Vegetable Seeds Catalogue

Make your Thai curries authentic with these small, round fruit averaging 5 cm across. A deep green eggplant with white stripes, with firm flesh that holds up well in curries. A compact bush with a high yield (warmer climate = more fruit). An early variety suitable for areas with a short summer. 15 seeds.

A perfect mix of fine (endive) and broader (escarole) leafed European greens. These mildly bitter greens grow well through the cooler months. While these varieties all have slightly different maturing dates for a full head harvest, leaves can harvested as kitchen demand requires. Grows well in fertile, moist soil with plenty of sun. 60 seeds.

A useful salad plant for the cooler months, able to tolerate damp autumn and winter nights. Endives grow well in fertile, moist soil with plenty of sun and extra lime if the soil is acid. Can be sown directly in early spring and mid to late summer or grow in punnets and transplant into the garden. 300 seeds

 

A miniature French heirloom variety with narrow finely curled leaves. A delicate flavour, especially when leaves are harvested young. For a fuller flavour harvest the older leaves. Eat raw in salads or lightly cook. For a sweeter taste, blanch the interior by bundling up the outer leaves while growing and secure with an elastic band. Endive prefers fertile, moist soil with plenty of sun. 250 seeds.

The classic French frisée endive. A smaller endive with a great mild flavour that is essential to any great European salad mix. The green leaves are deeply serrated, with many blanched leaves at the heart. 100 seeds.

The perfect salad green for the cooler, wetter months as it is tough, crisp and tasty – when a many lettuce varieties struggle. An Italian heirloom with frilly, serrated green leaves can be eaten raw, blanched or cooked. A bitter green that gets sweeter over the colder months. Endive grows well in fertile, moist soil with plenty of sun and extra lime if the soil is acid.  300 seeds.

A delicious, nutritious lettuce combination offering tender and juicy salad plants. A great combination of pick and come again varieties, with a mix colour and texture. Just add crumbled feta, walnut pieces, balsamic vinegar and olive oil and toss for a great salad in minutes. Harvest leaves as needed and to promote re-growth. 500 seeds.

The Florence fennel is a delicious,bulbous stem, with a distinctly aniseed flavour. An excellent accompaniment to fish. A late summer and autumn vegetable, it needs a long warm summer with plenty of water to form a good sized ‘bulb’. 100 seeds

One of the best bulbing fennel we have trialled. The rounded bulbs are medium to large, thick with a very crisp anise flavour. Harvest either in late summer/autumn or early spring, depending upon when sown. A vegetable that we use in salads with apple, walnuts and lettuce or chicory. Also used in soups, with fish or grill for a distinct delicious flavour. A good yielding variety. Treated seed (thiram). 20 seeds.

A fast growing annual herb/spice. Both the leaves and seed can be used in the kitchen. In India the leaves are used like spinach in curries, while the seeds are used are lightly roasted and used as one of the spices in curries. As fenugreek is a legume with nitrogen nodules on its roots it can be used as a dual purpose crop; in the kitchen and as summer green manure crop. Collect seed from the pods for sprouting. 100 seeds.

A fast growing annual herb/spice. Both the leaves and seed can be used in the kitchen. In India the leaves are used like spinach in curries, while the seeds are used are lightly roasted and used as one of the spices in curries. As fenugreek is a legume with nitrogen nodules on its roots it can be used as a dual purpose crop; in the kitchen and as summer green manure crop. Collect seed from the pods for sprouting. 100 seeds.

A hardy annual that bees, hoverflies and parasitic wasps love, making it is a great companion plant in the garden. A prolific bloomer with dense, curved, bell shaped blue-lilac flowers. It grows to 80 cm and makes a useful border plant that will supply you with cut flowers. Also used as a green manure to suppress weeds and to add organic matter to the soil. Sow in spring for summer flowering or in autumn to protect the soil through winter and early spring blooms. 100 seeds. No.1.