Uses Seed Chicken Forage Seed For Sale In Salinas

A fast growing clover that can be sowed in spring, summer or fall! Mammoth Red is a popular biennial clover used for Nitrogen addition and hay crops. Nitrogen per acre. The long tap roots loosen soils and mine phosphorus and other nutrients from deep...

The bush-type plants are prolific and thrive in hotter, Southern weather. Heavy yielding Southern pea great for fresh shelling. A “cream pea” type variety, they are generally used at the fresh shelling stage.

This pea plant is high yielding, vigorous and easy to grow. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation. You can use these as green shell peas or dry like winter beans.

Exceptional for honey bees and creating green manure! Sweet clover can grow nearly anywhere under most conditions. Of nitrogen per acre. Comes OMRI Pre-inoculated. Sweet clover is slow to establish the first year but comes on fast the following year.

Easy to grow and shell. Pods average 6-7 ” long, and are silver colored, occasionally streaked with rose. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation. Adapted to hot humid climates. Does well in most climates.

Flax is a cool season annual with short taproots! Flax is a broadleaf with very small, narrow leaves that are less than an inch long. Flax will take up excess N and other minerals, will winter kill and provide moderate to high amounts of organic matter...

A “cream pea” type variety, they are generally used at the fresh shelling stage. The bush-type plants are prolific and thrive in hotter, Southern weather. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation.

A high yielding, popular Southern Pea that is great for home gardens. If using for Nitrogen fixation we highly recommend using a cowpea inoculant. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation.

Iron and Clay cowpeas are grown just like soybeans. Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation. Broadcast up to 120 lb./acre, 1/2 to 1″ deep. Iron and Clay has long taproots that help withstand drought conditions.

(Yuan zhi; Siberian milkwort) Like the North American senega, roots are excellent for coughs, particularly when there is excess phlegm, and for bronchitis and asthma. Needs full or partial sun in a well-drained location.

It contains aconitine, an analgesic, sedative and a neurotoxin at higher concentrations. Sow in rich, moist, well-draining soil in full sun to part shade. It is still used in medicine, but not without medical supervision.

When plants are in bloom it looks like the angels draped celestial white lace everywhere. The white flowers are large flat umbels floating above the dark green foliage. Ht. 100-125cm (40-50in).

They are drought tolerant and somewhat hardy, tolerating limited cold temperatures but not extended freezing. Fruits are abundant, and mature to the size of large marbles. They are self-fertilizing, producing small purple-red fruits after they flower.

Old garden favourite. Important source of perfume. Sweet-scented, deep violet flowers are candied as decoration for puddings, cakes and ice cream.

(Bead tree) Beautiful tree, native of China and India; much cultivated in southern U.S. Bark used as an emetic and to expel worms. Hardy along southern B.C. coast. Hard nuts are used for making rosaries.

Best grown along streams where water is shallow and calm. Will succeed, however, in gardens or in pots, provided soil is kept moist.

With antibiotic resistance on a sharp rise worldwide finding new antibiotics that work in new ways is an urgent priority. (Crimson bottlebrush) Showy shrub or small tree from Australia with very potent antibacterial properties.

(Yellow coneflower) The only yellow-flowering echinacea. Requires cold stratification for 1-2 months to break seed dormancy. Prairie native of the Missouri and Arkansas Ozark regions.

It is used in the liniment Tiger Balm and in the decongestant Olbas Oil. (Paperbark) Source of cajeput oil, a pungent oil distilled from the leaves of this aromatic tree from Australia.

Heirloom native from Brazil. Sweet tiny tomatoes. Not commercially cultivated.

They can be dried like peppercorns or used fresh in salsa. It is still a popular tradition in Mexico to gather them in the sierras. Heat: 50,000-100,000 Scoville units. (Chiltepin; Bird pepper) Small pea-sized red pepper thought to be the ancestor of...

(Winter cress; Land cress) Upland cress is a fast-growing alternative to watercress. Harvest when plants are 10 cm (4") tall or more. The peppery leaves add a spicy spin when boiled in stews or soups or tossed fresh in salads.

Long, slender fruit with an edible peel. Start early indoors, plant out with support. Can be eaten without fear of indigestion, stomach pains or heartburn.

Medicinally similar to marshmallow. Also great in salads. (Tree mallow) Purple flowers yield an excellent natural colouring for drinks and herbal teas.

Used in India like stramonium in treatment of asthma, whooping cough and bronchitis. Poultice of leaves used for rheumatic swellings of the joints, lumbago, painful tumours.

When added to chicken feed, lutein-rich marigold flowers help make egg yolks turn a richer deeper colour. (African marigold) Although better known by the misnomer, ‘African marigold', this Central American annual is a popular bedding plant available...