Uses Seed No Till Seed For Sale In Hamilton

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench): Cool Season, Grain, Annual, Upright growth habit, Enhances soil P availability,Crude protein: straw 5%, grain 13% Uses: Bees & Beneficial Insects, Green Manure, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppresion

Winter hardy nearly anywhere, and won't go to seed until its second year of growth. Use: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Weed Suppression Cool wheat grain is quick to germinate and cold tolerant! Adaptable to a wide range of...

Uses: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppression Perfect used for hay, pasture, and silage for feeding cattle, horses, goats, and other livestock, it is also a very good green manure.

A fast growing, cool-season annual legume, Secada peas perform very well during the fall, winter, and spring in Southern states. In more northern climes, an early spring plant will give high dry matter yields of excellent forage.

As an annual green manure, “Summer” alfalfa can produce up to 10 tons of organic matter per acre. High nitrogen fixation and great bee forage. Alfalfa is basically good at everything! Just look at all it's uses below! Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.):...

It was developed by crossing Canadian and American varieties to improve quality and disease resistance and to lower nicotine. Its slightly heavier, thicker leaves cure nicely with a high percentage of mahogany and orange leaves.

But there is renewed interest in this, North Americas largest native fruit. They are a challenge to grow from seeds, and take a few years to get established, but they are well worth the effort.

A refreshing lemonade drink can be made from the fruits by soaking them in water for 10-30 minutes. When dried the fruits can be powdered and used as a seasoning, and can substitute for European sumac ( ) in spice mixtures such as zaatar.

The flowers are unusually long lasting, and if flowers are dead-headed, the flowers will just keep coming right up until frost. Fresh flower petals are excellent in salads and can be used to make medicinal creams.

Grows in coastal areas from northern California to southern B.C. Excellent for moxa, and as such it is decidedly less harsh than the common mugwort, . It is more yin-like, and burning moxa made with this mugwort helps to soothe the nerves and induces...

Excellent addition to green salads, and very palatable with butter. Needs long growing season; sow early in peat pots. Do not disturb roots when transplanting. Important in commercial baking as roasted seeds add nutty flavour to breads and buns.

(Jewels of Opar; Fameflower; Tu ren shen)

Especially useful for convalescents and children. Cultivated varieties are much less potent medicinally. Infusion of leaves and rootstock is effective for diarrhea, dysentery and problems of the urinary tract.

Plants tend to be a little stronger and more uniform than other bush varieties. Best variety for commercial potplant sales. A most attractive form of bush basil with larger leaves (1 cm) and uniform dense globular little bushes.

Flax (Linum usitatissimum): Cool season, broadleaf, Annual, Upright plant habit Uses: Bees & Beneficial Insects, Chicken Forage, Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Savenger, No Till, Organic Matter (Biomass)

Indigeneous folk remedy for colds and headache, and for urinary and venereal diseases. California Indians so cherished the tea for general use that it was always available. Pleasant thirst-quenching tea.

(Rose milkweed)

Pink scentless flowers appear in June. (Eglantine rose) Spicy, sweet fragrant leaves fill the air, especially after a shower.

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

Piper Sudan grass is a great catch crop for excess nitrogen. Great for livestock forage, but should be grazed only when mature and never after a frost as it turns toxic. Uses: Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Scavenger, No Till, Organic Matter...

The effect is striking, as if masses of butterflies have gathered in the garden. Ht. 40-45cm/16-18”. Impressive French stoechas lavender with elongated wing-like magenta petals extending from dark bracts on slender stalks.

Succeeds as a house plant if kept moist and warm (above 18°C/65°F). Flowers used to flavour Chinese tea and a source of important essential oil used in perfumery. (Cape jasmine; Zhi zi) Wonderfully scented white flowers used by the floral industry in...

Preliminary research released in 2010 found that upland cress is the best source of phenethylisothiocyanate, a compound found to be effective against chronic inflammation of the bowel.

The small and thin fruits, about 5cm/2" long, can be picked green or red. Good tolerance to phytophthora, tobacco mosaic virus, and bacterial wilt. A very hot and prolific, early maturing bird pepper developed in Vietnam for the commercial production...

Ht. 30-90cm/1-3ft. Common in the dry plains and slopes of the American West. Long-lived shrubby perennial with blue-grey leaves with a silver cast. Likely because of its antiseptic properties, it was used by Native Americans like other sagebrushes to...

These Salvia plants can reach up to 3 feet tall and are very drought tolerant. Beefy plants meant for landscaping.