Farm Seed Seeds For Sale In Indianapolis

Of nitrogen per acre. Specific charges will be displayed during checkout.Sow the seeds at the time and rate specified in the product description. Can fix up to 150 lb. Often used as a cover crop between rows of vegetable crops if mowed to maintain manageability.

Tomatillos will keep well through the winter if stored loose in a cool place. Resembles green tomatoes and ground cherries, but neither is a substitute for the tomatillo. Easy to grow -- rather like tomatoes.

Long, slender fruit with an edible peel. Start early indoors, plant out with support. Can be eaten without fear of indigestion, stomach pains or heartburn.

This is a medium-height variety. Remove any lingering hulls by floating them off in water, then air-drying the grain. After winnowing, the grain is ready to cook for oatmeal or grind for oat flour.

Comb-like flowerheads were once used for raising nap on woolen cloth. Water trapped in leaf basins is valued as an eyewash. Excellent in dried arrangements.

Low parthenolide. Lovely in fresh or dry bouquets and arrangements. Masses of double white flowers on neat, compact plants 18cm/7” high. Good container plant and for edging.

Barkant turnips are an improved, early maturing, diploid turnip with a large purple tankard shaped bulb. Ideally suited for grazing and it is common to obtain 4-6 tons of dry matter per acre of this high-energy feed.

Standard lettuce-leaf type grown in Italy. Large ribbed leaves, strong flavour.

Striking in the garden too, reaching 2-3ft/60cm. The tender young shoots can be boiled and buttered, creamed, added to quiches, or rolled up in crepes. (French spinach) Ancient Greek and Roman spinach-like green, and still popular in France today.

Eaten fresh, or in jellies, preserves and pastes. Bears sweet; juicy, highly flavoured fruits, in a fine balance between acid, sugar and pectin. Rich source of vitamins A, B and C.

They are not easy to grow from seeds but if everyone plants a few seeds maybe we can slow the loss of this special wild plant. Their addictive strong garlic-like odour and onion flavour are driving a wave of popularity among top chefs.

A unique addition to cole slaw. Tall cylindrical heads are pure white inside. Delicious cooked or served raw. Tender, crisp leaves are sweet and spicy. Best sown out at mid-summer as heads bolt during hot weather.

Common weed, popular as a pot-herb. Rich source of vitamins A and C. Young tender plants are a pleasant spinach substitute when boiled and served with butter.

Rake a half-inch of soil over the sown seed, and keep moist. When pressed, linseeds release thirty-five per cent of their weight in oil; the leftover “cake” is a useful animal feed.

Medium sized leaves. Dark purple with little or no green colouration, much like the Dark Opal variety was before it deteriorated to greenish-purple. Growth is stronger, more upright than Rubin.

Proven effective against herpes. Suited for bulk herb field production. A truly delightful tea made from the dried leaves is our favourite anytime tea as it both stimulates the heart and calms the nerves.

Oil squeezed from the nuts has proved so valuable it is called the new “liquid gold” of the West, and jojoba “prospectors” are banking on its future. Used in shampoos; believed to arrest hair loss and induce new growth.

The plant is biennial, generously self-seeding in the garden so there are always a few gallant volunteers popping up to brighten the mixed border. The clove-scented flowers are edible, and can be added to salad, fish dishes, tea, marmalade and sorbet.

Tolerant of dry conditions. Uses: Compaction Control, Erosion Control, Green Manure, Nitrogen Fixation, Organic Matter (Biomass), Weed Suppression Sunn Hemp is a fast-growing legume that produces significant quantities of biomass and fixes nitrogen into...

Preferred variety of marigold for insect control. Has double orange and maroon blossoms. Compact plants are ideal for interplanting.

Has low starch and calories. Best eaten raw, but is cooked also. Produces largest tubers in tropical areas, but will produce equally tasty, smaller tubers in more temperate areas with a 4-5 month growing season.

Cultivated in India and China since remote times for the oil used in cooking, medicine and as fuel for lamps. Excellent addition to green salads, and very palatable with butter. Needs long growing season; sow early in peat pots.

Sow direct in spring or start early indoors and transplant out. Leaves are minced and cooked with coriander and garlic and served as a puree on rice with chicken, rabbit, lamb or fish.

This strain of the lowly dandelion boasts tender fleshy leaves, topping all other fruits and vegetables for iron content. Treat as a biennial -- sow one year, pick the next. Enjoy in a spring salad, or cooked like spinach.

The succulent heart-shaped leaves have a fresh water chestnut-like taste and can be eaten raw in salads or cooked like spinach. We now know that the leaves are very rich in vitamin C.

Tall twining vine matures in about 75 days. Not only is it versatile in the kitchen, but its purple-veined leaves add ornamental interest in the garden. (Lablab) Most of this legume vine from India is edible: the pods, leaves, flowers, dried seeds, sprouted...