Organic Seeds Plants For Sale In Mcallen

But the green ripe tomatoes are delicious, fleshy, and "very fine for slicing and frying and especially for making delicious conserves." Fruits are medium-large, 10-16 ounces. The Gleckler catalogue described it as a "strange tomato that refuses to change...

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

For continuous supply sow every month or so. Remains crisp and mild even during hot weather. Broad spinach-like leaves can be eaten as cooked greens or in salads and sandwiches. Will regrow some after cutting.

It is vigorous, tolerates heat and cold, and even tolerates partial shade. It is slow to bolt so the harvest period can last months. Since 1934 this has been the standard green variety for home gardens.

Broccoli sprouts add color and a mild spicy flavor to your meals. Broccoli sprouts are packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Full of health benefits! Broccoli has become a popular sprout because of its delicious flavor.

Ht. 90-120cm/36-48in. Beans are firm, plump and delicious, about 10-12cm/4-5in long. It is a cross between a purple snap bean and a pinto bean, developed by American bean breeder Robert Lobitz.

The seeds too are edible; when green and immature they have a nice nutty taste and can be cooked or eaten raw though they are a bit of a chore to harvest. Compared to lettuce, a plant like this with abundant leaves for the taking makes a lot more sense...

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.

Plants are tall, up to 4m/12ft, and each stalk produces two large ears with about half a pound of kernels each. It has a very fine corn flavour which is why it remains a favourite today.

Slowest to bolt, even in hot weather, very uniform, with good flavour and dark green colour. (Chinese parsley) The piquant flavour of fresh coriander leaves, so essential in authentic Chinese and Latin American cuisines, has become very popular in recent...

It is one of the best tasting edamame beans, with a sweet, buttery flavour. It is not grown for the dry soybeans but rather for the tender green pods that are eaten like snap beans.

Ht. 75-80cm/30-32". Suited for greenhouse and field production. Excellent for pesto and other typical basil uses. A large leaf basil has high oil content and hence a stronger aroma and flavour than other varieties.

Each region has its own version of zaatar: in some areas it is a blend of herbs and spices while in others it is just one herb from among several varieties depending on the region.

Tomatoes are sweet and meaty when picked ripe off the vine. But when picked green just before frost, the fruits keep for up to 4 months, and the flavour improves with storage. Small round fruited heirloom tomato, yellow with a blush of pink, and a slight...

It is also commonly used to reduce inflammation. It has been shown to have powerful anticancer properties with great promise. (Ban zhi lian; Barbat scullcap) An important restorative remedy for the nervous system used in Chinese medicine to treat anxiety,...

Popular Italian appetizer served with garlic and olive oil. Flowering stems and leaves have pleasant bitter flavour when cooked, steamed or sauteed. Sown in early spring for harvest before hot weather or in mid-to-late summer for fall harvest.

Normally kale is planted in fall for winter growing but this variety does well in hot summer weather too. Blue-green crinkled leaves are delicious in salads, steamed or sauteed. It survived weeks of 35C plus temperatures with no problems.

Of seed per ounce. Approximately 2 TBS. When sprouted in darkness for two or three days, wheat sprouts are tender and sweet, with a taste similar to watermelon. If allowed to grow for seven days, wheat reaches the "grass" stage when it can be juiced for...

Matures in 50 days and keeps producing for an extended time. Fruits are ready to eat when 15-20cm/6-8" long. Excellent for cooking and for freezing. A zucchini squash with greenish-black skin and tender creamy-white flesh.

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

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.

The tea has been used for coughs, colds and fever. Few know that the leaves are edible. Like red clover, the dried flowers can be used for tea. The young leaves picked before the flowers appear can be used raw in salads.

The skin is blue-green and shiny, and the flesh is deep orange, succulent and sweet. (Shamrock squash; Triangle squash) An old Australian variety with a deeply lobed shape like a shamrock.

Also as gargle for mouth and throat inflammations. Used for upset stomach, headache, cough, and diarrhea. (Wild oregano) Medicinal variety of oregano lacking true oregano's familar aroma and flavour.

Valued for its highly nutritious seeds eaten roasted or raw. Large seeded variety well filled with meat. Familiar large yellow sunflowers are a favourite of children. Source of an excellent quality cooking oil.

Flesh is deep orange with moist and very fine texture and sweet flavour that is high in fibre and beta carotene. Unique, turban shaped fruit, deep dark green skin flecked and striped with grey.