Seeds of beetroot, Ushiki Kuri pumpkin/squash, and carrots.

It is very exciting when babies first start to eat solid food. They love the sensation of putting novel foods in their mouths and are delighted with new flavours and textures. There is a lot of controversy about whether a baby’s first meal should be cereals, meat fruit or vegetables, but most authorities agree that a baby can benefit from fresh vegetables from around 6 months of age. Iron is an important part of a baby’s diet at this point, as the store of iron they are born with has been depleted and there isn’t enough in milk. The vegetables we have chosen are good sources of iron and vitamins. It is probably best to cook vegetables for babies, as it makes them easier to digest. However over-cooking will destroy some of the vitamins. It is not necessary to puree them, as picking up pieces of food themselves helps baby’s coordination, and many believe they are capable of balancing their diets by choosing food that suits them.

Padron Pepper
Tomato St. Pierre
Wonder of Four Seasons lettuce

3 Packets of Seeds

Tipperary Turnip (swede) Buan onion, Gortahork Cabbage

Four of our real favourites,

St. Pierre Red and juicy, the perfect salad tomato.

Black Cherry, Rich sweet flavour, great for salads and with a long cropping season

Gardeners Delight Tiny treats, bit taste, great for small people and toppings.

Yellow Perfection, Super sweet, low acid, globes of sunshine.

Well for a start they look cool, but the amazing thing about them is that the colour is caused by the presence of anthocyanins, which are plant compounds associated with a myriad of health benefits. They have a role in improving night vision, the reduction of cancer cell proliferation, improving memory, cardiovascular disease protection, healthy aging and have been shown to aid in the prevention of diabetes and obesity (in mice), on a high fat diet.Anthocyanins are notoriously difficult to study as there are lots of them, and they are easily broken down or transformed into other things as soon as you start to interfere with them. The purple colour in beets comes from betalain compounds, which are also powerful antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, and really good for you.

Harbinger

Tangella

Yellow Perfection

Green Zebra

Blue Betty

Black Cherry

White Wonder

Contains 7 packets of Tomato seeds

What would you bring, if you were cast away on the Skeames (small islands off the coast of west Cork), with nothing but a hoe and and a copy of Robinson Crusoe. These would be my top ten.
Bere Barley
Spelt wheat
Donegal Oat
Gortahork Cabbage
Ragged Jack Kale
Tipperary Turnip
Gaucho Bean
Buan Onion
Ushiki Kuri winter Squash/ Pumpkin
Quinoa Chadmo

10 Packets of Seeds
Two Tomatoes,
Cucumber
Sweet Pepper
Mixed hot chillies
Sweet Corn Golden Bantam
Courgette Costata Romanesca
Winter Squash Ushiki Kuri
Lettuce
Rocket