3 packets of seeds Beefy Resilient Grex dry beans, Cascade Ruby Gold corn, Candystick Dessert Delicata winter squash,
Carol Deppe is an independent plant breeder, and author, who lives in Oregon. For many years she has been growing and breeding her own vegetables. She trained as a geneticist and has applied her knowledge to develop strains of vegetables that suit her diet, lifesyle and environment. Her book “The Resilient Gardener” describes how and why she grows, and cooks, the five crops, corn, beans, squash, potatoes and ducks, which form the basis of her diet, and all of which (except the ducks) come from America originally. Included in this box are some of her corn, beans, squash. Carol has very kindly allowed Brown Envelope Seeds to introduce her seeds to the catalogue. They have done incredibly well here, outdoors. The Beefy Resilient Grex beans are one of the earliest drying beans The Candystick Delicata is the sweetest squash we have ever tasted, and the Cascade Ruby Gold corn makes the most delicious polenta and Johnny cakes and yields well outside.
Contains 3 packets of heritage pea seeds
Irish Green Pea - rescued from Ireland by the Vavilov institute, and re-instated by the Irish Seed Savers Association.
Golden Sweet - A Yellow podded mange-tout or soup pea, ossibly one of the ones used by Mendel
Douce de Provence -a good French petit-pois
Leek Solaise Bleu
Cocozelle Courgette
Costoluto Fiorentino Tomato
Contains 3 packets of seeds
Mino Early Daikon (white radish)
Giant Red Carrot
Laura-anne Beetroot
Seeds of Peas, Spinach, Carrots and Beetroot.
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.
Four of our real favourites,Mortgage Lifter Big and juicy, the perfect salad tomato.
Japanese Black Trifele, Rich sweet flavour, great for salads and cooking.
Gardeners Delight Tiny treats, bit taste, great for small people and toppings.
Yellow Perfection, Super sweet, low acid, globes of sunshine.
Harbinger (red)
Tangella (orange)
Yellow Submarine (yellow)
Emerald Cherry (green)
Blue Betty (blue)
Indigo Rose (indigo)
Black Cherry (not violet, brown)
Contains 7 packets of Tomato seeds
