Our Seeds

85 days. We have been growing Dragon since 2005 because we love it so much! Bred by master organic plant breeder John Navazio, founder of the Organic Seed Alliance. This carrot exhibits a unique purple exterior, orange flesh and yellow core. How cool is that? But more importantly, it tastes sw...

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Sugar Snap Pea

62-68 days. Before the Sugar Snap pea, most people grew either snow peas or shelling peas. Snow peas produce edible pods but the interior peas are tiny, and shelling peas contain large peas but the pods are inedible. In the late 60's, Calvin Lamborn crossed the two pea types, producing a pea wi...

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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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Pokey Joe Cilantro

55 days. Think all cilantros taste the same? Think again. Pokey Joe has won several taste trials on the West Coast. It's mild, yet cilantro-y flavor lends it versatility in the kitchen. With Pokey Joe, slow and steady wins the race: bushy, leafy growth means lots of leaves for harvest. Slower g...

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Grand Rapids Lettuce

28 days baby, 50 days mature. In our never-ending pursuit to recover the long-lost history of agriculture in the Great Lakes region, we fortunately stumbled upon “Grand Rapids” lettuce, which tells a story of the region that began over 100 years ago. Bred in the late 1800’s by Eugene Davis, kno...

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Growing-In-Place Cherry Tomato

60 days. This juicy, currant type, deep red, round tomato is the size of a small cherry sporting mouth-popping, bold flavor. It was a real hit at our local HomeGrown Festival 2014. Perfect in salads and kids love them! Plants are vigorous and yield large quantities of clustered fruits all summe...

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Abundant Bloomsdale Spinach

45 days. Looking for dark leafy greens? Look no further. This spinach is deep green with glossy, savoy (wavy) leaves full of healthy carotenoids like beta-carotene. Leaves are sweet and succulent and great raw or cooked. Plants are bolt-resistant and slow-growing, so it is better for spring gro...

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Early Detroit Tomato

74 days. Early Detroit is a medium sized, round, pink, slicing tomato with excellent flavor. We first learned of the Early Detroit tomato in 2011 and have been working diligently ever since to bring it back to Michigan! Early Detroit was released by D.M. Ferry seed company of Detroit, Michigan...

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Detroit Dark Red Beet

60 days. Erica first came across the Detroit Dark Red beet in 1997 as a farm apprentice in Santa Cruz, CA and thought, "why is this beet named after Detroit?" A Michigan native herself, Erica could not believe this sweet beet hailed from the Motor City. Apparently, it's relatively unknown that ...

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Emerald Gem Melon

77 days. This melon from Benzie County, Michigan was introduced in 1886. Melt-in-your-mouth flesh is juicy and refreshingly sweet. Vigorous vines produce a large quantity of high quality fruit over a long harvest period. Grows well in clay soils. Beautiful emerald green fruit ripens to a yellow...

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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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Chicago Pickling Cucumber

58 days. A great slicing cucumber! We first grew Chicago Pickling as a part of Slow Food’s Great Lakes Heirloom Seed project in 2011 and we were hooked. Thin-skinned, crisp, light and refreshing as a slicing cucumber with a sublime sweetness not found in other cucumbers. “Pickling” type cucumbe...

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De Cicco Broccoli

50-60 days. We have been growing De Cicco for 13 years because it is one of the best open-pollinated varieties of heading broccoli. Italian in origin, De Cicco was brought to the US in 1890. It's perfect for gardeners because after producing the main broccoli head, it will produce a continuous ...

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Poinsett 76 Cucumber

70 days. Poinsett 76 are straight, dark green, non-bitter and delightfully crisp cucumbers. They are 7 – 8” long with a 2 – 2½” diameter. With the market dominated by hybrids, Poinsett 76 is one of the best open-pollinated, standard slicing cucumbers. Very popular in the 1980’s & 1990’s, we...

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Arugula

Baby salad greens (25 days); mature (45 days). Originating from the Mediterranean region, Arugula is a cool weather loving plant – grow it outdoors in spring and fall or in a hoophouse over the winter (see Growing Instructions tab). This versatile plant can be grown as an edible cover crop/grou...

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Milan Nantes Carrot

72 days. A great orange carrot that is very sweet with a nice feel-good-in-the-mouth crunch that’s perfect for salads. Classic “Nantes” shape with a blunted tip which is popular in Europe but underappreciated in the U.S – why do carrots have to be pointy anyways? We love Milan Nantes especially...

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Dark Star Zucchini

55 days. For those who love green zucchini, Dark Star is a top pick. Bred through a collaboration of the Organic Seed Alliance and Eel River Farms, with a goal to create an open-pollinated zucchini that is reliably uniform and dark green. This one gives the corporate-owned hybrid zucchini seeds...

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Amish Paste Tomato

85 days. Amish Paste is a delightfully juicy, full-flavored salad tomato. In fact, it's listed on Slow Food USA's Ark of Taste (see Resources) because it's so darn good! An Amish variety from Lancaster, PA, these tomatoes offer a perfect combination of salty and sweet. It's Erica's mom's favori...

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Early Fortune Cucumber

60 days. This slicing cucumber originated in Royal Oak, MI right around the turn of the 20th century, back when our public universities worked on breeding open-pollinated, non-GMO and public domain seeds. It was selected by George Starr, a Michigan State University extension specialist, for its...

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Potawatomi Lima Bean

100+ days. Lima beans that are tasty eaten dry or as a shelling bean. Vines are vigorous climbing “pole”-type. The beans are amazing in fall when beautiful seeds mottled with black, white and maroon pop out of the shell. This bean’s story is irrevocably linked to the story of the indigenous Pot...

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Cupidon Bean

55 days. High-yielding French filet bean with narrow and round, 7-inch long green pods. Bush type plants produce high yields of crisp yet tender pods. Pleasant mellow flavor. Great eaten raw in salads. Called Haricot Verts in French, these beans are traditionally prepared lightly steamed and se...

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Butterbush Winter Squash

87 days. Didn’t think you could grow butternut squash? Think again! This excellent flavored butternut type squash is perfect for space-constrained gardeners because vines are dwarf. Early ripening makes them a great choice for northern gardeners with a short growing season. Butterbush squash ar...

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Native Plant Good Bug Blend

Beneficial insects are vital to pest control in organic gardens! Bugs like praying mantis, lacewings, and ladybugs patrol the garden eating and destroying vegetable pests. This packet of Michigan native, perennial, wildflowers contains plants that attract and provide food and habitat for benefi...

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Joker Lettuce

50-60 days. Bred in 2011 by farmer, plant breeder, and seed activist Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seed, Joker has become our favorite head lettuce! It has a distinctly sweet, buttery flavor, yet every part of this lettuce retains a crispy, crunch. Even the green leafy parts are crunchy! It's a c...

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Sheepnose Pimento Sweet Pepper

75 days. This is sweet pepper perfection! Peppers are 3 - 4" in diameter. Pimento peppers were widely grown before bell peppers came to dominate the sweet pepper scene. Pimento peppers are round and squat-shaped and are known for their sweet, fruity, aromatic flavor and early ripening. Erica ha...

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Tarahumara Sunflower

90 days. This gorgeous sunflower produces a primary, large (8-10” diameter) single flower head with multiple smaller side heads. Flowers have golden yellow petals with lime green centers. Plants grow 6-9’ tall. Seeds are white and are great to eat. Plants are vigorous and tolerant of many soil ...

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Wisconsin Lakes Sweet Pepper

75-85 days. Classic sweet bell pepper great for northern growers. Medium sized (4-5” long), fire engine red, all-purpose bell pepper with very sweet and crunchy walls. This pepper is productive and early maturing. Fruit can be picked green or red. Another great Midwest variety out of the Univer...

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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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Holmes Royal Red Radish

25 days. Taste testers agree – this radish will knock your socks off! It has a delicate, mild and sweet flavor, and is crisp yet tender. Similar in size, round shape, and red exterior/white interior to the standard commercial radish but without the harsh spicy bite. So good that radish haters m...

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Wisconsin 55 Tomato

72 days. Refreshing taste of summer in a gorgeous, scarlet-red, round, mid-size slicing tomato. Juicy but never mushy, the Wisconsin 55 is great for salads and sandwiches. Impressively vigorous, blemish-free, crack-resistant, uniform, high-yielding and stores well. Good disease resistance to ea...

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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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French Breakfast Radish

25 days. French Breakfast is delightfully crisp, tender and is milder in spicyness than the common Cherry Bell radishes. Radishes are a great crop because they are quick to mature and quite versatile in the kitchen. Radishes prefer cool weather so plan to grow them in spring or fall. Traditiona...

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Parisian Carrot

60 days. This early, "French Forcing" type carrot is easy to grow (see Seed Stories tab). Introduced to the US around 1861, it was widely cultivated by the turn of the century (this was your Great Grandparents' carrot). Round-shaped, root length is 1¼ - 1¾". Due to its short root, Parisian grow...

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Sweet Dakota Bliss Beet

55 days. This wonderful beet hails from North Dakota, bred by longtime organic farmers David, Dan, and Theresa Podoll. It is red burgundy, round and has an oh-so-sweet flavor! Outstanding roasted with a touch of oil and salt. Plants are vigorous and tops are edible. Good for winter storage and ...

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Beaver Dam Hot Pepper

90 days. This pepper was brought to the Great Lakes Region (Beaver Dam, Wisconsin) in 1912 by a Hungarian family. Listed in the Slow Food Ark of Taste, this gorgeous pepper is quite unique. Beaver Dam offers the complex, sugary flavor and eating qualities of a sweet pepper, but it pairs these q...

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Save the Bees!

This packet of Michigan native, perennial, wildflowers contains plants that attract and provide necessary food and habitat for bees, pollinators, and other insects. Native plants provide needed biodiversity that is so often lacking in many landscapes. In collaboration with Greg Vaclavek of the ...

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Provider Bean

50 days. Provider is a dependable green, bush, snap bean with very good flavor. Beans are tender and have a nice crisp crunch. We like to do a lot of taste testing right out in the field and Provider rates high for eating raw because of its smooth (hairless) pods. It is also great eaten pickle...

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Michigan Wonder Bell Pepper

65 days green, 90 red. If you like green bell peppers, you will love Michigan Wonder – a beautiful pepper with a satisfying crunch! Peppers are blocky and medium sized (4-5” long), with thick walls. Fruits will event eventually ripen red, but take advantage of this variety’s earliness by harves...

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Jericho Lettuce

60 days. Jericho is a full size, bolt-resistant green romaine that stays sweet even in the heat of summer. We first grew this lettuce in 2003 and it’s always been a favorite … but when we included it in our 2016 hot weather summer lettuce trial, it rated #1 in flavor! Bred in Israel for the hea...

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Little Gem Lettuce

30 days baby, 55 days head. Little Gem is a cross between butterhead and romaine, giving it the unique trait of having romaine’s crunch with the sweetness and small size of a butterhead. Can be grown for baby greens or for heads. Baby leaves can be grown as cut-and-come-again (they grow upright...

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Clear Dawn Onion

105 days. For many years we grew and depended on Copra hybrid as a reliable storage onion … then we found Clear Dawn! It is the result of 36 years of breeding work by a group of Biodynamic market gardeners who dehybridized Copra to get open-pollinated Clear Dawn. Similar to Copra, it is a mediu...

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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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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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Dazzling Blue Kale

60 days. Dazzling Blue is a lacinato (aka dinosaur) type kale with blue-green savoyed (wavy) leaves that turn under at the edges, and a bright pink stem in the middle. Hank Keogh tapped into the gene pool that his boss, Frank Morton, used to develop the Rainbow Lacinato at Wild Garden Seed in P...

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Burgess Buttercup Winter Squash

95 days. In pursuit of a great tasting buttercup squash, we decided to try Burgess because of its Great Lakes roots and we were definitely pleased with our choice. Buttercup squashes belong to the species Cucurbita maxima, originating in South America and domesticated by Native Americans. Butte...

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Top Hat Sweet Corn

80 days. This awesome new sweet corn is so sweet, you will think it’s a hybrid – it’s not and it’s absolutely delicious! Jonathon Spero has been working for many years to breed new open-pollinated, extra sweet corns, and Top Hat is a real winner. We love Top Hat too because the fat, tender kern...

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Brandywine Tomato (Sudduth's Strain)

90 days. This Brandywine strain is THE quintessential heirloom tomato that brought heirlooms to fame. Large, pink, juicy beefsteak with exquisite flavor and many folks will agree that, hands down, it is the best tasting tomato around. We love it so much we've been growing it since 1999! In the ...

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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 protecti...

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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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Sweet Dakota Rose Watermelon

80-90 days. Luscious watermelon bred in North Dakota by the Podolls of Prairie Road Organic Seed. Our friend Ryan Padgett of Radicle Roots Community Farm in Ann Arbor grew this watermelon and we were really impressed with it. Round, medium sized (8-15lbs) fruit, with rosy red very sweet flesh. ...

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Gold Pattypan Summer Squash

68 days. Wild squash originated in the America's and were domesticated by Native Americans centuries ago. Following European colonization, pilgrims began to grow the pattypan squashes of the indigenous people. Pattypan squash, also known as "Scallop" squash, have remained popular in the U.S. ev...

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Sweet Thai Basil

65 days. Basil originated in Southeast Asia and later spread throughout the world leading to the subsequent development of many varieties. Thai Basil is unique from other basils—purple stemmed and distinct in flavor. Even if it flowers, just keep harvesting; it doesn't turn bitter! More cold to...

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Thelma Sanders Winter Squash

90 days. We first grew Thelma Sanders in 2008 and boy were we blown away. We were looking for a vigorous, high yielding, and great tasting winter squash with consistent ripening and this one fit the bill! An heirloom originally from Missouri, it was saved by squash seed collectors Sue and Tom K...

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Ring of Fire Sunflower

70 days. Erica just adores this sunflower that greets the morning sun. Flowers are 4-5” across, have dark - almost black - centers with a central ring of brick red radiating out to a cheery golden yellow. Plants are 5-6’ tall and produce an abundance of uniform flowers with long stems perfect f...

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Jen's Dill

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 quickly, making it a great choice for kids, who love to...

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Pingtung Long Eggplant

70 days. Named after the Taiwanese city from where it originated, Pingtung Long is a delicious, easy-to-grow eggplant. Fruits are 12" long, 1 - 2" wide. Glossy deep-purple skin is thin, tender and even a bit sweet. When eggplants are harvested young, you'll appreciate their tender and non-bitte...

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Valencia Tomato

76 days. This slicing tomato blows us away! We harvest bushel after bushel full of perfect, orange globes fit for a king. A zesty taste and a luscious texture endowed with the perfect balance of sweet and acid, juice and flesh. Plants are vigorous, disease-resistant, and high-yielding. Medium s...

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Blush Tomato

84 days. Blush is a perfect example of needed innovation in the breeding of open-pollinated crops. Introduced in 2011 by farmer/breeder Fred Hempel of Baia Nicchia Farm in Sunol, CA. Blush is vigorous, productive and boy is it tasty! Fruits are oval, 2- 2½" long, exhibiting a light gold skin wi...

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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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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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Traveler Jalapeño Hot Pepper

85 days. Large 3-4” jalapenos on vigorous, productive 3 ft plants. Reliably produces peppers with consistent medium heat, somewhat hotter than most jalapenos. Introduced by Larry Pierce of Cabool, MO who named it “Traveler” because he selected it over the course of 20 years in several states as...

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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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Alive Vates Kale

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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Gold Currant Tomato

70 days. Currant tomatoes belong to a different species than common tomatoes. They produce clusters of round, berry-sized tomatoes that are known for their intense flavor and disease resistance. Gold Currant produces yellow fruits that are about 1” diameter and offer a zesty tomato flavor. Vine...

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Pride of Wisconsin Melon

90 days. Refreshingly sweet and juicy cantaloupe-type melon with a musky, fruity aroma. Flesh slices like butter, soft enough for easy spoon eating and firm enough to slice for salad. Medium-sized melons have a small seed cavity which means more flesh! Ripens apricot orange with netting on the ...

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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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Dottenfelder Cabbage

90 days. Green, storage cabbage with nice and sweet flavor. We are so excited to offer this great, open-pollinated storage/kraut cabbage especially in light of the domination of hybrid cabbage in the seed industry! Dottenfelder was bred by German Biodynamic Seed breeder Dieter Bauer and was mad...

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Soltera Morado Sweet Corn

70 days. This corn is a show stopper! Gorgeous purple sweet corn high in anthocyanins. It even turns the cooking water purple. Sweeter than your average heirloom sweet corn, but not as sweet as hybrid corn. Compact plants are good for smaller gardens. Munk Bergin has been breeding corn for over...

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Lemon Cucumber

65 days. Round, yellow-skinned slicing cucumber with cool, crisp, non-bitter taste. This lemon-sized cuke will help you beat the heat of a hot summer's day. Flesh is white. Brought to the U.S. from Australia in 1894 and favored for many years by gardeners because of its vigor, high yield, flavo...

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Champion Collard

70 days. We think collards are underutilized in the garden and kitchen. It’s just about the easiest vegetable to grow. Started in the early spring, collards will produce copious amounts of greens from spring through late fall. Champion is quite cold hardy and with luck (and perhaps some protect...

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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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Solstice Broccoli

71 days. Large, vigorous plants produce large to medium tight heads with a purplish blush. After the main broccoli head is harvested, Solstice continues to produce side shoots. We first learned of Solstice broccoli from the original breeder Jonathan Spero, an Oregon-based organic farmer and pla...

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Leira Carrot

90 days. Orange, 6 – 7” long, tapered carrots that are sweet and delightful. In 2001 Dieter Bauer, a Biodynamic German farmer/ breeder began selecting Rodelika carrots for extra sweet taste … eight years later Leira was born! With hybrid carrots dominating the market, we are impressed with the ...

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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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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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Mikola Lettuce

50-60 days. Folks have been asking for heat-tolerant lettuce and here is our red-leaved reply! Mikola is a red butterhead with smooth textured leaves that is good for summer growing. Rated high for flavor and texture in our summer lettuce trial of 2016 where it was one of the most bolt-resistan...

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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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Who Gets Kissed? Sweet Corn

78 – 84 days. We are thrilled to be able to bring you this awesome sweet corn! Who Gets Kissed was bred for ‘Sugary Enhanced’ sweetness, vigor, and disease resistance to rival hybrid corn, and boy does it deliver! This variety was bred through a collaboration between Minnesotan organic farmer, ...

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Diamond Eggplant

70 days. We think that eggplants are underutilized on American plates – it is all about how you cook it! So, we are bringing you Diamond, which when cooked right will turn any eggplant skeptic into an eggplant lover. Classic eggplant shape with very dark purple skin and creamy flesh on short, p...

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Sweet Siberian Watermelon

85 days. A wonderful, easy-to-grow golden watermelon. Rind is green, fruits are medium sized and oblong with delectably sweet, juicy flesh. Small, brown seeds. We have been growing it since 2002 - we love its sweet flavor and dependable ripening! Brought to the U.S. around 1900 from the Siberia...

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Rosella Purple Tomato

74 days. For those trying to grow heirloom beefsteak tomatoes in containers or small gardens Rosella Purple is a top choice. The Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project has been releasing an abundance of new dwarf varieties and Rosella Purple was one of the original releases in 2010. 6-10 oz fruits with ...

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Ella Kropf Lettuce

68 days. Mid-size green butterhead with an excellent creamy texture. We love its sweet flavor and crunchy midribs. This Midwest heirloom was donated to Seed Savers Exchange by the Kropf family of Deer Grove, Illinois, who had originally received it from a man in Stewardson, Illinois around 1930...

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Hairy Vetch

Hairy Vetch is an annual sprawling cover crop used for soil improvement, including nitrogen fixation and erosion control. This is the most winter hardy of the vetches. Traditionally, it is sown into beds/fields as a cover crop with rye in the fall (September), where it serves to protect the soi...

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Mega Marconi Tall Sweet Pepper

95 days. This gigantic sweet pepper is a show stopper! Italian-type sweet peppers are 6-8 inches long, 3 inches wide and are blocky shaped with a blunt tip. Fruits have thick walls that ripen to red with a sweet, almost smoky taste. Great raw or cooked – grilling or roasting enhances their incr...

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Gatherer's Gold Sweet Pepper

80 days. Gatherer’s Gold is a delicious yellow/gold horn-shaped variation on the Italian frying pepper. It has thick walls, few seeds and great sweet taste either raw or roasted. Bred by Frank Morton at Wild Garden seeds from an off-type discovered over the course of a breeding project to de-hy...

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Melrose Sweet Pepper

65-70 days. Celebrate Chicago and Italian-American heritage with this delectable, sweet pepper! We are blown away with Melrose’s earliness and high yield – so many peppers that we were giving them away! This heirloom was brought to Melrose Park, IL by the Napolitano family (later renamed Naples...

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Mizuna Mustard

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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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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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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Margaret's Sweet Pepper

85 – 90 days red ripe. This pepper has exquisite flavor – concentrated sweetness and full-flavor packed into the medium thick, crisp, red-when-ripe walls. Similar in shape to a medium sized bell pepper with a somewhat tapered end. Plants are prolific. Named after Margaret Gubin of Cambria, Wisc...

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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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Paul Robeson Tomato

75 days. A “black” (really more of a dark reddish brown with dark green shoulders) beefsteak tomato that produces 10 oz fruits with a distinctive smoky sweetness. This variety won our 2016 taste test trial of purple and black heirloom varieties. Erica has fallen head over heels for this tomato....

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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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Cañoncito Field 7 Landrace Hot Pepper

65 days. An unusually vigorous plant with very fast germination, growth, and flower set. It produces 3-6” long green-to-red hot peppers with thin skins and a variety of shapes, flavors and heat ranging from mild to medium. Good for drying, roasting and general kitchen use. This is a landrace f...

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Red Iceberg Lettuce

60 days. Okay, so iceberg’s got a bad rap – yes, we grew up eating it shrink wrapped and all. But ya gotta admit, the iceberg crunch is unbeatable. This Red Iceberg rated at the top in combined texture and flavor in our hot summer lettuce trial of 2016 with no bitterness. It is one of Mike’s fa...

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Black Cherry Tomato

65-75 days. Cherry tomato with delicious, complex flavor that is sweet, juicy, rich, and savory. Black Cherry was the winner of our 2017 trial of dark colored, cherry tomatoes. We were searching for a cherry tomato with the flavor of a full-size heirloom beefsteak, and we found it! Our strain i...

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Feurio Chard

60 days. Gorgeous red-stemmed chard with tender, succulent leaves and thick crunchy stems. A rhubarb type chard with curly “savoy” leaves range in color from bright green to red to burgundy. Upright plants are easy to harvest and regrow quickly for cut-and-come-again chard. Red-stemmed chards a...

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Pruden's Purple Tomato

72 days. Vigorous indeterminate vines with potato leaf foliage produce 1 pound fruits with excellent sweet, balanced classic tomato flavor. This dark pink beefsteak tomato dates to the 19th century when “purple” was used to describe pink tomato color, long before the more recent proliferation o...

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Pink Berkeley Tie Dye Tomato

85 Days. Deep red polychrome beefsteak with metallic green stripes. Has a rich, earthy, luscious heirloom flavor. Nice and juicy. One of the coolest tomatoes you will ever see! Reminds us of rainbow tie-dyes from the sixties. Perfect on any burger from Portabella mushroom to grass-fed beef. Thi...

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Sheboygan Tomato

80 days. Sheboygan is a juicy paste type tomato that produces an abundance of medium sized, 6 oz pink fruit. It has a complex, balanced taste characteristic of heirloom tomatoes. Great for sauce but, unlike most paste tomatoes, eaten fresh it is good too. Grown by Lithuanian immigrants near She...

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Lunchbox Orange Pepper

80 days. Fruity, snacking pepper that is sweet as candy entices kids of all ages into the garden – no one can resist eating these straight off the plant! Bright orange mini peppers (W 3” x 1½” H) are convenient healthy snacks that you can pack in your lunch. Satisfying crunch on salads and sand...

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Candystick Delicata Squash

90 days. For those who think no meal is complete without something sweet, we offer you Candystick Delicata! Released by master breeder and author Carol Deppe, who first inspired us to start breeding tomatoes over 15 years ago. She selected this squash for thick flesh, luscious texture, top-notc...

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Royal Burgundy Bean

55 days. Our 2018 farm crew’s favorite bush bean, Royal Burgundy is eye-catching, vigorous and quick to pick. Relatively tall compared to other bush-beans making plants compete better with weeds. Color is dark violet on the outside with bright-green interior before cooking; heat makes the pods ...

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Touchstone Gold Beet

55 days. Golden beets with bright yellow flesh and excellent, sweet flavor. If you’re not a fan of the earthy flavor of beets, try Touchstone Gold! Roots are slightly tapered and rich in beta-carotenes that retain their gold color when cooked. Touchstone is superb in Erica’s mom’s Roasted Root ...

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Osaka Hardy Mustard

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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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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Gift Certificate

Seeds make great gifts. Give the gift of growing! Please allow 3 business days for us to process gift certificate purchases. Gift certificates are available in denominations of $10, $25, $35, $50, and $100. We can mail or email gift certificates to you or directly to your recipient. Upon che...

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Rossa Di Milano Onion

110 days. Red onion with white flesh boasting fragrant, sweet and delicate flavor. As its name suggests, this heirloom onion originates near Milan, in Northern Italy, where it is still enjoyed today. Erica and Mike got to experience the incredible cuisines of northern Italy during their sponsor...

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Livingston's Golden Queen Tomato

80 days. This tomato was introduced in 1882 by pioneering seedsman Alexander W. Livingston of Columbus, Ohio. A.W. Livingston is best known for introducing a large number of tomatoes to the Great Lakes region around the turn of the 20th century. Vigorous plants produce round, medium sized (3½” ...

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King Richard Leek

75 days. We love leeks and think they are seriously underappreciated! Much easier to grow than standard onions, they are versatile in the kitchen and can be used in almost any recipe calling for onions. King Richard leek is early, with long, thick, sweet stems that have a mild flavor. It can be...

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Red Okra 98

60 days. In our 2017 okra trial this variety grew the tallest and was highly productive. Plants grow 4-12' tall with mature pods 10-12”, best eaten under 7”. Pods are downy (non-spiny), with low mucosity. Solid red stems, petioles and leaf veins, green leaves. Pods start off green and blush red...

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Purple Osaka Mustard

20 days baby, 40 days full size. We started growing this mustard green in the early 90’s and have been enjoying it ever since! Harvested as a baby green, Purple Osaka adds welcomed color and flavor diversity to all kinds of salads. Whole plants (mature leaves and stems) are prepared as mustard ...

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Golden Grex Beet

55 days. Had problems growing beets? Golden Grex is dependable and vigorous, with lush green tops and large beets with sweet flavor. Bred by master breeder, seedsman, and visionary Alan Kapuler, this beet varies in shape and color due to its diverse genetics – some roots even have beautiful con...

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Red Express Cabbage

62 days. Extra early, red, round cabbage that grows as a compact plant. Gorgeous red/purple colored heads are small/medium sized (2-4lbs), perfect for the home gardener. Good for spring, summer, and fall plantings. We love cabbage because it is easy to grow, produces a lot of food, and stores w...

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Tasty Evergreen Tomato

75 days. One of the best green-when-ripe tomatoes we’ve tried. Introduced in northwest Ohio in 1958 by Gleckler’s. Medium-sized (3 - 4” diameter), beefsteak type tomato. Skin ripens to contrasting stripes of yellow on lime green. Flesh is a sea-foam green. Plants have medium vigor and benefit f...

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Orange Banana Tomato

76 days. 4 oz plum shaped apricot orange sauce tomato. Plants produce prolific bunches of tomatoes with a unique sweetness that is unlocked when they are cooked down for sauce – it’s like sunshine in a jar! Jason uses them as the main ingredient in his “spicy yeller” pizza sauce with a few hot ...

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Early Moonbeam Watermelon

75 days. Capture the glow of the summer sunshine in a convenient sized watermelon that will fit into your refrigerator and picnic basket! This is a yellow-fleshed, “icebox” sized watermelon that grows to 5-8 lbs. This variety was bred for northern growers by genius plant breeder Dr. Alan Kapule...

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Doe Hill Pepper

70 days. A most unusual heirloom pepper that is early, prolific, and has standout flavor. We love these fruits because they remind us of Sheepnose Pimento, one of our all-time favorites. Orange, thick crisp walls are oh-so-sweet, fruity, and scrumptious! Fruits are a bit smaller than Sheepnose ...

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Habanero Hot Pepper

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Tiny Chinese Hot Pepper

85-95 days. This beautiful pepper is a compact bushy plant that produces hundreds of tiny red chili peppers pointing up towards the sky. Exquisitely small fruit are ½” long by ¼” wide, the smallest peppers that we have ever seen. The unusual leaves are tiny too. Plants are very ornamental and g...

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Ole Timey Blue Collards

60-80 days. Beauty and kale-like flavor combine in this historic variety. We adore the 2’ tall, majestic blue-green leaves streaked with purple veins. Large leaves and upright growth make for an easy harvest. Collards have the same flavor and health benefits as kale so throw them in any dish ca...

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Fatalii Hot Pepper

95 days. This very hot pepper originated in Central Africa, but performs well at our farm in southeast Michigan. 2” long pointed yellow pods with thin flesh. Fatalii has high concentrations of dihydrocapsaicin, which provides a slow release heat that hits you about 30 seconds after biting. A fa...

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Earl's Red Beefsteak

95 days. A classic red, American tomato. One taste of Earl’s Red Beefsteak instantly transports me back to my enchanted garden of childhood. Excellent, classic tomato flavor with a perfect balance of sweet and tart. Fruit are 3” diameter, fairly uniform and meaty but never mushy. Fruit are more...

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Isbell's Big Dwarf Tomato

90 days. Big tomatoes on a dwarf plant! High yielding, dwarf plant perfect for containers and small gardens. Bushy plants have thick stems loaded with medium sized, pink beefsteak fruits. Flavor is meaty with a delicate balance of sweet and acid. Bred by Isbell’s & Co of Jackson, Michigan i...

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Red Head Quinoa

110 days. Gorgeous, large, red/pink seed heads that stood out in our 2017 quinoa trial. Sturdy, high yielding strain with edible white seeds. Normally thriving in arid climates, Frank Morton has selected his strain for its ability to tolerate humidity without seed sprouting in the head, a criti...

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Isbell's Golden Colossal Tomato

85 days. Lemon-yellow fruits blush red on the bottom and boast a robust flavor with a perfect combo of sweet and tart. A winner of our 2017 Harvest Festival heirloom tasting - Mike says this is his favorite yellow tomato! Listed in the 1915 catalog of Isbell’s & Co of Jackson, Michigan just...

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Brandywine Tomato (Turtle Tree Strain)

90 days. For many years we have been in search of a Brandywine that is vigorous and prolific and we found it! This Pink Brandywine yields large quantities of large, pink beefsteak tomatoes with very good flavor. This strain was re-selected by Turtle Tree Seed in 2007 and we thank them for their...

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Hinkelhatz Hot Pepper

88 days. Short 2 ft bush plants are prolific producers of 1” red hot peppers shaped like the heart of a chicken, which is where its name comes from. These peppers are very hot with an instant kick of strong pepper flavor that goes straight to the head. Grown by Pennsylvania Mennonites for over ...

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Orange Marigold

85 days. Orange pops of flowery goodness bring lasting beauty to any garden. Frilly, aromatic blossoms that burst from robust plants attract beneficial creatures and naturally deter pests. The brightly colored, showy flowers make eye-catching and nose-catching bouquets. Mexicans and Mexican-Am...

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Watermelon Radish

60 days. Slice open one of these radishes to discover their secret hidden within. A deep pink center concealed underneath a green-white exterior is the splash of color you need on gray winter days. Grown in the fall to a size of 2-4” in diameter, these crisp, globe shape roots can be stored for...

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Miss Jekyll Blue Love-in-a-Mist

65-70 days. Popping, true-blue flowers bring bounding color to every garden. Erica first fell in love with Miss Jekyll Blue in 1998 as a farm apprentice at the University of California and this love affair still flourishes. Up-close the blue flowers are elaborately delightful, and with time, tr...

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Ferris Wheel Tomato

90 days. The outstanding flavor of Ferris Wheel knocked us off our feet when Ryan Padgett of Radicle Roots Farm brought this large beefsteak to our 2017 Harvest Festival’s tomato tasting; it has been a favorite ever since. Large, pink, 1 lb fruits are lusciously juicy, sweet, and complex. This ...

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Nash's Frilly Kale

55 days. Many years ago organic farmer and plant breeder Nash Huber wanted to breed an open-pollinated Winterbor-like kale … so he crossed Vates kale with Brussels sprout to add height and vigor to the curly kale. Over the years he has selected this kale for frilly, blue leaves and plant vigor....

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Victor Tomato

70-75 days. For those who prefer a mellow, low-acid flavor, this Campari type tomato is a real favorite! Gorgeous on-the-vine, red, globe shaped fruit grow in clusters. Fruits are round, smooth, 2” diameter (4-5oz), have uniform ripening and are crack resistant. Introduced by Michigan State Col...

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Green Luobo Radish

60 days. Sweet and spicy, these two-toned roots may just be your next favorite pickled vegetable. Lime-green upper half with a white tip, we harvested uniformly shaped roots at lengths of 5-10”. Radishes will taste hotter as they mature, especially if exposed to warm weather. Green Luobo has 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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Krausa Curly Parsley

70-85 days. This is our 2019 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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Purple Podded Pole Bean

70 days. These pole bean vines are vigorous, producing a continuous supply of flat, dark purple, sweet, stringless, 5 - 7 inch long snap beans. This bean was discovered in the 1930's in the Ozark mountains. We love it so much that we've been growing it since 2002. Pole beans utilize vertical sp...

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Morado Tomatillo

70 days. We love tomatillos, also known as miltomates in Guatemala, for the wonderful salsa we make with them. These large purple fruits are sweeter than green tomatillos. Morado is similar to Toma Verde tomatillo, but leaves have purplish veins and fruit are purple and firm when ripe. This i...

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Paw Paw

Paw Paw, also called “Michigan Banana” is a large, tropical, sweet fruit that is easy to grow. Mike ate his first Paw Paw in 2000 and has been hooked ever since! Native to North America, Paw Paw is a beautiful small tree that produces large quantities of delectable fruits in the fall. Trees wil...

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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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Kellogg's Breakfast Tomato

80-90 days. Big orange beefsteak, highly productive with a well-balanced flavor profile. Fruits are 1-2 pounds, refreshingly sweet with slight saltiness. On our farm, we found that Kellogg’s Breakfast continue to produce fruits later than most beefsteak tomato types. The tomato was grown by Dar...

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Michigan Collection

Celebrate Michigan's seed heritage with these bioregional heirlooms that have deep Michigan roots. Be a real locavore and get the Midwest Collection too! This seed collection comes wrapped with decorative, natural raffia ribbon. Growing instructions found on each seed packet. Contains one packet ...

$35.00

Edible Landscaping Collection

Make your landscape edilicious with this collection of edible plants, all pretty enough for the front yard! Chives, Bronze Fennel, Perennial Arugula, and Red Veined Sorrel are perennials, so you won't have to replant them every year. Left to their own devices, many of these plants will re-seed th...

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Children's Choice Collection

This collection is perfectly designed for kids. The seeds are easy to grow and the plants are full of interesting colors, shapes, flavors and smells sure to excite children from one to one hundred! The collection comes wrapped with decorative, natural raffia ribbon. Growing instructions found on ...

$35.00

Pollinators Collection

Bee the change you want to see in the world and plant for pollinators! This collection of plants provides food and habitat for pollinators and other beneficial insects. The seed collection comes wrapped with decorative, natural raffia ribbon. Growing instructions found on each seed packet. Contai...

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Container Garden Collection

If your gardening space is a bit tight, check out this mix of herbs and veggies that grow great in pots. Place pots in a sunny spot outdoors and watch these varieties fill your containers with scrumptious produce for spring, summer, and fall. The seed collection comes wrapped with decorative, nat...

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Midwest Collection

Celebrate seed heritage of the Midwest with these bioregional heirlooms that have deep Midwestern roots. This bountiful collection includes all of our Midwest varieties and so many favorites! This seed collection comes wrapped with decorative, natural raffia ribbon. Growing instructions are found...

$100.00

My First Garden Collection

If you're getting ready to start your first vegetable garden and don't know where to begin, let these tried and true vegetables help you learn. These veggies are easy for the novice gardener to grow and include some of our favorite varieties! The seed collection comes wrapped with decorative, nat...

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Farm Favorites Collection

It's hard to choose favorites, but this collection is made up of the varieties that get the most attention on the farm…the flavors that we dream about, gather around, and swoon over. Get a taste of our best-loved varieties with this unique collection! The collection comes wrapped with decorative,...

$70.00

Easy Start Collection

The varieties in this collections are easy peasy to start from seed - sow them directly into garden soil, keep them moist, and presto! You'll have a diverse array of unique and tasty plants. The collection comes wrapped with decorative, natural raffia ribbon. Growing instructions found on each se...

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Locavore's Plate Collection

Looking for seeds that are all grown in Michigan? This seed collection contains 100% seeds grown in the Great Lakes State. The seed collection comes wrapped with decorative, natural raffia ribbon. Growing instructions found on each seed packet. Contains one packet of each of the following seed va...

$35.00

Wisconsin Collection

Check out these awesome Wisconsin heirlooms! The seed collection comes wrapped with decorative, natural raffia ribbon. Growing instructions found on each seed packet. Contains one packet of each of the following seed varieties: Beaver Dam Pepper Potawatomi Lima Bean Pride of Wisconsin Melon S...

$20.00