Organic Seeds Plants For Sale In Modesto

Standard variety for flavouring, slightly earlier maturing than above. Adds true European character to soups and stews. Our favourite type because flavour is extra rich. Deeply cut, bright green leaves with excellent flavour.

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.

Also used as a vaginal wash against trichomoniasis, and to treat scabies and fungal diseases. (She chuang) Chinese stimulant and aphrodisiac used to treat impotency.

(Sweet annie; Qing-guo)

Early summer variety. Curved, club shaped fruit grows to 22cm/9” long with golden-yellow skin and creamy texture with a nutty sweet flavour, that can be eaten raw with dips, steamed, grilled, or poached in broth and served with herb butters and seasonings.

Popular in salads, or cooked and served like spinach. (Roquette) Strong tasting spinach-like green common in Mediterranean markets.

Easy to grow from seeds. Zaatar is one of the world's great seasonings. The attractive greyish-green foliage has a spicy aroma and flavour that is truly divine. Throughout the Middle East it gives life to hummus, dips, and soups.

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

Stores well, lasting up to 3-5 months. The flavour is mild and sweet, perfect for fresh use on burgers and in salads. A very attractive round onion with yellow-brown skin and large uniform shape, up to 3-4"/8-11cm across.

Flesh is used for pie filling, soups, delicious grilled with onion, garlic, lovage and sweet peppers. Large pumpkin often weighing up to 45kg/100lb ripening to a pinkish orange with very thick flesh.

Vigorous tall growing herb; one of the first to return in spring. Can replace meat and bone stock in soups. Leaves possess excellent flavouring qualities for soups, stews and casseroles.

Mosaic resistant. Excellent canned, frozen, or eaten fresh. Pole bean with terrific flavour and high yields. Vines reach a vigorous 5-6ft. Seeds are white.

Used sliced fresh at all stages in salads or as crudite, steamed or sauteed with herbs and garlic, grilled on the barbeque or in tantalizing zucchini bread. Very dark green skin covers flesh of greenish white, delicate tasting and tender whether picked...

Delicious raw or stewed, and in salsa verde. A traditional variety that produces deep, wine-stained fruit, sweeter than other varieties. Considered by many to be the best flavoured tomatillo.

These store well for winter use and are delicious baked, steamed or grilled using your favourite herb blend. Flesh is deep orange with moist and very fine texture and sweet flavour that is high in fibre and beta carotene.

Texture is crisp and tender and flavour is pungent. (Chinese radish) A large radish with white carrot-shaped roots 30-40cm/6-8” long. Sow in fall for spring harvest or in spring for early summer harvest.

Since the time of the Aztecs it has been used to treat intestinal parasites and flatulence, and an early innovation may have been to add it to foods as a preventative measure. Harvest leaves before the plant flowers and sets seed for best flavour.

Known as when dried by smoking. Used fresh either green or ripe red in salsa, stews, breads, sauces, dips, or just about anything that needs spicing up. Best known hot chile, 5-7cm/2-3” long, 2-3cm/1-1.5” in diameter.

The young leaves are tender and can be steamed or cooked in soups and the seeds can be ground into flour. The ornamental effect is so stunning it belies the fact that this is first and foremost a food plant.

Preferred by the French. (Summer thyme) Narrow leaves, distinctly greyer and sweeter than English. Needs some winter protection.

Try adding chopped young leaves and flowers to salads or summer drinks. Known as the Herb of Gladness for its exhilarating effect. On those sweltering summer days, cool off with iced borage tea, adding honey and lemon juice to taste.

Productive plants resist lodging. An heirloom favourite with a truly delicious, buttery, rich flavour. Large 20cm/8" ears with golden-yellow kernels and long-lasting sweetness. Excellent for chicos.

In his legendary book, Back to Eden (see book section of this catalogue), Jethro Kloss wrote, Red clover is an exceedingly good remedy for cancer on any part f the body. Many herbalists assert that the flowers taken as an infusion help prevent and even...

Long harvesting period. For spring or fall crops. Rich tasting old Italian cultivar with small heads projected well above the foliage. Ideal for dips, stir fries, or steamed.