NEW for 2020

100 days. This landrace variety from Uzbekistan was the most productive and early upland rice in our 2018 trial. Classified as a short-grain brown rice, Amaura grows well when watered with drip irrigation like corn. We originally received these seeds from Indiana farmer John Sherck, who genero...

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Ancho Poblano Hot Pepper

68 days green. Poblanos are 3-6” long, dark green and mild to medium heat. From Puebla, Mexico, sweet and spicy poblanos are popular in chile rellenos (stuffed peppers). They are also good for salsa, mole poblano, grilling, stir frying, or roasting. These chiles are often roasted and peeled bef...

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Badger Flame Beet

55 days baby, 80 days full size. Gorgeous fire orange beet with concentric rings similar to Chioggia - it is as tasty as it looks! Badger Flame lacks the “dirt” flavor that some eaters dislike in beets. In our trial these beets, when harvested young, remained sweet and tender even during the he...

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Blue Star Gai Lan

45 days. Gai Lan is an essential and beloved vegetable in Chinese and Thai culinary traditions. It’s easy to grow and tastes great! Plants are harvested whole, similar to but larger than broccoli raab/rapini, with thick edible stems, leaves and flower buds. Being from tropical Asia, most Gai L...

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Chocolate Cake Sweet Bell Pepper

85-90 days. Our favorite chocolate-brown bell pepper with standout sweetness and a bold color that contrasts beautifully in a fresh salad or veggie tray. This variety was introduced by prolific pepper breeder, Doug Jones, who selected for earliness, productivity, and deliciousness. Pepper shape...

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Corona Orange Sweet Bell Pepper

65 days green, 85 orange ripe. Top-notch orange sweet bell peppers. Blocky, uniform deep orange fruit are 3½” wide with 3-4 lobes that are flavorful and sweet and win taste tests over orange supermarket peppers any day. Plants are vigorous and productive, reaching 4’ tall, so the plants benefit...

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Evergreen Hardy Scallions

65 days. Super easy-to-grow scallions that are winter hardy. Harvest full plants as bunching onions or cut the leaves to harvest as green onions. Harvested anytime April through November, it is perfect filler for CSA boxes during lean weeks or for gardeners who want hassle-free onions all seas...

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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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Golden Rocky Snap Bean

50 days. Yellow bush bean that produces abundant, uniform, tender and delicious snap beans. Excellent variety for northern growers - seeds germinate and grow well in cooler, damp conditions of spring. Beans retain yellow color after cooking, so we love sautéing them with green beans and garlic....

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Green Finger Cucumber

60 days. Thin skinned, slicing cucumber with a small seed cavity makes these cukes extra delicious. Tender, crisp and highly productive over a long harvest window. Adapted to northern field conditions and resistant to powdery mildew, making these perfect for market growers and beginning gardene...

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Hori-Hori Japanese Weeding Knife

This Japanese tool is top-notch quality and has been our favorite hand weeding tool for more than 20 years. It is an all-purpose tool for digging, transplanting and weeding. The strong carbon-steel blade is nearly non-bendable and perfect for removing stubborn weeds like dandelions in clay soil. ...

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Nozaki Early Chinese Cabbage

60 days. Chinese Cabbage is a vigorous grower and versatile in the kitchen - we just love it! With hybrid varieties dominating the Chinese Cabbage market, we have been trialing open-pollinated (OP) Chinese Cabbage varieties for many years and finally found one that is a winner. Nozaki Early is ...

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Painter's Palette Blanket Flower

One of Erica’s longtime favorites, Painter’s Palette Blanket Flower is bright, whimsical, and adds bursts of bright color to gardens. This perennial is native to prairies west of the Rocky’s and grows in poor, dry soils. Blooms all summer from July – September, supporting many bee species. Plan...

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Santiam Sunrise Tomato

70 days. Apricot-orange cherry tomatoes with great flavor that resist splitting. Santiam Sunrise is a result of efforts to de-hybridize the popular hybrid Sungold tomato. This one is bred by our friend Andrew Still at Adaptive Seeds. It was the top pick in our open-pollinated Sungold-type tomat...

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Scarlet Flame Zinnia

60 days. Magnificent and easy to grow from seed, this popping red dahlia-like flower is remarkable in the garden and bouquets. Erica loves this large, scarlet red flower on a long stem perfect for cut flowers. Zinnias are adored for their easy, fast growth, plus their ability to produce abundan...

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Serrano Tampiqueño Hot Pepper

75-78 days. Flavorful hot pepper harvested green or red that grows on very productive plants. A favorite of former crew member Jason who brought them to our attention. These peppers rated high for flavor in our 2016 hot pepper trials. Fruit are 2.5" long and 0.5" wide and are quite hot. Upright...

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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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Pisanello Tomato

80 days. A captivating, pleated Italian tomato brought to us by our friend and seed grower Dylan Bruce of Viroqua, WI. Dylan brought Pisanello back from his family reunion trip to Tuscany, Italy. Pisanello was selected by a farmer in Pisa and is named after the Renaissance painter. Fruit have ...

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