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55 days. This curly green kale is the result of years of selection by Oregon’s Don Tipping of Seven Seeds Farm, and we just love it! Leaves are tender and frilly. Plants are taller than Blue Curled Vates, which is good if you can’t keep up with the weeds. We love how easy kale is to grow - plan...

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Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry

70 days. If you have never eaten a ground cherry, do yourself a favor and try these small, delectable fruits. These juicy, golden morsels are packed with sweet, tropical flavors reminiscent of pineapples. Scrumptious raw or added to smoothies, our customers have also enjoyed ground cherries in ...

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Blue Curled Vates Kale

55 days. Blue Curled Vates is an open-pollinated version of curly kale. It's easy to grow and will produce spring through fall. Very cold hardy and can overwinter until spring—with winter protection—to produce baby kale shoots and kale raab (edible flowering shoots). This kale stays shorter tha...

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Bouquet Dill

50 days (leaf harvest), 100 days (seed). Bouquet dill has edible leaves, flowers, and seeds. It is easy to start from seed and grows quickly, making it an easy choice for an herb garden. It can be grown tucked away in any corner and also works well in a pot. Use the fresh leaves (aka “dill weed...

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Bronze Fennel

55 days. Bronze Fennel is a shade tolerant, edible, reseeding perennial. Green, purple and bronze-tinged leaves add a welcomed visual texture to any garden. Plant height at flowering is 4 - 5’. Bronze fennel’s leaves are edible and have a flavor that is delicate and milder than common fennel. S...

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Castelfranco Chicory

70 days. Chicory is coveted by top-end chefs, especially in the Pacific Northwest, where its cold hardiness lends itself to wintertime local production. We have been experimenting with hoophouse production here in Michigan and have found Castelfranco to be extremely hardy. This variety survived...

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Chives

90 days. Chive is an easy-to-grow, perennial green onion. Leaves are round like a green onion but narrower. Leaves grow to 12" tall; flower heads reach a height of 20". This is a cold hardy plant, so it can be harvested early in spring and late into fall. It's also a great permaculture plant be...

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Curly Roja Kale

55 days. A perfect companion to Blue Curled or Alive Vates and other curly green kales, Curly Roja was the best red kale in our 2017 kale trial. We grew this variety as part of the University of Wisconsin’s Seed-to-Kitchen organic seed trials. Deeply ruffled, tender leaves with impressive purpl...

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Easy Cut Flat Parsley

A German flat leaved parsley similar to Italian Flat. Its name means “easy cut” because its upright habit makes it easy to harvest. These parsley seeds are from our friends at Adaptive Seeds in Oregon who have been growing this variety for many years. Dark green leaves are cold hardy which mean...

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Fercita Amaranth

75-90 days. An early, edible grain amaranth with gorgeous multi-colored plumes of magenta, pink, and pastel-yellow flowers perfect for northern growers. This high-protein, gluten-free grain is easy to grow and will grow in poor, dry soils. Short, stocky plants (3-4’ tall) make this amaranth ea...

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Fordhook Giant Chard

50 days. We always recommend chard (aka "Swiss Chard") to new gardeners because it's one of the easiest crops to grow. On top of that, Fordhook Giant is one of the most vigorous, high yielding, and reliable chards. Introduced in 1934, it has been a favorite of both market and home gardeners eve...

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Garlic Chives

90 days. Garlic Chive is a perennial plant similar to common chives, but distinguishable by their flat, broader leaves and fragrant white flowers. This is an all-around great plant for gardeners! Resistant to common animal pests (deer, groundhogs, rabbits). Cold hardy and tolerant of deep shade...

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Genovese Basil

68 days. Traditional Italian basil used for classic pesto. Fabulous, highly fragrant, sweet, pure "basil" flavor. Compact plants produce lots of leaves for harvest. The name comes from the Italian word "Genoese" (or that which comes from the region of Genoa) where Genovese Basil is still grown ...

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Good King Henry

Good King Henry is a perennial vegetable, indispensable to an edible landscape, permaculture or edible forest garden. Good King Henry is low maintenance and easy to grow once established. Plants will grow in partial shade as well as full sun. Plant reaches a maximum height of 2½ feet. From seed...

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Hopi Red Dye Amaranth

14 days baby, 70 days flowering plant, 110 days seed. We have been growing and saving seeds of Hopi Red Dye amaranth since 1996 because we just love it so much. So, now we’re really excited to share it! Amaranthus cruentus was domesticated by the indigenous people of Central America. This varie...

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Jazzy Leaf Lettuce Mix

30 days baby. A fabulous mix of wine red, neon green, and colors in-between! This is a seed mix from one of Erica’s lettuce breeding adventures. Loose leaf lettuces make a great cut-and-come-again salad mix. Will form loose heads if left to mature. This mix is particularly cold hardy and resist...

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Krausa Curly Parsley

70-85 days. This is our 2020 substitute for Moss Curled Parsley. Extra-ruffled green parsley with flavorful, robust stems that stay more upright and colorful into the fall. Grows to nearly one foot tall. Usually grown as an annual, parsley is actually a biennial. This means that in its first ye...

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Mizuna Mustard Greens

25 days for baby greens, 40 days mature. We have been growing this Japanese mustard green since 1999 because of its fast growth and versatility. Grow it whenever: spring, summer, fall or winter. Cold hardy to about 15 °F inside a hoophouse (cover it when temps dip below 15 °F). Unlike most fall...

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Nasturtium

60 days. One of our favorite edible flowers, nasturtiums delightfully brighten up gardens and salads. In fact, the whole nasturtium plant is edible, making it the perfect edible ground cover. Flowers are mixed colors from yellow, orange, and red. Flowers and leaves have a spicy, almost arugula-...

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Orange Zinger Calendula Flowers

90 days. Eye-popping edible flowers make this variety both attractive and useful. Stunning orange flower petals brighten salads or can be used to make skin-healing oils and salves. Long stems (18-24”) make this calendula good for cut flowers. Calendula is versatile, easy to grow from seed and a...

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Osaka Hardy Mustard Greens

20 days baby, 40 days full size. Osaka Hardy is a Nature & Nurture Farm original. It began with Purple Osaka mustard growing in our hoophouse through 2 polar vortex winters 2014 & 2015 where outdoor temps reached -20°. We saved seeds from the survivors and we are very pleased with the r...

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Perennial Arugula

50 days. Also known as Wild Roquette or Perennial Wall-Rocket, this biennial (or short-lived perennial) produces edible greens that taste similar to annual arugula. Perennial Arugula is a great addition to permaculture gardens because it re-seeds, filling in bare spaces with a wonderful edible ...

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Pink Passion Chard

67 days. Vivacious fuchsia stems contrast with forest green leaves to add a fabulous flash of color to your garden! While we chose to test this variety because of its stunning appearance, we knew we had to offer this seed when we tasted the smooth, tender leaves. We think that chard is underapp...

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Red Veined Sorrel

55 days. Add Red Veined Sorrel to your garden and you’ll be impressed by large, glossy, bright-green leaves, painted by bold maroon veins running throughout the plant. It’s a winter hardy perennial and very easy to grow. Great for edible and permaculture landscapes. Smaller leaves add a distinc...

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Russian Hunger Gap Kale

An extremely tender kale, Russian Hunger Gap is great for baby-salad-greens and also has delectable mature leaves. It is a Red Russian type of kale known for mild flavor and tenderness. Dazzling blue-green leaves have red-purple veins and moderate frills that are pretty enough for your front ya...

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Siber Frill Kale

65 days. Breathtakingly gorgeous, lacy and curled, blue-green leaved Siberian kale. Stays tender and increases frill with age, making it suitable for salads that ordinarily call for baby kale. Stems become fairly thick and have a juicy sweetness and satisfying crunch. Bred by Jonathan Spero of ...

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Sugar Magnolia Pea

70 days. Stunning midnight-purple snap pea. After 15 years of breeding work, seed elder and activist Dr. Alan Kapular, of Peace Seeds, created the first ever purple podded snap pea and named it after a Grateful Dead song. Pods are crisp and sweet but not quite as sweet as Sugar Snap. Six foot t...

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Taiwanese Quinoa

30 days leaf, 125 days seed. This plant is a quinoa relative from Taiwan and China, which is used for its red/purple, edible greens. It is 6’ tall and is related to lamb’s quarters, magenta spreen, and quinoa. It is similar to magenta spreen, but with much larger leaves that are edible much lat...

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Vit Mache

50 days. Vit Mache (pronounced “mosh”) is an annual vegetable grown for baby salad greens . Common in Europe, Mache is a vegetable that has recently gained popularity in the U.S. Mache is extremely cold hardy and can be grown in cold frames, low tunnels, or hoophouses without additional protect...

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Jen's Dill

UNAVAILABLE FOR 2020 - SEE BOUQUET DILL SUBSTITUTE. 50 days (leaf harvest), 100 days (seed)., Dill has held a regular spot in our garden for over 20 years, and is a favorite there and in the kitchen. Jen’s dill has edible leaves, flowers, and seeds. Dill is easy to start from seed and grows qui...

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Moss Curled Parsley

UNAVAILABLE FOR 2019. Try our substitute, Krausa Curly Parsley. 70-85 days. This is standard curly parsley. Fast-growing, high-yielding and can be squeezed into any garden. Cold hardy. Harvest it into the fall when other crops are done. Grows to 10” tall. Usually grown as an annual, parsley is...

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