Organic Seeds Plants For Sale In Manchester

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

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

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

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

To prevent greening, cover exposed crowns.Blights can reduce yield and quality. The Shipping/Imperator types have the extra length and durability required in conventional packaged carrots, and perform the best in deeply worked soil.

Ground pods and a little soap in water is a useful insect-repellent for the garden. Dried powder adds zest and piquancy to soups, sauces, egg and meat dishes. Heat: 30,000-50,000 Scoville units.

A must in German potato soup. Rubbing with fresh leaves before roasting improves all strong meats. Use plant tops to dye wool in shades of yellow, orange, brown and grey. Adds special flavour to sausages and meatloaf.

How this escaped wider attention we don't know, but we are sure that it will become a staple in home gardens in the coming years. The pods were absolutely incredible! They had a sharp but pleasant radishy taste, with a very nice crunchy texture.

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.

(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. ‘Longstanding' is the strain commonly grown in North America for fresh leaves.

Large-leaf type from the Genoa area of Italy, the pesto capital of the world.

(Japanese mustard) Traditional Japanese green dating back to the Edo period. Mibuna is regarded as a cold-season vegetable but is also heat-tolerant and doesn't bolt during the warm season.

Plants are tall, up to 4m/12ft, and each stalk produces two large ears with about half a pound of kernels each. It is good on the cob too when young, and can be fried or roasted. Appalachian favourite from at least 1845 with beautiful maroon and dark...

Heat: 100,000-300,000 Scoville units. This is a good one! Mushroom shaped, thin walled, green to bright yellow, fiery hot taste similar to Habanero types. 5cm/2” fruits are good pickled or dried for seasoning.

(Chinese radish) A large radish with white carrot-shaped roots 30-40cm/6-8” long. Texture is crisp and tender and flavour is pungent. Sow in fall for spring harvest or in spring for early summer harvest.

Many herbalists assert that the flowers taken as an infusion help prevent and even cure cancer. In his legendary book, Back to Eden (see book section of this catalogue), Jethro Kloss wrote, Red clover is an exceedingly good remedy for cancer on any part...

They are tender, crisp and juicy, not bitter at all. They can been eaten raw at any stage, though they are best when they are just starting to turn brown. Traditionally used in pickles and chutneys in India.

Heirloom variety, good for heavier soils. Broad tapered roots with red core, light orange flesh. Keeps well in storage, retaining its ‘real' carrot flavour, sweet and smooth! 65 days

Thistlelike flowerheads colour silk, wool, rouge and are used as a saffron substitute in rice dishes. (False saffron) Important source of good quality cooking oil, and yellow or red dyes.

Flat leaved variety from Japan. Has become popular wherever regular chives are used. Showy white flowers. Irresistable combination of garlic and chives.

Compact rosettes of delicately thin, tender, light green oakleaf-shaped leaves that stand heat well and does not become bitter. Old variety now popular once again.

A long time favourite of gardeners with crisp, dark green, reddish-tinged leaves and a yellowish-white heart. Keeps its buttery sweetness well even in the heat of summer and is more bolt-resistant than other butterhead varieties.

It is often used to treat rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as weakness in the joints and muscles, difficult urination, edema, and cold dampness pain. The thorny but otherwise attractive shrub prefers well-drained soil and full sun, but it...

It is also commonly used to reduce inflammation. 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.

Spicy Salad Mix includes clover and radish. Great for topping sandwiches or adding to salads. Radish sprouts taste just like their full grown versions, while the clover adds a little sweetness to the mix.

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