Potatoes and onion sets begin shipping in late
March.
From early May through October 31, items shipping from
our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually
Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround
time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.
We will not be fulfilling seed orders from May
20 - May 22 while we do physical inventory count. Orders
placed by Monday, May 19 at 10am will be shipped before
the break. We will resume normal order fulfillment on
Friday, May 23.
Items shipping from our growing supplies warehouse take 7-10 business days to process.
We’ve designated about a dozen varieties that originate in Africa, or are part of Black foodways, for Black Benefit Sharing. 10% of the proceeds from the sale of these seeds will go to the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust for their work in helping farmers of color purchase their own farms.
Lagenaria siceraria (120 days) Open-pollinated. Large gourd with bulbous base and narrow neck. Fruit can grow 14" tall and 12" in diameter. Start indoors.
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Lagenaria siceraria (120 days) Open-pollinated. Dark green skin with pale green splotches. Round 8-10" base tapers into a long neck capped by a small bulb near the stem to make the swan’s head.
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Sorghum bicolor (100 days) Open-pollinated. A white-seeded 4' grain sorghum, can be popped, but it is more commonly ground into a mild-flavored flour, cooked as a grain, or sometimes nixtamalized like corn and made into tortillas.
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Amaranthus tricolor (120 days) Open-pollinated. Very red Jamaican traditional green for Callaloo stew. Beautiful tricolor blaze makes it ornamental as well.
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Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (60 days) Open-pollinated. A re-selection of the 1820 heirloom Green Glaze, by Alan Kapuler, Jeff McCormack and...
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Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (60 days) Open-pollinated. Rich dark Vates strain selected to stand longer. Thin to 12" apart for good size....
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Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (60 days) Open-pollinated. This 1930's heirloom gives generous harvests of dark green thick crumpled leaves with a mild cabbage-like flavor. Will overwinter in high tunnels in our climate.
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Abelmoschus esculentus (85 days) Open-pollinated. Big fluted tender green pods on sturdy plants. Will produce in central Maine, but better suited to farther south.
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Abelmoschus esculentus (75 days) Open-pollinated. Edible and ornamental. Slender burgundy pods best harvested at 4". Green leaves and burgundy stems and pods.
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Capsicum annuum (80 days) Open-pollinated. Striking color display, white with green stripes to orange with brown stripes, to red. 2" curving pendant form. 5,000-30,000 Scovilles. Attractive foliage.
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