Uses Seed Farm Seed For Sale In Minnesota

Was prescribed for chronic nervousness and kidney and bladder disease. Fleshy roots, dug in autumn and boiled and roasted, taste like chestnuts. In the 16th and 17th centuries the candied roots, called “kissing comforts,” were considered aphrodisiac,...

Sow every 10-25 days from early spring to early fall. Unlike some other fresh greens, the curled leaves don't easily fall flat in tossed salads. Excellent salad green, with ruffled leaves and a nice sweet spicy flavour.

Often used as a cover crop between rows of vegetable crops if mowed to maintain manageability. Fast to establish, tolerates most soil types, and is suitable for hay or silage. Of nitrogen per acre.

Harvest August–September. Hulless with very good test weight and protein. Glenn hard red spring wheat has excellent all-around disease resistance, with the best tolerance to scab (fusarium blight) we have found.

Spicy anise-licorice aroma and flavour; excellent served fresh in such dishes as Thai green curries and Vietnamese noodle soups. Major improvement on the standard variety. A very regal looking plant! Has dense deep purple inflorescences contrasting with...

Suited also for potplant production. Leaves are dark green, medium fine curled. Medium late maturity. Very uniform mosscurled type suited for fresh-cut and processing use.

The leaves and flowers have a hot watercress flavour and are great in salads; and the young seed pods are hotter and can be pickled and used like capers. Easy to grow from seeds in the garden or in containers.

Works well for hay or silage. Of nitrogen per acre. Contains 239,500 seeds/lb. Can fix up to 150 lb. Can be used as a cover crop between rows of vegetable crops if mowed to maintain manageability.

Try with for maximum Nitrogen fixation. The peas themselves have a deep purple color when first shelled which then turn black when dried. The green pods are easy to shell. Black Crowder cowpea is a high yielding variety of long pods.

The tall silvery white flower spikes are attractive, but they should be cut back immediately after flowering otherwise plants may not come back the next season. The leaves have a mild fruity aroma but they are not used in cooking or for scent.

This tall perennial sunflower puts on a spectacular show in August and September with masses of large yellow-gold flowers. It is currently under investigation as a possible perennial oilseed crop.

Added at the last minute, the fresh-chopped leaves add a seductive nutty flavour to soups, stews, and salads. The variety went on to spawn many more varieties and radically changed celery as a crop on both sides of the Atlantic.

For ages the main source of blue dye in Europe, until the introduction of indigo in the 17th century. Contains the same dyestuff as indigo, though in lower concentration. Because it is hardy (unlike indigo) woad is still grown for natural dyeing.

Start indoors 6-8 weeks before outdoor planting time. Best eaten raw, but is cooked also. (Yam bean) Tropical vines produce turnip-shaped tubers with a sweet white flesh. Produces largest tubers in tropical areas, but will produce equally tasty, smaller...

(Ear Shiso) The Japanese grow this aromatic herb for its flower tips and buds, and for its leaves. It is a shiso like the better known green and purple forms except the leaves have both green on top and purple underneath.

A very nice leaf celery with finely cut, dark green glossy leaves. Use it like parsley and surprise your guests with its rich celery flavour and aroma. More compact than other leaf celeries, reaching only 25-50cm (10-20") in height.

(Paper daisy) Handsome daisies with papery petals. Rich shades of chamois, pink, rose and cream.

Soaking the seeds overnight in water helps speed germination. Gac is a perennial vine and although it does flower the first year sometimes fruits fail to develop until the second year.

(Cardinal flower) One of our favourite wildflowers which provides a briliant splash of red color in damp, partially shaded locations. Said to be anthelminthic, nervine and antispasmodic.

Crimson clover does best in cool, humid weather and will perform poorly in the heat of summer. Do not use for frost seeding as it won't handle the cold nearly as well as red clover.

Striking head of star-like pistils, suspended by delicate cup-like calyces.

Non-invasive, unlike the European mugwort. But it is also a Chinese medicinal herb valued for its bitter aromatic tonic properties and is used to treat menstrual and liver disorders.

The small round fruit, 7cm/3" in diameter, are eaten when green, and when they turn orange they are good for stuffing. Heavy yields and insect resistant. Stunning red-orange heirloom variety from Turkey.

The shape, size, glossy skin and color are similar without the heat. Often called banana pepper, this is a milder version of the 'Hungarian Hot Wax' pepper (listed in the herb section).

(Da huang; Chinese rhubarb; Turkey rhubarb)

This European variety has bright gold button flowers with red "eyes" that look like they might be from a raging bull! What happens is the mouth goes numb briefly, followed by an intense cooling sensation.