Garden Supplies Organic Gardening For Sale In Guelph

Has intermediate resistance to fusarium. High yields and slow to bolt. Large, dark green glossy leaves on thick sturdy stems. This is a nice compact Genovese basil well suited for pot production and for fresh cut use in the field.

Sown in early spring for harvest before hot weather or in mid-to-late summer for fall harvest. Popular Italian appetizer served with garlic and olive oil. Flowering stems and leaves have pleasant bitter flavour when cooked, steamed or sauteed.

The “deer tongue” idea refers to the pointed shape of the leaves and not, we hope, to some special fondness deer may have for this unusual variety of leaf lettuce. Still you'll need to guard it from marauders, deer or human, because the rich, nutty...

Like the red deer tongue variety, this is a very nice leaf lettuce with tongue-shaped leaves. The variety is described as rugged and a heavy producer perhaps befitting of its Amish heritage.

Deep-red “baby” pods make very attractive menu additions and older pods remain tender even at 20cm/8” length, and retain their red colour when cooked. The attractive red stems and branches, red-veined green leaves are ornamental as well as tasty!...

Essential fresh cut accompaniment to many Vietnamese dishes, including pho, a famous beef or chicken noodle soup. This is the true strain used in Vietnamese and Thai cooking. Similar to anise basil, but the flavour and fragrance is distinctively less...

(Bok choy) Popular standard ingredient in many Chinese dishes like chow mein and wonton soup. Stalks are pure white, crisp and very tender. Leaves are thick and glossy with a hint of mustard flavour.

Open headed romaine with gorgeous pomegranate-red leaves. Highly resistant to common fungal diseases.

Excellent for seasoning, and for basil vinegar which turns a beautiful red colour. Former All-American award winner, famous for its pure dark purple foliage, but in recent years it has become about 25% green.

Chinese herbalists say this herb expels ‘wind' and promotes ‘eruption.' It also has an antibacterial action. Helps to lower temperature and promote sweating. (Jing jie) Chinese herb used to treat the common cold and its symptoms, chills, sore throat,...

With a prominent display of bright crimson stalks and dark green crinkly leaves veined in red, this swiss chard is highly ornamental. Leaves are delicious when young in salads, and larger leaves can be steamed, stir fried, or sauted.

Tolerates hot weather well. The long beans are like young string beans without the annoying string. Yields can be huge if pods are picked often to encourage more to come. Excellent for stir fries.

With deep salmon coloured flesh that is thick, firm with a sweet, intense flavour Good for short season gardeners. Produces firm, round fruit weighing 1-2kg/3-4 lbs.

Regular onion chives. Besides using the leaves, try the pretty purple flowers, separated into florets, in salads for colour and flavour.

A rare family heirloom from Georgia with white seeds and yellow flesh of excellent flavour. The fruits are 45-60cm/18-24 in. Some disease and drought tolerance. Long, and can get up to over 10kg.

Light green, smooth edible pods 10cm/4” long by 2cm/3/4”diameter with a mild flavour good for eating raw, in stir fries or steamed. Sets double pods, very productive vines over a long period of time.

Excellent pickled, in salads, gourmet borscht or grilled. Tops are used as cooked greens. Attractive, bright golden-orange roots, are best eaten when small, but retain their sweet flavour and do not become fibrous when larger.

Sharp-flavoured curly leaves are excellent in salads and sandwiches or cooked. Repeat sowings for a continuous crop. Harvest when young and tender.

Standard variety. Ripens to a fiery golden-orange.

They are most tender when just 5-8cm (2-3") across. (Sunburst squash) Distinctive small disk-like squash with scalloped edges, like a toy top or a flying saucer. They can be steamed whole, or hollowed out, stuffed and baked, or they can be sliced and...

The stalks get only 120-150cm/4-5ft tall, so the plants blend in well with ornamental grasses or at the back of the garden. They are gorgeous for fall decorations, and of course they are great for popping.

Leaves are medium large to large with dark green colour. Uniform, erect habit. Fast growing Genovese type suited for year round pot production.

For flavour and for colour. A stunning basil with large burgundy flower bracts. And it may be resistant to downy mildew according to one report. With its colour, strong fragrance, and long deep purple stems, this also makes an excellent cutflower.

It makes delicious tortillas, sweet and nutty, as well as cornbread, corn chips and pancake mixes. Traditional crop of the Hopi Indians of Arizona, not only for food, but also for its spiritual and ritual significance.

Standard curled variety. Bright green, deeply cut and finely divided leaves.