Spinach Matador. Dark green plant, very smooth leaves. Excellent taste. Nice for salad mixes. 47-50 days. 13 gram packet. Approximately 900 seeds. Approximately 70-80 seeds per gram.
V62 - Mid Early variety. Compact plant with vigorous growing habit, with semi erect, dark green, tender leaves. Resistant to bolting so recommended for summer harvest. Victorian variety.
Approximate seeds quantity:@1300
Sow: from Feb - May and August - October
1g
Winter Squash Quintale seme Giallo. Bright orange, pumpkin-shaped winter squash. Fruits run 5 pounds and up. Sweet, dry, orange flesh. Use as Halloween pumpkin, then cook. Keeps well. 100 days. 4 gram packet. Approximately 7-15 seeds per gram.
C5 - 'Tonne'. Can get extremely big. Orange skin.
Approximate seeds quantity:@12
Sow: from April - end June
1g
Kohlrabi, Early White Vienna. 55-60 days. Green leaves & Bulbs; tender and sweet white flesh. Grow spring and fall. Pick small (2-3") for best taste & texture. 6 gram packet, approximately 1800 seeds. Approximately 250-300 seeds per gram.
V30 - White variety from Austria and a very easy to grow and popular vegetable. Can be eaten raw or cooked. Mid-early variety with a white-cream flesh.
Approximate seeds quantity:@1250
Sow: from March - August
1g
This is an early variety that produces cylindrical radish of intense red colour and white tip. The radishes are mid length, tender and crunchy.
Approximate seeds quantity: @2000 seeds.
To be sown from February to May for harvest from April to July, and sow again August-September for harvest October-November.
1g
Sweet Marjoram. Up to 2 feet high. Perennial in warmer areas; treat as an annual in the north. Start seeds inside in early spring. Plant out around last frost date. For those who can grow it as a perennial, divide plant every few years for best flavor. 1 gram packet. Approximately 1000 seeds per gram.
This is a Perennial plant to be sown from March to June and ready to be harvest usually in June and July. The leaves can be used both fresh or dried and they are ideal to be used in fruit salads, to garnish drinks and for making tea. 1g.
Approximate seeds quantity:@4000
Sow: from March - mid October
1g
Spaghetti Squash. Mid-Early. Ripe squash can be boiled or baked for 40 minutes, halved, and the spaghetti-like flesh scrapes out with a spoon. Dress with pasta sauce, or use as a side dish seasoned in different ways. Keeps well. 4 gram packet. Approximately 7-15 seeds per gram.
C27 - As used by Toby Buckland on BBC Gardeners World 23/4/10. The inside of this squash is a mass of 'spaghetti' like strands which are used in exactly the same way. They are boiled whole, the flesh scooped out with a fork and then dressed with olive oil.
Growing habit: Trailing
Approximate seeds quantity:@25
Sow: from March - end June
1g
Lavanda Vera Perennial. Lovely blue flowers. 24" high plant with compact growth habit. Use for drying, crafts, oils. Full Sun. Hardy zones 5-9. Seed slow to germinate (up to 3 weeks). Start inside in pots, set outside at 12-18" spacing. 1 gram packet.
Perennial plant to be sown from March to September. Use the dried flowers to flavour homemade biscuits, with pork and for perfume pouches. Lavender oil can relieve headaches. As a flower is perfect for borders and scented hedge.
Approximate seeds quantity:@950
Sow: from February - end September
1g
Lettuce Lollo Rossa. Classic red/green frilly loose leaf. Great taste, holds well in summer heat. Leaves are light green at bottom, red at top. Harvest outer leaves or cut entire plant. Holds well in fall and will take hard freezes; survives well all winter in the unheated greenhouse. Also works well as a cutting lettuce. 50-55 days. 5 gram packet.
*Heritage Variety*
L27 - This is an early variety with medium sized full open head. The leaves are tender, crunchy and upright with ruffled head. Ideal for growing either as cut and come again or as a head of lettuce.
Approximate seeds quantity: @4000 seeds.
Sow from March to end of September for a late harvest under a cloche or in a cold greenhouse.
1g