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If you enjoy going to Japanese restaurants or eating sushi, then you have probably eaten these beans cooked fresh or as tofu. The Midori Giant Edamame Soy Bean produces high yields of large 3" pods, with flavor best described as sweet, nutty, and buttery. You can cook the beans in their pods or shell them and use them fresh in any recipe.

• Easy to grow
• Large, high-yielding pods and beans
• Sweet flavor
• Grown just like green beans

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Glycine max
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
• Spacing between plants: 3"-4" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 5-10 days
• Germination soil temps: 65F-90F
• Soil needs: 5.5-7.5 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer, fall
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4-6 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 80-95 days

Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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The Harvester Bush Bean grows high off the ground for easy picking. It has excellent flavor from pods that can grow up to 6" long. And you can be enjoying the juicy crunchiness in only 55 days. What’s not to like about this easy string bean?

• Easy to grow
• High yielding
• Easy to harvest
• Long, flavorful pods

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
• Spacing between plants: 4" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 5-10 days
• Germination soil temps: 70F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer, fall
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 50-55 days

Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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The Roma II Bush Bean is an Italian snap bean with flat stringless pods. A tender, meaty bean that retains its fresh flavor when cooked or canned, and is hearty enough to throw on the grill. This high yielder grows tall, making it easy to harvest lots of wide 5"-6" pods.

• Easy to grow
• Tender and flavorful
• Stringless variety
• High yields

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
• Depth to plant seeds: 1.25" deep
• Spacing between plants: 5-6" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 5-10 days
• Germination soil temps: 70F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer, fall
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 58-65 days

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Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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Not only does the Tongue of Fire Bush Bean have one of the best names for a vegetable, this Italian heirloom bean produces beautiful, flavorful wide cranberry streaked pods. Originally collected in Tierra del Fuego on the tip of South America, it produces 6"-7" long pods on a compact plant. Eat it young as a green bean, shell it when it matures, or let it dry and cook the large beans as you would kidney beans.

• Easy to grow
• High yielding
• Beautiful and delicious
• 6"-7" long pods

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
  
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
  
• Spacing between plants: 4" apart
  
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 5-10 days
  
• Germination soil temps: 70F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
  
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer, fall
  
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
  
• Days to maturity: 55-90 days
  

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Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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The Top Crop Bush Bean lives up to its name. This All-American Selections (AAS) winner produces high yields high up on a tall plant for easy harvesting. The 6"-7" pods are smooth, round, straight, and stringless, and they mature early in about 50 days. Also add heat tolerant to the list.

• Easy to grow
• Easy to harvest
• Heat tolerant
• Matures early—50 days

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
  
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
  
• Spacing between plants: 4" apart
  
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 5-10 days
• Germination soil temps: 70F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer, fall
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 50-55 days

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Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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The Aguadulce Fava Bean is a cold hardy broadbean that can also take a bit of heat. This 4' bush-type plant produces charming white and black flowers that turn into huge green pods with huge, creamy, nutty, protein-rich beans inside. Known as a dried bean, it’s also delicious when eaten fresh from the pod. With its edible leaves, high yields, and nitrogen-fixing properties, this is a gorgeous performer for fall and winter gardens in all grow zones.

• Easy to grow
• Cold hardy to 20 degrees F
  
• Nitrogen fixer
• Great for winter gardens

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Vicia faba
• Depth to plant seeds: 2" deep
• Spacing between plants: 4"-6" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 10-14 days
  
• Germination soil temps: 50F-65F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
  
• Frost hardy: Yes
• Planting season: Spring, fall, winter
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 2-4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 75-80 days when spring sown, 180 days when fall sown

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Good companion plants: Cabbage, Carrot, Lettuce, Parsley, Rosemary

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The Henderson Lima Bean is an old heirloom with a reputation for easy growth and high yields of small, but plump pods and beans. This is one bean that requires higher temperatures for best production. Raw beans are toxic, so enjoy its smooth, creamy, buttery flavor after cooking, either shelled or dried. This compact bush-type plant spreads wider than green beans, so give them room to grow.

• Easy to grow
• Bush growth habit
• Heat loving
• Superb flavor

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus lunatus
• Depth to plant seeds: 1.5" deep
• Spacing between plants: 6"-8" apart
• Spacing between rows: 24"-30" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 10-21 days
• Germination soil temps: 70F-90F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer, fall
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 2-4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 65-75 days

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Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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The Red-Seeded Asparagus Yard-Long Pole Bean says it all—very long asparagus-green and -flavored pods with red beans inside, except it grows to only half its claim. Also called Snake Bean or Chinese Long Bean, but why use half the words, too? Thank goodness it’s stringless, or you’d spend all day stringing pods in the heat that it loves. Vigorous vines can grow to 12'. For best umami flavor, harvest when 8"-12" long and the width of a pencil.

• Easy to grow
• Stringless variety
• Heat loving
• Umami flavor

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
• Spacing between plants: 5" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 8-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 70F-90F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 75-85 days

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Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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The Kentucky Wonder Brown-Seeded Pole Bean is a reliable and heavy yielder. This vigorous vining plant produces bright green, stringless 8" pods with flavorful brown beans inside. Wondering if you can get flavorful white beans inside? Yes, you can. Quick to start producing, and will continue to set blooms and beans until frost.

• Easy to grow
• Long 8" pods
• Quick to produce
• Long growing season

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
• Spacing between plants: 5" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 8-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 70F-90F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 75-85 days

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Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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The Kentucky Wonder White-Seeded Pole Bean is one of the oldest and most widely enjoyed bean varieties ever grown. It produces reliably heavy yields of 6"-8" long green pods with white beans inside. If you prefer brown beans, we sell those too. These stringless beans grow high off the ground for easy harvesting.

• Easy to grow
• Prolific producer
  
• Long pods up to 8"
• Stringless variety

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
• Spacing between plants: 4" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 5-10 days
• Germination soil temps: 70F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer, fall
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 55-60

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Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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The Purple Podded Pole Bean produces a profuse plurality of purely purple pods. View this variety vegetate vigorous verdant vines with violet developments. Stringless shells surround savory seeds.

• Easy to grow
• High yielding
• Long pods up to 7"
• Easy to harvest

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
• Spacing between plants: 5" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 8-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 70F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 70-75 days

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Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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The Romano Pole Bean is a traditional Italian heirloom bean enjoyed by generations of gardeners. The vining plant produces high yields of flat, wide, stringless 6" pods that taste best when harvested young. Just a great all-around green bean.

• Easy to grow
• Stringless variety
• Harvest young for best flavor
• Vining plant requires staking

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus vulgaris
  
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
• Spacing between plants: 5" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 8-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 70F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer, fall
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 65-80 days

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Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

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• Easy to grow
• High yields
• Long pods up to 12"
• Eat fresh, shelled, or dried

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus coccineus
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
• Spacing between plants: 5" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 8-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 70F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 80-115 days

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Good companion plants: Cucumber, Pea, Rosemary, Thyme, Tomato

The White Emergo Runner Pole Bean twinkles with lots of sweet white flowers, which may be why it’s also known as Sweet White Runner Bean. Vigorous vines can grow to 10' to support long 8"-12" pods with creamy white beans inside. Pick young for snap beans and mature for shell beans, or let them dry for a bean similar to cannellini.

• Easy to grow
• Tasty white beans
• Long pods up to 8"-12”
• Eat fresh, shelled, or dried

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Botanical name: Phaseolus coccineus
• Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
• Spacing between plants: 5" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 8-14 days
• Germination soil temps: 70F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-7.0 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Frost hardy: No
• Planting season: Spring, summer
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 4 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 80-115 days

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Blueberry seeds from a certified organic blueberry farm in Kentucky, USA. 

Northern and Southern blueberry seed mix.

BLUEBERRY PLANTS ARE EASY TO GROW FROM SEEDS

These seeds have been stratified to get the highest possible germination rate. They are NON GMO.

• These seeds produces a large drumhead cabbage.
  
  - Large heads are bluish green
  
  - Suitable for spring, summer, and fall crops
  
  - Very cold hardy
  
  - Stores well. Suitable for home gardens and market growers.
  
  - Perfect for Kraut recipes
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 100 days
  
  
• Cabbage Seeds | Cabbage is an annual cool-season crop, hardy to frost and light freezes. Plant in rows 2 1/2 feet apart, with 12-16 inches between plants.
  
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Did you know? Cabbage is an excellent source of vitamin C! It also contains significant amounts of glutamine, an amino acid that has anti-inflammatory properties. Cabbage can also be included in dieting programs, as it is a low calorie food.

• These seeds produces good yields of 2 lb heads of cabbage in the shape of a cone.
  
  - Excellent flavor and very sweet.
  
  - Open pollinated heirloom variety.
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 65-75 days
  
  
• Cabbage Seeds | ❄️ Cabbage is an annual cool-season crop, hardy to frost and light freezes. A smaller cabbage head has better flavor and can stay in the field longer without splitting. To keep them small, plant close together or, when the head is almost full, give the plant a sharp twist to break up the roots. 😀 Cabbage is a wide spreading foliage plant with handsome leaves that form a tight, hard ball head on a strong central stem. Young plants may bolt if grown at 50F for a long time; however mature plants of late varieties improve flavor in cold weather.
  
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Did you know? Cabbage is an excellent source of vitamin C! It also contains significant amounts of glutamine, an amino acid that has anti-inflammatory properties. Cabbage can also be included in dieting programs, as it is a low calorie food.

• These seeds produces a medium-to-large hard round heads of cabbage
  
  - Suitable for spring, summer, and fall crops
  
  - Cold hardy
  
  - Stores well. Suitable for home gardens and market growers
  
  - Perfect for Kraut recipes
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 90 days
  
  
• Cabbage Seeds | ❄️ Cabbage is an annual cool-season crop, hardy to frost and light freezes. A smaller cabbage head has better flavor and can stay in the field longer without splitting. To keep them small, plant close together or, when the head is almost full, give the plant a sharp twist to break up the roots. 😀 Cabbage is a wide spreading foliage plant with handsome leaves that form a tight, hard ball head on a strong central stem. Young plants may bolt if grown at 50F for a long time; however mature plants of late varieties improve flavor in cold weather.
  
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Did you know? Cabbage is an excellent source of vitamin C! It also contains significant amounts of glutamine, an amino acid that has anti-inflammatory properties. Cabbage can also be included in dieting programs, as it is a low calorie food.

• These seeds produce a large drumhead-type cabbage that has finely-wrinkled, savoyed leaves
  
  - They are mild but very sweet in flavor
  
  - Unlike other cabbage, The Savoy Perfection Cabbage does not give off the sulfur smell when it is being cooked
  
  - The heads can weigh up to 8 lbs
  
  - Great for stuffing, steaming, stir fry, and is the key ingredient in Italian minestrone soups
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 65 days
  
  
• Cabbage Seeds | ❄️ Cabbage is an annual cool-season crop, hardy to frost and light freezes. A smaller cabbage head has better flavor and can stay in the field longer without splitting. To keep them small, plant close together or, when the head is almost full, give the plant a sharp twist to break up the roots. 😀 Cabbage is a wide spreading foliage plant with handsome leaves that form a tight, hard ball head on a strong central stem. Young plants may bolt if grown at 50F for a long time; however mature plants of late varieties improve flavor in cold weather.
  
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Did you know? Cabbage is an excellent source of vitamin C! It also contains significant amounts of glutamine, an amino acid that has anti-inflammatory properties. Cabbage can also be included in dieting programs, as it is a low calorie food.

The Lunar White Carrot (Daucus carota) is a creamy-white carrot with a small core and mild, sweet flavor that grows 8"-12" long. Harvest sooner for smaller carrots. Half-hardy to frost and light freezes. Good steamed, roasted, and fresh.

• Sweet, mild flavor
• Size: 8"-12" long
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
• Days to maturity: 70-75
• Can be harvested sooner for mini carrots
  

Good companion plants: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Chives, Lettuce, Onion, Parsley, Peas, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme, Tomato

SEED PLANTING TIPS

• Depth to plant seeds: .25" deep
  
• Spacing between plants: 2" apart
• Spacing between rows: 18"-24" apart
• Days to germinate (sprout): 7-21 days
• Germination soil temps: 65F-85F
• Soil needs: 6.0-6.8 pH
• Sun needs: Full sun
• Hardiness: Half-hardy to frost and light freezes
• Planting season: Spring, fall
• # of plants per sq. ft.: Appx. 16 plants per sq. ft.
• Days to maturity: 70-75 days

Carrot gets its characteristic and bright orange colour from β-carotene, which is metabolised into vitamin A in humans when bile salts are present in the intestines. Carrots are also rich in dietary fibre, antioxidants, and minerals.

• Catmint has a long history of use as a household herbal remedy, being employed especially in treating disorders of the digestive system and, as it stimulates sweating, it is useful in reducing fevers
  
  - Catmint is considered to be beneficial in the treatment of fevers and colds
  
  - It is also very useful in the treatment of restlessness and nervousness, being very useful as a mild nervine for children
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 65 days
  
  

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Cilantro is the most popular leafy aromatic herb with a tangy citrusy-parsley-like flavor, used in Latin and Asian cuisines.

Coriander is the dried seed, whole or powdered, with an earthy, floral flavor used as a spice in Indian cuisine. Grow it just for the seeds or the tiny pinkish flowers, which are quite sweet.

Cilantro prefers cool weather, and this slow-bolt variety will tolerate a bit more heat, putting out more leaves for a longer time before it starts bolting out tasty flowers and Coriander seeds.

Leaves, stems, flowers, seeds, and root of this fast-growing herb are all edible. It also likes shady spots, so a good one to grow indoors. 

• Citrusy-parsley-like flavor
• All parts are edible
• Grows 1'-2' tall
• Good for indoor gardens

As a companion plant, it attracts pollinators and beneficial insects, and repels aphids, carrot rust fly, grasshoppers, mosquitoes, potato beetles, and spider mites.

As a medicinal herb, Coriander has been used internally to treat anxiety, arthritis, bad breath, colic, constipation, diabetes, diarrhea, flatulence, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, lack of appetite, nausea, nervousness, pain, stomach cramps, and urinary tract infections (UTIs), and externally to treat rheumatism, headache, joint pain, and tired eyes.

⚠️ Medicinal properties are presented as information only, and are not a recommendation or prescription for use. Consult a medical professional before using any herb medicinally.

Good companion plants: Anise, Asparagus, Basil, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Chervil, Collards, Cumin, Dill, Kale, Kohlrabi, Lemongrass, Lettuce, Mint, Mustard, Oregano, Parsley, Parsnip, Pea, Potato, Rutabaga, Spinach, Squash, Tomato, Turnip, Zucchini

More facts about Cilantro/Coriander: 

• This slow-bolting strain is grown primarily for its broad, deep green, celery-like, pungent foliage.
• Used in Oriental and Mexican cuisine.
• Use seed to flavor meats, pickles and baked goods.
• Coriander contains antioxidants. It has also been used as a folk medicine for the relief of anxiety and insomnia. Coriander has also been documented as a traditional treatment for diabetes.

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• This is the traditional Collard Green variety popularly grown in the south
  
  - These plants produce large yields of dark blue-green cabbage-like leaves
  
  - Tolerates heat, humidity, and poor soil conditions
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 75 day
  
  
• Collards | Plant seeds 3 to 4 weeks before your first frost for Spring harvest. Sow seeds approximately 12" from one another.
  
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Collard is widely considered to be a healthy food, collards are good sources of vitamin C and soluble fiber and contain multiple nutrients with potent anti-cancer properties, such as diindolylmethane and sulforaphane.[citation needed] Roughly a quarter pound (approx. 100 g) of cooked collards contains 46 calories.

Yellow sulphur cosmos, also known as Cosmos sulphureus, are vibrant and easy-to-grow flowers that can add a pop of color to any garden. If you're looking to brighten up your outdoor space with these stunning blooms, here's everything you need to know about growing yellow sulphur cosmos in your garden.

Yellow sulphur cosmos are annual flowers that belong to the Asteraceae family. They are native to Mexico and Central America but are now popular in gardens around the world. These flowers are known for their bright yellow blooms that attract butterflies and other pollinators.

Aside from their stunning appearance, yellow sulphur cosmos offer several benefits to your garden. They attract pollinators like butterflies and bees, helping to support local ecosystems. These flowers also make excellent cut flowers, adding a burst of color to floral arrangements.

Upland cress (Barbarea verna), also known as land cress, is a perennial plant belonging to the mustard family (Brassicaceae). This leafy green is often cultivated for its peppery flavor and nutritional benefits, making it a valuable addition to home gardens. Upland cress is particularly well-suited for cooler climates, thriving in temperatures ranging from 50°F to 70°F (10°C to 21°C).

One of the notable characteristics of upland cress is its rapid growth rate. Under optimal conditions, seeds can germinate within 7 to 14 days, and the plant can be harvested as early as 30 days after sowing. This quick turnaround makes it an attractive option for gardeners seeking to maximize their yield in a short growing season.

Upland cress is rich in vitamins A and C, as well as minerals such as calcium and iron. Studies have shown that leafy greens like upland cress can contribute to a balanced diet, providing essential nutrients that support overall health. In fact, a 100-gram serving of upland cress can contain approximately 90 mg of vitamin C, which is about 100% of the recommended daily intake for adults.

In terms of cultivation, upland cress prefers well-drained, fertile soil with a pH level between 6.0 and 7.0. It can be sown directly into the garden or started indoors and transplanted. The plant benefits from consistent moisture, and regular watering is essential, especially during dry spells. Mulching can help retain soil moisture and suppress weeds, which can compete for nutrients.

Upland cress can be susceptible to pests such as aphids and flea beetles. Implementing integrated pest management strategies, such as introducing beneficial insects or using organic insecticidal soaps, can help mitigate these issues. Additionally, crop rotation is recommended to prevent soil-borne diseases and maintain soil health.

Harvesting upland cress can be done by cutting the leaves just above the crown of the plant. This method encourages new growth and allows for multiple harvests throughout the growing season. The leaves can be used fresh in salads, sandwiches, or as a garnish, and they can also be cooked similarly to spinach.

In conclusion, upland cress is a versatile and nutritious plant that can enhance both the garden and the diet. Its rapid growth, ease of cultivation, and health benefits make it a worthwhile addition for gardeners looking to diversify their vegetable offerings. By understanding its requirements and potential challenges, gardeners can successfully incorporate upland cress into their gardening practices.

• Taraxacum officinalis. Perennial.
• This strain forms lush heads of leaves that will rival your favorite lettuce. The leaves are tender, fleshy and dark green.
• The plants spread up to 2 ft and the vitamin rich leaves can be eaten raw, boiled, stir fried and used in soup.
• The roots can be eaten raw, cooked or roasted and made into a coffee substitute.
• The flowers can be used to make fritters, tea and dandelion wine.

• Solanum melongena. Produces excellent yields of 9" long/glossy light green eggplants
  
  - White flesh
  
  - Very delicious with nutty flavor and no bitterness
  
  - Excellent for Creole fish stew and other culinary creations
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 65 days
  
  
• Eggplant Seeds | Start seed indoors to allow at least 10 weeks for young plants to develop. Plant in rows 3 feet apart, with 2 feet between plants.
  
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• Very early producer of 11" long and thin fruits.  Perfect for stir fries!
  
  - One of the only eggplants that are not bitter and does not require any peeling
  
  - The fruits start out bright lavender and change to darker purple when mature
  
  - Vigorous and stress resistant plant
  
  - Produces well in the north and all across the US
  
  
• Days to Maturity | 55-60 days
  
  
• Eggplant Seeds | Start seed indoors to allow at least 10 weeks for young plants to develop. Plant in rows 3 feet apart, with 2 feet between plants.
  
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• Endive is a leafy vegetable belonging to the daisy family
  
  - Endive can be cooked or used raw in salads
  
  - Rich in many vitamins and minerals, especially in folate and vitamins A and K, and is high in fiber

• Days to Maturity | 50-60 days

• This plant produces excellent yields of dark green curly leaves with large tender crisp ribs
  
  - An excellent choice for salads greens
  
  - Endive is rich in many vitamins and minerals, especially in folate and vitamins A and K, and is high in fiber

• Days to Maturity | 80-90 days