fresh veggie trays.

This easy to grow, perennial heirloom grows in mounded clumps and can be tucked into any small space in the garden near the kitchen. Harvest the greens with mild onion flavor for use on baked potatoes, fish and egg dishes.

Delicious raw or stewed, and in salsa verde. Fruits are large, up to 5cm/2" across. Considered by many to be the best flavoured tomatillo. A traditional variety that produces deep, wine-stained fruit, sweeter than other varieties.

Ht. 2m/70-80in. The ornamental effect is so stunning it belies the fact that this is first and foremost a food plant. The young leaves are tender and can be steamed or cooked in soups and the seeds can be ground into flour.

The bright red flesh is very sweet. The leaves are also speckled. An heirloom variety with large 40-pound dark-green oval fruits speckled with bright-yellow star and moon-shaped splashes.

Slower to bolt than roquette. (Wild arugula) Wild relative of the ever popular roquette or arugula salad green. Leaves can be used fresh or added to pasta dishes. Grows to 30-38cm/12-15in in any good well-drained soil in full sun.

The meaty tomatoes are not the prettiest around but they get up to 1-2 pounds in size. His beefsteak-like variety was in such demand because it produced so well. Called the "Mortgage Lifter" because, in the 1920s, William Estler in Virginia was able to...

Planting and Harvesting Tips: Plants require full sun to light shade and a well-drained soil to thrive. Prune back to encourage compact growth. Transplant outside after the last frost, spacing 6- to 12-inches apart in all directions.

Sets double pods, very productive vines over a long period of time. Height 60cm/24-30”. Freezes well, retaining the full, sweet flavour and colour. Light green, smooth edible pods 10cm/4” long by 2cm/3/4”diameter with a mild flavour good for eating...

Requires a long hot growing season. Tea made with the fleshy calyces has a lemony flavour and beautiful ruby colour. Refreshing hot or iced. (Hibiscus) Lovely flowers known throughout the tropics for their flavouring qualities.

Heat: 100,000-350,000 Scoville units. Wrinkled lantern-shaped pods are used fresh or dried in salsas, chutneys, marinades. Thrives in hot sunny spots, a little on the dry side. Piping hot white habanero chile.

Chinese herbalists say this herb expels ‘wind' and promotes ‘eruption.' Helps to lower temperature and promote sweating. It also has an antibacterial action. (Jing jie) Chinese herb used to treat the common cold and its symptoms, chills, sore throat,...

Vigorous productive vine produces straight, deep green fruit, 20cm/8” long, bright white flesh with bitter-free flavour. Excellent for slicing, in salads and also used for pickling when small.

Compact, narrow foliage; flowers lavender-blue.

This dependable, cold-hardy hybrid produces stocky towers of tender round Brussels sprouts sweetened by frosts in the fall. Plant in early August to harvest for your Thanksgiving feast.

Fruit will reach about 6 in. The straight, symmetrical fruit has an attractive color and firm, tender, tasty flesh. Long when fully grown. This variety is very productive. Sumter Cucumbers are the most popular pickling cucumber for pickles of all sizes.

Use shortly after harvest — flavor is lost quickly! Collect seed later in the season as the flower heads mature. Thin seedlings 12-18 in. Draws in beneficial insects and people with its wonderful scent.

For best flavor, pick young leaves in the early morning when aromatic oils are at their flavorful peak. Leaves are ready to harvest after the first growing season. Move seedlings outside when the soil begins to warm and all danger of frost has passed.

Tomatoes can get up to a whopping 2 pounds. Indeterminate vines. The juicy sweet yellow flesh has streaks of pink and red radiating throughout, making each slice a unique canvas. Beefsteak heirloom variety with massive ribbed yellow, orange and red fruits.

A delicious addition to the summer salad bowl, green striped fruits with golden blush are full of tart, luscious flavour. Not an heirloom, but deserving a place with them, it produces 3-4 oz fruits over a long season.

Excellent for flavouring and garnishes. Suitable for home gardens and commercial production. Dense dark green doubly curled leaves.