Organic Seeds Plants For Sale In Athens Clarke County

Chile fans say this variety is better than the traditional jalapeno variety for smoked chipotles. Pods start off green, turn jet black, and slowly ripen to red. Heat: 2,500 Scoville units.

An old English cultivar from the 1700s that was once found only in the gardens of the wealthy. Start seeds early. The stalks are thinner than modern celery and the flavour is more robust.

It is not grown for the dry soybeans but rather for the tender green pods that are eaten like snap beans. (Edamame; Vegetable soybean) This is an heirloom soybean used to make the Japanese side dish, edamame.

Rubbing with fresh leaves before roasting improves all strong meats. Leaves add strong, spicy flavour to soups, sauces, stuffings, stews. A must in German potato soup. Use plant tops to dye wool in shades of yellow, orange, brown and grey.

Abundant dark blue-green foliage is produced on late bolting plants. Certified Organic Seed. Use seeds for pickling. Use leaves in various dishes for flavoring.

Leaves are thick and glossy with a hint of mustard flavour. (Bok choy) Popular standard ingredient in many Chinese dishes like chow mein and wonton soup. Try bite-sized slices stir fried with tofu, meat and seasonings.

Heirloom variety of rose-coloured with white radish with crisp, tender mildly pungent flavour that is wonderful in salads, sliced thin on buttered bread, as a garnish or appetizer.

A nitrogen-fixing legume, it is an excellent green manure plant that will improve soil fertility and boost organic content. The tea has been used for coughs, colds and fever. The young leaves picked before the flowers appear can be used raw in salads.

Highly productive bush bean producing deep green, stringless, fleshy tender pods of excellent quality, terrific for eating raw with dips or lightly steamed and served whole.

Very resistant to bolting. Suited for both field production and yearround greenhouse production. Uniform, dark green variety for fresh market production.

Heirloom variety from the 1800s. Early summer variety. Curved, club shaped fruit grows to 22cm/9” long with golden-yellow skin and creamy texture with a nutty sweet flavour, that can be eaten raw with dips, steamed, grilled, or poached in broth and...

An attractive Indian heirloom corn with kernels that come in a medley of red, brown, gold and cream colours. Can be used for popcorn. But what's really striking about this corn are the unique red and white stalks and husks that make great displays in...

Used sliced fresh at all stages in salads or as crudite, steamed or sauteed with herbs and garlic, grilled on the barbeque or in tantalizing zucchini bread. Young blossoms are edible as well! 55 days.

Good for freezing and canning. High yielding, with tender, meaty flat pods, slow to develop fibre and seeds.

For fresh use as “dillweed”, or allowed to go to seed for dill pickles. Finely cut foliage.

The dark green leaves with attractive red midribs are picked young, when less than 25cm/10in high. The taste is agreeably bitter with an underlying base of sweetness. Sow direct in spring like leaf lettuce.

Rich in vitamin A, this early maturing, brilliant orange colour, coreless crispy variety is of exceptional sweet flavour! Great for juicing, freezing or fresh use.

Said to increase bodily resistance to infection by strengthening the immune system. Rich reddish-purple daisies appear from July to September. (Coneflower) Highly regarded blood purifier used in the treatment of diseases caused by impurities.

For fresh use as dillweed, or allowed to go to seed for dill pickles. Finely cut foliage. Dwarf, compact version of dill.

Our favourite type because flavour is extra rich. Deeply cut, bright green leaves with excellent flavour. Standard variety for flavouring, slightly earlier maturing than above. Adds true European character to soups and stews.

Standard curled variety. Bright green, deeply cut and finely divided leaves.

Japanese favourite for sukiyaki-like dishes. (Japanese mustard) Attractive, finely-cut curled leaf mustard with pleasant, mild flavour. Unlike other mustards, will regrow after cutting.

In 1998 Johns Hopkins University declared broccoli sprouts and other crucifer sprouts to be particularly high in sulforaphane, a glucosinolate shown to have a variety of health benefits.

A commercial Italian variety bred for compactness and uniformity. Excellent for pot production or for field production. Very attractive. Leaves are dark green, somewhat smaller than standard sweet varieties.

Romaine lettuce that forms long, deep green, upright leaves with that delicious juicy crunch, creamy white midriffs that are sweet and crisp. Heat tolerant, heavy heads. Great for use in sandwiches, salads, garnish or wraps.

Long time standard honey dew variety for home gardens and farms. The sweet flesh is a luscious lime-green with high sugar content, and seed cavities are small so you get plenty of flesh per fruit.