It is easy to grow and prefers full sun and moderate to dry soils. Sideoats Grama is a warm-season bunchgrass that is native throughout much of North America. The ornamental and distinctive seed spikes hang from only one side of the stalk, and these make...
Can scavenge as much as 200 pounds of nitrogen per acre. When used as a spring cover crop the grass should be killed before reaching seed formation stage. Can germinate in cool weather.
Frost sensitive. Improves top soil and an effective choke weed! Plant late spring to early summer. Accumulates phosphorus and and potassium for following crops. Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench): Cool Season, Grain, Annual, Upright growth habit,...
Somewhat winter hardy, but grows more quickly than regular alfalfa. Long taproots break up compacted soil and bring up subsurface minerals. Alfalfa is basically good at everything! Just look at all it's uses below! Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.): Cool season,...
In more northern climes, an early spring plant will give high dry matter yields of excellent forage. A relatively new forage pea that has a wide range of applications! Secada forage pea is highly palatable, self-climbing, with high dry matter yields.
Quick growing green manure. Oats will kill off winter weeds and hold soil with a mat of vegetation! A high yielding oat that can produce over 100 bushels per acre. Great for underseeding with a legume.
Elite variety for commericial production, rich in proazulene, a powerful anti-inflammatory agent. The proazulene add a distinctive blue colour to the essential oil. High yielding variety for medicinal use.
Mildew resistant. Impressive annual variety with intense rose-purple flowers arranged in spikes. The leaves have a pleasant mild lemon scent and flavour. Ht. 45-60cm (18-24in). The flowers start earlier than other bergamots and last through August.
Prefers full sun and is drought tolerant. (Silktree; He huan pi) Known as the “happiness tree”, its flowers and bark are used in China to mend “broken hearts” and to induce a feeling of contentment and happiness.
Chamaecyparissus, it is particularly effective in knot gardens when clipped as low hedges. Rare species with green foliage reminiscent of rosemary in appearance. Like its grey cousin, S.
Broccoli-like vegetable from China. Flowering stalks, young leaves and buds are delicious steamed, boiled or fried with other vegetables, meat or on its own. Start indoors in April or sow direct after last frost.
Highly useful during convalescence. Traditional European panacea for many complaints including lack of appetite, sluggish digestion and stomach disturbances.
Popular prepared laxatives such as Metamucil are made from the seeds. (Isphaghula; Blond psyllium) Important remedy for constipation and problems of the bowel, including irritable bowel syndrome.
(Roscano; Barba di Frate) Traditional seasonal vegetable from Italy, now trendy in high end restaurants in Europe and North America. Steamed or sauteed, and dressed with lemon and oil, it is commonly served with fish.
The name Bellis is Greek for “pretty,” and these charming flowers live up to their name. John Gerard's , (1633) advises “The daisies do mitigate all kinde of paines,” and directs those suffering from gout to apply them to painful joints with butter.
(Buddha fruit; Lou han guo) This is known as the "longevity herb" in China where the tea made with the dried fruits is commonly consumed. The fruits contain mogrosides, intensely sweet compounds that are as many as 300 times as sweet as sugar.
Variety commonly sold as peppermint or spearmint. Flavour and odour is pungent, not sweet like the true root-propagated strains. Useful for tea, for medicinal purposes.
Easy to grow, tolerates part shade, and is very hardy. (Japanese rose; Saltspray rose) Hips are tomato-red and are large, up to an inch across. Excellent for group or hedge plantings.
Uses: Culinary/Medicinal/Beverage/Aromatic
When to Sow: Spring/Late Summer/Early Fall
Ease of Germination: Difficult/Special Treatment Required
Winter annual protects and improves soil! Plant fall or early spring. Showy crimson blooms in late spring are an excellent source of nectar for bees. A great way to ready your vegetable garden for the spring or beautify a landscape! Also a great way to...
Used the same ways: for tea, salads, soups, etc. A much-loved lemon-scented herb gets a makeover with beautiful gold-infused leaves! The gold is most pronounced in spring and fades to green in summer.
Recent medical evidence supports folkloric use for tumours. Roots of this common wildplant are said to have “blood-purifying” properties. Useful for skin diseases, including eczema.
Heavy yields and insect resistant. Stunning red-orange heirloom variety from Turkey. The small round fruit, 7cm/3" in diameter, are eaten when green, and when they turn orange they are good for stuffing.
Sow every 14 days indoors or out for a continuous supply of fresh leaves. Ready to use when seedlings have 3 or 4 leaves. Delightful companion to mustard cress #4150.
Hill up the soil around the beets as they grow to keep them from turning green. Something different to try in the garden. The completely white beets won't ever stain your clothes or your tablecloth! This heirloom beet from Holland has a delicious, sweet...
And The flavour is so very good. (Oxheart tomato) For the true dirt cognoscenti this is the only tomato worth growing. The pink-red flesh is succulent and aromatic. This Italian classic is unsurpassed in salads such as , and it is great for sauces, salsas...
Botanical Name: Solanum lycopersicum 'Cuore di Bue'
