Organic Seeds Plants For Sale In Chesapeake

The demand for fresh wheatgrass juice is growing, and businesses have emerged to supply frozen cubes of wheatgrass juice to the many people who have decided to do something about their health.

Highly resistant to common fungal diseases. Open headed romaine with gorgeous pomegranate-red leaves.

Perfect for relish trays, salads and snacking. Indeterminate, vigorous vines with heavy foliage. Some staking required. Yellow currant-sized fruits grow in clusters, and have intense sweet flavour, and are less acidic than the red variety.

The fruits get up to 4kg/10lb in size and store well, keeping their flavour through the winter. The skin is blue-green and shiny, and the flesh is deep orange, succulent and sweet.

A sleek oblong medium-sized tomato with wavy orange-yellow streaks. The flesh is sweet, meaty and firm, with few seeds. Indeterminate habit; needs support. Heavy producer. It was an accidental cross between two heirlooms, Antique Roman and Banana Legs,...

Heavy-yielding, resistant to yellow stripe virus. 120 days to maturity. Indispensable in soups, casserole and salads, Bandit is an excellent selection for the garden. A reliable leek with attractive dark green-blue leaves and firm white shaft.

As the name suggests this is a giant spinach that will tower up to 2m/6ft if you let it, but the young shoots are best gathered when plants are just 20cm/8in tall. High in vitamins A and C and rich in calcium and iron.

Very tender, delicious flavour and crunch. Succulent leaves used in salads, stir frys, sauteed or in casseroles. Real show stoppers in the garden and for flower arrangements. Beautiful technicolour ornamental edible Swiss chard with big bright green leaves...

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

Unlike other varieties, the flesh stays firm and white even when the bulbs get large. A first-class German variety with light-coloured bulbs and creamy-white flesh.

Ht. 15-30cm/6-12" It has been shown to have powerful anticancer properties with great promise. It attacks cancer cells without damaging healthy cells, quite unlike most chemotherapy drugs in use today.

Known as when dried by smoking. Heat: 2,500-8,000 Scoville units. Used fresh either green or ripe red in salsa, stews, breads, sauces, dips, or just about anything that needs spicing up.

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

‘Longstanding' is the strain commonly grown in North America for fresh leaves. (Chinese parsley) The piquant flavour of fresh coriander leaves, so essential in authentic Chinese and Latin American cuisines, has become very popular in recent years.

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

Ht. 25-60cm/10-24". Plants are taller, more vigorous and higher yielding. All-America Selection for 2015. Excellent for Asian stir-fries or fresh-chopped in salads, omelettes or anywhere regular chives are used.

Tea is a popular nightcap, as it induces a good night's sleep. Remedy for colds and fevers. Favourite of cat lovers, for cats relish the intoxicating leaves.

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. Fruits are large, up to 6 lbs, with a pale-green rind that ripens to light gold.

Heat: 5,000-30,000 Scoville units. The curving fruits look a little like swimming fish. This pepper has been grown by the African-American community around Philadelphia and Baltimore for years, where its heat and full-bodied flavour are treasured for...

(Wormseed; Mexican tea) A rising culinary star! Essential in traditional Mexican and South American cooking, especially bean dishes and soups, and in contemporary Latino fusion fare.

Of seed per ounce. Low calorie and high in fiber, Mung Beans have a crisp nutty flavor that can be stir-fried or eaten raw in salads. Mung bean sprouts have been cultivated in the orient for thousands of years.

It is slow to bolt so the harvest period can last months. Young leaves can be added raw to salads and larger leaves are steamed, stir-fried or sauteed with olive oil and garlic or onion.

Colour persists at any temperature or age. A salad onion that adds an unmistakeable splash of colour and flavour to any dish. Royal Horticultural Society Award Winner in 2010. (Onion green; Bunching onion) Attractive green stalks look like they have been...

Sage tea gargle is valuable for sore throat. Grey-green pebbly leaves, pale blue flowers The most commonly grown culinary variety. Also in homemade sausage, omelettes, cheese and bean dishes.

A nitrogen-fixing legume, it is an excellent green manure plant that will improve soil fertility and boost organic content. The young flowers can be used in salads too. Like red clover, the dried flowers can be used for tea.

Sending its roots down 20 feet, it aerates and enriches the soil by fixing nitrogen. Young leaves and sprouts are added to sandwiches and salads. Useful as a stimulating, tonic herb, it is contraindicated in autoimmune conditions.