Farm Seed Seeds For Sale In St John S

Old English favourite for cottage gardens. Fragrant golden yellow flowers are delightful in potpourris and as cutflowers.

Delicious served hot with spaghetti sauce, cheese or butter, or chilled in salads. Melons keep for 1-2 months. Egg-shaped squash with flesh that really does look like spaghetti.

Very tender with distinctive bittersweet flavour. Stems can be cooked like asparagus. (Chinese spinach; Hinn choy) Young leaves are eaten either cooked or raw like spinach, but contain more calcium and iron.

Traditionally, it was used as a tea to treat diarrhea and dysentery, and cooked in milk with honey and butter. But edelweiss has important medicinal and cosmetic uses, and is now grown as a cultivated crop in Europe for those purposes.

Good summer green performing best in hot weather. Leaves are a light golden colour. Succulent leaves are popular in France for salads, cooked greens or in soups. Much improved over its wild relative.

(Da huang; Chinese rhubarb; Turkey rhubarb)

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

Ancient love potion. Profusion of lavender-blue flowers with dark eyes -- 100 flowers per plant!

Suited for home gardens and for commercial pot plant and field production. Proven effective against herpes. We urge everyone to try it. A truly delightful tea made from the dried leaves is our favourite anytime tea as it both stimulates the heart and...

Peppery flavour is hot, but does not linger. This herb has lots of potential for experimentation! (Azabu-tade; Cultivated smartweed) Popular Japanese herb used for sushi. Served on sashimi (sliced raw fish), tempura, and sushi.

Captures the warm flavours and aromas of the sunny south of France where lavender hugs the hills and thyme is plentiful. A classic seasoning for chicken, vegetables or meat.

Although the process is lengthy it is possible to extract molasses, and even sugar, at home from sugar beets grown in your garden. Cool weather crop; roots attain maximum sugar content in the fall.

Finally, here is a lemon catnip that truly smells of lemons. What a wonderful way to sip tea before bedtime to help you sleep! For years we have carried ‘Lemon Catnip' and while it had a perceptable hint of lemon, it never quite lived up to its name.

Immature green seeds can substitute for capers, and in tossed salads flowers add an interesting touch. They have unusually high vitamin C content. Climber with strong vines up to 2m/6ft high; for trellises, fences or poles.

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.

It is used in the liniment Tiger Balm and in the decongestant Olbas Oil. The oil is antiseptic, decongestant, analgesic, promotes circulation, reduces fevers and relieves cramps. Also used in commercial preparations for bacterial and fungal infections...

Lady cowpea is a popular and hard to find southern pea. This cowpea is excellent freshly cooked and very tender. If using for Nitrogen fixation we highly recommend using a cowpea inoculant.

Tolerates partial shade well. Try it in low borders or flower beds next to green or grey plants. Used like lyreleaf sage for cancer and other conditions. (Cancerweed) Medicinal herb with impressive horticultural potential! Its rich bronze-purple foliage...

It is gaining a reputation among western herbalists as a fast and highly effective treatment for depression, anxiety, insomnia, poor memory and irritability. Some scientists apparently think that Coca-Cola contains this herb.

It is said to neutralize toxins and help regulate blood sugar levels. (Gan-cao) One of the most commonly prescribed Chinese medicinal herbs. It is a tonic sweetener that is considered anti-inflammatory and expectorant while able to soothe irritated mucus...

It's is excellent for high density growing and takes 13 weeks to be ready from seed. Garden performance is superior to other varieties, with well-branched plants, 16 to 18″ tall.

The internodes -- the length of the stem between leaves -- are extremely short, which is why the plants are exceptionally compact and bushy. Excellent choice for potted plant growers and for greenhouse and hydroponic basil producers.

In the southern States, the plants will behave as perennials, but are not long-lived and should be divided every 2 to 3 years. In historic English ballads “Sweet William” is a nickname meaning a young man in love, and the dianthus is just as irresistible...

It has hollow, slender and succulent stems, 2 to 4 feet long. Austrian winter pea is a low-growing, viny legume which has been shown to fix over 200 pounds of nitrogen per acre per year.

The Strawberry Digitalis is the longest lived foxglove on the market today. This vigorous, heavy-blooming plant delights with large blooms in deep pink. The perennial foxglove.

Important dyeplant: flowerheads yield bright yellow-orange shades for fabrics. Cheery garden plants.