heirloom - untreated - sustainable - vegetable seeds

Too big to mail - call us before ordering for a trucking quote to your location. We are delighted to offer these legendary broadforks as described in The Backyard Homestead. We use them in our gardens. We are taking orders for local master welders who custom make them and ship them by truck. All welded construction, built to last forever. Not for new ground. Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. 6 feet, 8 inches long by 29" wide. Weight 45 lbs.

$230.00

VGR-2820

Market Pride Chinese Cabbage

Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Market Pride cabbage. Cylindrical tight 12 inch heads. Mild flavor, crunchy texture, like an "iceberg" cabbage. Best as a fall crop - likes decreasing temperatures and day lengths, and tends to bolt if temperature or light increases. Delicious fall salad green, very juicy, as well as for soups, steaming, stir-fry, and making kim-chee. 80 seeds.

$1.95

VCO-3315

Anasazi Corn, Sweet

Zea mays
Anasazi sweet corn. 90 days. An ancient variety, propagated from seeds found in Anasazi ruins. This southwestern landrace heirloom is drought-resistant and doesn't require the extreme fertility and weed-free conditions needed by many modern corns. Likes warmth. 7-8 ft plants with 2 mulitcolored ears, 7" long. 150 seeds.

$3.50

VCO-3325

Festivity Corn, Organic

Zea mays
Festivity Corn. We are excited to offer this new corn, a stable, open-pollinated sweet corn with the amazing cold-hardiness and cool-weather hardiness of Painted Mountain (one of its parents) with some of the characteristics that make modern corns so sweet. Grows 5-6 feet tall, often with multiple stalks, and 3 or 4 multicolored ears 5-6" long. A testament to the talents and persistence of small farmer/breeders who have proved that a hardy, tasty new sweet corn doesn't need to be hybrid or come from a lab. Our seed comes from stock that survived frost as seedlings and went on to produce well. 150 seeds.

$3.50

VCO-3290

Painted Mountain Corn, Flour

Zea mays
All-around corn, good for fresh eating, flour, hominy, etc. Short 4’-5’ plants bear 7” ears, don't drain the soil like other corns, and can produce a crop in spite of difficult conditions. Tolerates less than optimum fertility, extreme cold, drought. Very early. Kernels look like jewelry in bright, glowing colors, high in anti-oxidants. sweet corn and makes great flour or hominy. Bred by Dave Christensen in Montana100 seeds.

$3.50

VEN-3572

Frisee de Meaux Endive, organic

Cichorium endiva
Frisee de Meaux. An heirloom triple-cut curly endive from France, where Dominique Guillet has braved official persecution to save these traditional varieties from extinction. This is the feathery, finely branched pale leaf you see in salad mix in winter. Grown like lettuce but grows more slowly and is more frost-hardy. Big heads with blanched hearts. 180 seeds.

$1.75

VGR-3693

Vitamin Green

Brassica rapa
Vitamin Green. 21 days baby, 45 days full-size. An entirely different kind of brassica, with no mustardy flavor. White stalks and very glossy green leaves are good for salad, steamed or stir-fry. Sometimes called "mustard spinach." This green is easy to grow, unfazed by heat, very cold-hardy, with mild, sweet flavor. Godd choice for winter and early spring salads. The stalks, leaves and flowers are all edible.

$1.75

VGR-3703

Chickweed, Stellaria, organic

Stellaria media
Why plant a weed that exists wherever there are gardens? Well, this is a nice juicy, mild-flavored strain that endures some cold and flowers early to draw beneficial insects to the garden to eat those spring aphids. Many herbal and culinary uses. Can be clipped every few days (until flowering) and used just like sprouts or mild lettuce, in tacos, salads, garnish. Good nurse crop for spring seedlings, or permanent part of a beneficialattracting,low maintenance hedgerow 40 seeds.

$1.75

VKA-3932

White Russian Kale

Brassica oleracea var. acephala
(1885) From Frank Morton’s remarkable breeding program for organic growers. The most winter-hardy kale we offer, and the most resistant to flooding and soggy soils. Has won many taste tests in spite of its tough constitution. Cut and frilled edges with white midribs, mild flavor, easy to grow. 250 seeds. 62-75 days.

$1.95

VLE-4260

Bronze Arrow Lettuce, Looseleaf

Lactuca sativa
A rare, long-standing heirloom leaf lettuce that has it all. We feel it is one of the best lettuces in the world. Will stay fresh and tasty at marketable size for about three weeks even in hot weather. Overwintered through a snowy winter in Willits (zone 8). Can be grown as a cut and come again variety. One of our gardeners took seven heads off each of her plants one summer. Oak-leaf shaped, bronze-red leaves are tops for appearance and sweet flavor. 300 seeds.

$2.50

VME-4353

Crane Melon

Cucumis melo
This luscious, very fast- maturing crenshaw type was developed and refined by the Crane family, who have farmed in Santa Rosa, CA for 6 generations. Golden orange flesh, teardrop shape, pale green skin flecked with dark green. When the freckles turn orange, its ready to eat. 10 seeds.

$2.25

VON-4627

Valencia Onion

Allium cepa
This onion has been getting raves from farmers and home gardeners because it is easy to grow, non-bolting, high quality, and a good keeper. A Spanish Sweet Yellow type,It works in long or short-day situations. 150 seeds.

$1.95

VPA-4745

Turga Parsnip

Pastinaca sativa
Strong grower - the most vigorous germination and seedling growth of any variety we have trialed. Handles heat, drought, and heavy soil well and produces heavy yields of medium-to-short, sturdy roots with delicious flavor. You get lots of food from a small area. Unusually dependable. Good keeper, keeps all winter in the ground until needed. 180 seeds. Organic

$1.95

VRH-5141

VICTORIA RHUBARB

Rheum spp.
A low-maintnence perennial with delicious tart stalks for pies and jams. (Try rhubarb-ginger jam, an old English combination.) Start in pots or flats then into a deep permanent bed. Get an early start and keep it growing with moisture and rich, well-drained soil. Deep-rooted, heavy feeder. Relatively low-acid. Caution: poisonous leaves--use leaf stems only. 35 seeds.

$1.95

VSQ-5455

Guatamalan Blue Banana Squash

Cucurbita maxima
From the homeland of squash growing, in central Amaerica, this squash has been grown for thousands of years. Traditionally grown along with beens and corn, shading the ground to hold moisture for the corn and gaining fertility from the beans.Gorgeous slate-blue with lighter streaks,. Long shape can be sliced much more easily than large round types- -use a piece at a time and store the cut squash in the fridge. Great flavor for roasting, baking, boiling. The immature fruits make an excellent summer squash with frim flesh throughout. 35 seeds.

$1.75

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