Organic Seeds Seeds Plants For Sale In Pennsylvania

A dent corn, it is mainly dried and ground into cornmeal for making cornbread and the southern specialty, cornpone, a type of cornbread made in a skillet. It is good on the cob too when young, and can be fried or roasted.

Leaves applied with honey soothe external sores and ulcers. (Wild carrot) Infusion is used in the treatment of dropsy, chronic kidney disease and bladder afflictions.

Lance-shaped leaves, produced in abundance, have a mild mustard flavour and are delicious in mixed salads and in stir fries and soups. Mibuna is regarded as a cold-season vegetable but is also heat-tolerant and doesn't bolt during the warm season.

Leaves possess excellent flavouring qualities for soups, stews and casseroles. Vigorous tall growing herb; one of the first to return in spring. Flavour is reminiscent of celery, and of the famous yeast extract, Maggi.

They also make a most decorative container at the dinner table for other foods when scooped out. The flavour is pleasantly nutty. They are most tender when just 5-8cm (2-3") across.

The taste is agreeably bitter with an underlying base of sweetness. The dark green leaves with attractive red midribs are picked young, when less than 25cm/10in high. Good tolerance to both warm and cool weather.

Mild flavour and early maturing round bright red with pure white, crisp interior is a garden favourite. Somewhat heat tolerant.

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

Produces 10kg/25lb fruits with juicy flesh that is bright red with old fashioned sweet flavour and fine texture. Great for slicing, in fruit salads and juicing...the rind is quite thick and lends itself to being its own tureen or punch bowl for soups...

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.

Mung bean sprouts have been cultivated in the orient for thousands of years. Today, bean sprouts are synonymous with mung bean sprouts, and the popularity of this nutritious sprout continues to grow.

It can be cooked and eaten like cauliflower or broccoli but is less bland than cauliflower and less bitter than broccoli. It is excellent raw, with a creamy, nutty flavour and makes a nice change when served as finger food with dips.

Grow like pole beans or on a trellis and sow in June when the ground is warm. The deep magenta colour persists with cooking. The long beans are like young string beans without the annoying string.

A traditional variety that produces deep, wine-stained fruit, sweeter than other varieties. Considered by many to be the best flavoured tomatillo. Delicious raw or stewed, and in salsa verde.

Well adapted for the dryland farming of the American southwest, but also does surprisingly well in wetter eastern gardens. The beautiful dark blue kernels are ground and made into a traditional paper-thin piki bread and a dense cake called qomi.

Award-winning variety with bigger, broader leaves than regular garlic chives. Ht. 25-60cm/10-24". Plants are taller, more vigorous and higher yielding. Excellent for Asian stir-fries or fresh-chopped in salads, omelettes or anywhere regular chives are...

Can be used as jack-o-lantern and is ideal for entering into fairs for competition on heaviest squash! 120 days. Large pumpkin often weighing up to 45kg/100lb ripening to a pinkish orange with very thick flesh.

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

Slow to burst, forms a tight, dense head with small core. Crisp and tender, adds colour to salads and fine flavour to cooked dishes. Good mid season variety with solid deep red head weighing about 2kg/5lb.

Attractive pepper plant with white mottled foliage and striped fruits. Heat: 5,000-30,000 Scoville units. The curving fruits look a little like swimming fish. They turn from white with green stripes to orange with brown stripes to solid red when mature.

Fruits are 10-12cm/4-5" long. 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.

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 a nutritious drink.

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

Club-shaped fruits are best eaten when 10-15cm/4-6" long. Delicious sliced and sauteed with zucchini, onion, garlic and herbs in olive oil and and butter. Prolific yellow squash with excellent firm, fine-grained flesh.