Edible Leaf Plant Seeds For Sale In Elk Grove

* The purple topped turnip root will reach 4-5 inches in diameter and matures in 40 to 60 days. * High in Vitamins! * This is a very easy to grow and rewarding vegetable. * They are excellent raw or cooked , having a mild sweet flavor.

Great for slicing and fresh eating! * Also make very good fried onion rings and can be used in cooking where a mild onion flavor is desired. To produce seed for future years the bulbs need to be left in place and mulched heavily over winter and allowed...

It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps, colic and indigestion. Most culinary and ornamental basils are cultivars of the species Ocimum basilicum , but other species are also grown and there are many...

The strong clove scent of sweet basil is derived from eugenol, the same chemical as actual cloves . Scientific studies have established that compounds in basil oil have potent antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-viral, and anti-microbial properties.

The leaves are strongly flavoured and are used less often, either as a flavouring in soups and stews or as a dried herb. * Celery (Apium graveolens var. The leaves are pinnate to bipinnate with rhombic leaflets 3–6 cm long and 2–4 cm broad.

* The cooked leaves can be used as a potherb. * Penthorum sedoides (known by the common name ditch stonecrop), is a perennial forb native to the eastern United States which produces small white flowers in summer.

* Try them as a fall crop by sowing seed in late summer. * They are very late to bolt and can be grown year round in mild climates. * Vates Collards have dark green very tasty leaves with a mild cabbage like flavor.

These delicious oval-shaped fruit weigh 5-6 pounds with sweet, moist salmon-colored flesh. Most people love to grow and eat big, luscious, juiicy extra sweet melons and that is exactly what you'll get with Magnifisweet.

The plant is typically between 10 - 30 cm in height. * Bright yellow 3/4" flowers on foot-long stalks before the leaves appear, in very early spring; flowers look like the result of a cross between dandelion and small yellow daisy; slightly lobed roundish...

* Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position. Established plants are drought tolerant. * The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings.

Excellent for use in salads or steamed. It is cold hardy as well as tolerant of heat. * Fordhook is a well known and very popular variety of Swiss Chard. * The large stalks are topped by deep green leaves.

Disease resistant. Oblong gray-green melons grow to 40 pounds. Seed can also be started indoors for an earlier harvest. Planting guide: Plant after danger of frost in hills 6 to 8 feet apart.

* Although purslane is considered a weed in the United States, it may be eaten as a leaf vegetable. It has a slightly sour and salty taste and is eaten throughout much of Europe, the middle east, Asia, and Mexico

* Although purslane is considered a weed in the United States, it may be eaten as a leaf vegetable. It has a slightly sour and salty taste and is eaten throughout much of Europe, the middle east, Asia, and Mexico

Plants are not very cold-tolerant, but they can beoverwintered outdoors in areas where winter temperatures do not fall below about -5°c. This species is cultivatedas a vegetable in China.

It is brilliant red with few seeds, and is extra sweet. These items are useful when starting seeds indoors for transplanting: Jiffy-7 Peat Pellets Peat Pots, 2 1/4'' round Peat Pots, 3'' round 3'' square pots 4 1/2'' round pots For protecting your transplants...

More recently, companies in Austria, Germany, and Italy have started to produce commercial nettle textiles. * Direct sowing: The seedbed should have a loose and fine structure, but should be reconsolidated using a packer roller imminently prior to sowing.

* An edible blue dye can be obtained from the flowers. * Borage , also known as starflower is an annual herb originating in Syria , but naturalized throughout the Mediterranean region, as well as Asia Minor, Europe, North Africa, and South America.

When thoroughly dry, rub and store in jars.If using pelleted seed, we recommend consistent soil moisture during the germination period. It performs well in containers and allows for multiple cuttings per season from one planting.

It acts principally on the digestive and nervous systems, easing flatulence, stomach cramps, colic and indigestion. Most culinary and ornamental basils are cultivars of the species Ocimum basilicum , but other species are also grown and there are many...

You will want to try this for yourself. One of the best tasting melons has orange flesh. Unique French Charentais type cantaloupe. Small sized melons weigh 2-2 1/2 pounds and won't go to waste.

* Like most salsifies, the western salsify grows as an annual or occasionally biennial forb, reaching a height of typically 20–60 cm but sometimes almost a metre. * Western salsify is quite similar to the generally commoner meadow salsify, T.

Dark green melons weigh between 6 to 12 pounds. This ''icebox'' watermelon has crisp and wonderfully sweet red flesh. Seed can also be started indoors for an earlier harvest. Planting guide: Plant after danger of frost in hills 6 to 8 feet apart.

It is native to central and eastern portions of the United States, where it is a common and conspicuous part of the forest vegetation. * Succeeds in most soils in sun or semi-shade.

* In massage therapy, the essential oil of bay laurel is reputed to alleviate arthritis and rheumatism, while in aromatherapy, it is used to treat earaches and high blood pressure.

For baby leaf: 1M/25', 25M/125', 1,200M/acre at 40 seeds/ft. For bunching and full size: Sow 10 seeds/ft., 1/2" deep, rows 12-18" apart. Using floating row covers offers additional winter protection.For baby leaf: Sow in a 2-4" wide band, 3/4" apart,...

The seed can also be sown in situ in the autumn. * Fennel has a long history of herbal use and is a commonly used household remedy, being useful in the treatment of a variety of complaints, especially those of the digestive system.