Harvest when ears feel firm and are rounded at the end.

May require a fence around corn to prevent raccoons and other animals.

Corn

'Argent' is a creamy, white sweet corn with excellent traits, including adaptability to cool soils, and high tolerance to Stewart's wilt and northern corn leaf blight. 'Argent' is a sugary enhanced (se) hybrid, holding its sweetness and high-quality flavor for days after picking.

Argent Sweet

You can enjoy flavorful, tender, sweet corn sooner than ever before! With superior cool soil emergence, 'Buttergold' performs well in northern climates, but also does well anywhere that other corn varieties are grown. The large, 7"&#8211;8" ears have 12&#8211;14 rows of juicy, yellow kernels. Excellent for freezing.

Buttergold Sweet

Add 'Dakota Black' to your garden for delicious popcorn or as a stunning ornamental. This open-pollinated (non-hybrid) variety produces one 5"&#8211;8" ear per plant with striking, purple-black kernels, on 4'&#8211;6' tall stalks. Let the ears dry on the stalks in late summer then harvest for decorating or for making popcorn. When popped, the kernels pop white but retain the dark color in the hulls, giving them a unique appearance.

Dakota Black Popcorn

An unbelievably stunning corn bred by part-Cherokee farmer, Carl Barnes, from ancestral, Native American corn. Ears are a kaleidoscope of gem-like, rainbow kernels. 'Glass Gem' goes beyond pretty ornamental corn, it can also be used to make cornmeal, flour, popcorn, or traditional parched corn.

Glass Gem Flint

Though the striking color is other-worldly, the flavor of this one-of-a-kind jewel is more traditional&#8212;slightly less sweet than modern, very sweet hybrids. It was a labor of love to produce an open-pollinated corn that is loaded with beneficial anthocyanins (antioxidants), thanks to its Native American Hopi blue corn parents. Harvest fresh, or wait a bit longer and the sugar subsides, becoming perfect for breads or chowder, or wait even longer to harvest, and use the dried kernels for flour.

Martian Jewels Sweet

This colorful, open-pollinated sweet corn was developed from a cross of the heirloom sweet corn, 'Luther Hill', and 'Painted Mountain' flour (Indian) corn. Because 'Painted Mountain' was selected from the Rocky Mountains, 'Painted Hill' is adapted for short growing seasons and can germinate better than others in cool, wet soils. The 7", multi-colored ears make a beautiful display, and every kernel is filled with robust, old-time corn flavor. Color is pale when fresh but intensifies when dried.

Painted Hill Sweet

'Rio Grande Blue' corn's origins trace back to the Pueblo Native Americans in New Mexico. Blue corns, on average, have 20% higher protein content, more antioxidants, and a lower glycemic index than standard corn. Hang the 10"&#8211;12" ears to dry for a beautiful autumn display then save them to make delicious meals. Recipe inside for chocolate atole, a traditional warm beverage served during the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos.

Rio Grande Blue Flour

Once only commercially available, this type of  popping corn is now available to the home gardener! 'Robust Pop R400MR' produces large, round popped kernels sturdy enough to hold a coating and stay in one piece, unlike the more common 'butterfly'-shaped popcorn. This is also the type of popcorn found in the popular Cracker Jacks&#174;. Grow it in your backyard to make kettle corn, caramel corn, popcorn balls, or to top with seasonings.

Robust Pop R400MR Popcorn

Each 'Strawberry' corn stalk produces 2 or more 2"&#8211;3" long ruby red, strawberry-shaped ears on compact 4' stalks. Beautiful foliage when used at the back of your flower border. At summer's end, harvest the kernels for popcorn. Kids will love to watch the ruby red kernels magically turn white when popped! You may want to save a few of these charming ears, as well as the dried stalks, for fall decor. The stalks are a nice backdrop to displays of pumpkins, gourds, and dried cobs.

Strawberry Popcorn

This beautiful, 5'&#8211;6' tall, ornamental heirloom corn dates back to at least the mid-1800s when it was brought to America from Japan. It has green, variegated leaves of pink, creamy  white, yellow stripes, and dark purple tassels. A striking backdrop to a flowerbed or vegetable garden. Its cobs produce dark burgundy kernels that can be dried and saved for autumn displays or ground into a richly colored cornmeal.

Striped Japonica Ornamental

Summertime and corn on the cob go together. Nothing tastes better than just-picked sweet corn! 'Sugarbaby' is a bicolor corn that matures in 65 days&#8212;an advantage in areas with a shorter growing season. Flavorful, 8" ears with 12&#8211;16 rows of very tender kernels hold their sweetness and flavor longer than other varieties. Good cool weather endurance.

Sugarbaby Sweet

Old-fashioned corn like your grandparents grew! From the garden to the pot, 'True Gold' will transform any plate to a luxurious meal. Large, 9" ears are very sweet and tender, plants are resistant to stalk-lodging, and stalks are less likely to bend and kink in windy areas.

True Gold Sweet

Carrots can often be hard to germinate from seed, but are otherwise very easy and rewarding to grow. Plus, they are great for your vision!

Harvest when the tops of the carrots appear above ground, and when the diameter is around 1". They will be more sweet the earlier they are picked.

Carrots

Take care to gently water the carrot seeds. Due to their small size, they can easily be pushed around during germination. 

Refrigerate unwashed in a plastic bag. Rinse and brush carrots before use, but do not peel them as it removes the nutrients!

Atomic Red' is an 8"-10" long, crisp, sweet imperator-type root. When you steam, roast, or stir-fry it, the contrast between the brilliant, deep red outer layer and orange core intensifies. Grow  successive crops every 3 weeks to ensure continuous harvests as this colorful carrot is sure to be in high demand once it is seen and tasted.

Atomic Red

Imagine the pleasure of pulling up purple, red, white, yellow, and orange carrots from the earth, so crisp and delicious from your own garden. Packed with vitamin A and other healthful nutrients, colored carrots have been around for more than 1,000 years! For gourmet baby carrots, harvest when only 3"-4" long.

Calliope Blend

Grown and eaten in Asia and Europe 1,000 years ago, these colorful carrots are available once again. Just like the popular orange carrots, red, purple, white, and yellow carrots contain plenty of vitamin A and other healthful nutrients. Carnival Blend carrots can also be harvested when only 3"-4" long for gourmet baby carrots.

Carnival Blend

While colored carrots seem to be new to home gardens, they have been around for centuries. In fact, the purple carrot has been around for at least 1,000 years. After losing out to the more popular orange carrots long ago, purple carrots have been rediscovered. Kids will love them as a colorful snack. Besides being high in vitamin A, purple carrots contain anthocyanin (an antioxidant).

Cosmic Purple

The Danvers carrot was developed during the late 19th century in Massachusetts; it worked wonderfully interplanted with onions and grew particularly well in heavy, rocky soils. 'Danvers 126'  is intensely sweet, and very resistant to cracks and splits. Strong tops make harvesting easy.

Danvers 126

Did you know that grocery store baby carrots are actually cut from regular sized carrots? Once you try the sweet flavor and crisp bite of this 3" long, true baby carrot, you will never look back! Though it tastes great fresh from the garden, 'Little Finger' was developed in France for pickling and canning whole.

Little Finger

'Rainbow' is a pleasing mix of colors from coral to yellow to white--a quite unusual variation from just one seed cultivar! Unlike colored carrot blends which produce varied sizes of roots, 'Rainbow' carrots are uniform and mature all at once, making them a great choice for pickling and canning (recipe inside this packet). A cross of Nantes and imperator types, the flavorful roots are long, at 7"&#8211;9". The colors may be mellow, but the flavor is big and sweet with all the crunchiness you expect in a homegrown carrot.

Rainbow

'Red Cored Chantenay' has 6"-long, thick, blunt roots, making it reliable even in heavy or shallow soils. Expect big yields that resist splitting and forking. An excellent variety for juicing, canning, freezing, and cooking in soups and hearty stews. Excellent storage carrot, growing sweeter with time.

Red Cored Chantenay

'Scarlet Nantes' is an 1850s' French favorite for many reasons&#8212;sweet flavor, tender, abundant producer, and consistent quality. Nearly coreless! There is no finer garden treat than a homegrown carrot pulled fresh from the earth!

Scarlet Nantes

Late planting your garden? 'Shin Kuroda' is quite heat resistant, so don't hesitate to sow in late spring, and even into the summer (when you might be doubtful about sowing carrots). Shin means "new" in Japanese, which alludes to its improved, tapered, 5"-long roots with wide shoulders, that grow through heavy soils with ease. Simply unsurpassed for flavor&#8212;one of the sweetest carrots you will eat!

Shin Kuroda

Small size, but big flavor! 'Tonda di Parigi', Italian for "Round of Paris", is deep orange, sweet and tender, and the round shape is a unique feature among carrots. Shallow roots mean you can grow it in a shallower bed or even in a container!

Tonda di Parigi

Harvest after the tops of the onion plant turn brown, fall over, and completely dry up (usually mid-summer).

Onions

Store in a cool, dark, dry place. Do not refrigerate, unless cut open.

'Cabernet's' globe shape and burgundy skin make it a picturesque addition to your harvest! Enjoy the sweet flavor raw on salads or burgers, or cooked into a jam on toast or cheese. Bred for 2"&#8211;3" uniform shape and early harvest, this onion will store for up to 6 months! Recipe for red onion jam inside packet. Intermediate-day onions grow best in latitudes 32&#8211;42.

Cabernet Bulb

This Italian heirloom has been available to gardeners since the late 1800s, but is hard to find in stores. The wine-colored, flattened globes are 1" high by 2"&#8211;3" in diameter. Their sweet flavor is delicious fresh or cooked&#8212;perfect for roasting and grilled kebabs.

Flat of Italy Bulb Cipollini

'Gabriella' is the perfect organic option for fall planting in mild areas of the south. The vigorous plant resists bolting and delivers a hefty 3"-4&frac12;", jumbo-sized bulb that stores for 2 to 3 months. As a short-day onion, it grows best from fall to spring in the southern states, south of the 35th parallel.

Gabriella Bulb

Looking for a great tasting red onion? This intermediate-day onion produces large, reddish-purple, globe-shaped onions with pretty red and white rings filled with snappy, sweet flavor. Use on sandwiches and hamburgers, in salads and relishes, or any other recipe calling for sweet red onion. Intermediate-day onions grow best across the middle of the U.S. in latitudes 32&#8211;42.

Red Amposta Bulb

Famous for it's juicy sweetness, 'Walla Walla' onion seeds traveled from the coast of Italy to Walla Walla, Washington. One of the best onions to enjoy fresh! Long-day onion, but can be grown as an intermediate-day onion because it matures early. High yield and enormous bulbs, make sure to use shortly after harvest.

Walla Walla Bulb

The secret to growing really sweet, mild onions is to start with a sweet, short-day variety and have soil that is very low in sulfur. 'Yellow Granex PRR' (pink root resistant) is one of the few varieties approved by the Georgia Agricultural Commission to be sold as a Vidalia&#174; onion when it is grown in approved areas near Vidalia, GA. Large (3"&#8211;4") and excellent for eating fresh. As a short-day onion, it grows best from fall to spring in the southern states, south of the 35th parallel. Not recommended for cold-climate areas unless greenhouse grown.

Yellow Granex PRR Bulb

The 'Sweet Spanish' onion was grown in the U.S. at least as far back as 1916. 'Yellow Sweet Spanish Utah' is from that early type, producing large, 3"&#8211;6" globe-shaped bulbs with amazingly mild, sweet flavor. A long-day variety, it grows best in states north of the 37th parallel. Utah designated this onion the state vegetable in 2002. Caramelize onions for the perfect patty melt condiment.

Yellow Sweet Spanish Utah Bulb

Onion growers in Parma, Italy were elated with the 1896 introduction of 'Dorata di Parma' or "Golden of Parma" as it translates. This heirloom is not only sweet and mild, but has more complex onion flavor. It stores an incredibly long time, lasting until the following harvest in some cases. Over time in storage, the flavor becomes more pungent. Long day onions, like 'Yellow of Parma', grow largest in the north, above the 37th parallel, where summer days are longest.

Yellow of Parma Bulb

Savor the sweet, mild flavor of this large, easy-to-peel eschalion (banana) type shallot. Very popular with chefs, it is technically a cross between a shallot and an onion. Called Cuisse de Poulet du Poitou (leg of the chicken) in France because it resembles a chicken leg. Enjoy in any dish that calls for onions or shallots. Its lighter flavor delicately enhances fresh preparations, too, like vinaigrettes. Resists bolting, producing well even in warm climates. Recipe inside for shallot vinaigrette.

Zebrune Shallot

Tomatoes are just about the most popular plants to garden, and for good reason; they are fairly easy to grow, and commonly used. There are two different types to chose from, determinate (bush) and indeterminate (vine), and dozens of varieties that might work better in your growing climate.

Harvest once the tomato is fully red, or close to it. Tomatoes will continue to ripen indoors for several days.

Optionally, you can also [prune "sucker" branches](https://www.epicgardening.com/what-do-you-do-with-tomato-suckers/) once a week to increase the size of tomatoes as they fruit. 

Tomatoes

The secret to healthy tomatoes is transplanting them deep. For example, if transplanting a 6" tomato plant, remove the lower branches and bury it to 3" beyond above roots. The small hairs along the stem will become new roots, and the plant will be able to grow much faster!

Store un-washed tomatoes on the countertop for 2-3 days, or refrigerate for up to a week.

A 1950s heirloom, 'Ace 55' has excellent, fresh tomato flavor and is a lower-acid tomato. An old favorite for canning, 5"&#8211;6" diameter, 6&#8211;8 ounce fruits are just the right size to quarter and pack into jars. Yields are exceptional; as a determinate type, the majority of the fruits ripen over a 1 to 2 week period. In areas with a long growing season, sow in succession.

Ace 55

Pink, Purple, and Sunrise Bumble Bee tomatoes make up this sweet and tangy blend. Each tomato is striped, no two are alike, and mixed together they are stunning. Juicy right off the vine or in a salad. Big plants (provide support) produce big yields throughout the season. Crack resistant. Organically color-coded seeds for identification: red seed for Pink tomatoes, natural seed for Purple, and yellow seed for Sunrise.

Artisan Bumble Bee Cherry

This tantalizing blend will have you dreaming of fresh summer salads and pastas. Tiger tomatoes are sleek, striped, and colorful. Crack resistant, 2" fruits in a variety of colors. Seeds are color coded with organic food colorings: Green = natural seed, Pink = red color, and Blush = yellow seed.

Artisan Tiger Stripes Cherry

What tomato lover wouldn't love thick, meaty slices of homegrown tomatoes on their sandwiches? 'Beefsteak' is a century-old favorite not only for sandwiches, but also any dish calling for rich, tomato flavor. Vines are so vigorous (up to 6' or more) you will need a sturdy wire cage to support them and the 1&#8211;2-pound fruits! Produces summer to fall.

Beefsteak

This Russian heirloom originated in Krymsk on the Black Sea in Russia. Baseball-sized fruits weigh 10&#8211;12 ounces and have reddish-brown flesh filled with a rich, slightly salty flavor. Fruit sets well in heat and is a reliable "black" tomato, producing even under adverse conditions from summer to fall. Provide support for plants that can reach 6' or more.

Black Krim

You simply will not believe the wonderful flavor of this tomato! Named after Brandywine Creek in Chester County, PA, it is an old heirloom dating back to 1889, passed down from generation to generation. 'Brandywine' is a heat-tolerant, pinkish/red beefsteak type with thin-skinned, rich-flavored, 3/4&#8211;1 lb. fruits. Provide support for vines with potato-leaf foliage that reach 6' or more.

Brandywine

Brandywines have been favored by tomato lovers for more than 100 years. Fruits often weigh around a pound but can weigh close to 2 pounds! 'Yellow Brandywine' turns golden yellow when ripe, with a balance of sweet and tart; 'Red Brandywine' has a rich, well-balanced tomato flavor. Red seeds are stained with organic coloring to indicate the red tomato, while the yellow tomato seeds are their natural color.

Brandywine Red & Yellow

'Cherokee Purple' is said to have been given to a Tennessee family by the Cherokees over 100 years ago. This treasured tomato has just the right balance of sweetness and even a hint of smoke, making  it a winner in taste tests. From summer to fall, you'll harvest more than enough 10&#8211;12 oz. tomatoes from this well-regarded heirloom variety. Provide support for vigorous vines that reach 6' or more.

Cherokee Purple

'Chocolate Cherry' tomatoes&#8212;doesn't just the name make you hungry? These 1" purplish-red,  delectable tomatoes are great for snacking on and add a little sweetness to salads and pastas.  The prolific vines bear seemingly endless trusses with 6&#8211;8 crack-resistant fruits that will keep you  coming back for harvest after harvest.

Chocolate Cherry

Pop a few of these sweet delights in your mouth while gardening! Reviews have proclaimed this 1950s German heirloom the best cherry tomato; extra sweet and packed with flavor. Produces many clusters of 6&#8211;12 tomatoes all summer until frost. Vigorous vines easily reach 6' long.

Gardener's Delight

'Glacier' will be one of your first ripe tomatoes of summer, and one of your last tomatoes in the fall! This 30" tall plant sets fruit earlier and in cooler temperatures than other varieties, and continues to produce throughout the season. 2" flavorful slicers are the perfect size for sandwiches. Enjoy the sweetness of summer longer than ever!

Glacier

Like sunshine in the garden, 'Golden Jubilee' is bright and golden with firm texture. Mild, low-acid flavor makes excellent tomato juice, sauce, and salsa. Small seed cavities means fewer seeds and more solid, meaty slices perfect for sandwiches and salads. Expect high yields of these 3" delights. 1943 All-America Selections award winner. Disease resistant.

Golden Jubilee

A breeder's work of art! 'Green Zebra' has excellent flavor and unique color&#8212;golden green with forest green stripes, developing a slight amber blush when ripe. The 2"&#8211;3" tomatoes have very smooth skin essentially free of cracks. Provide support for vines that reach 6' or more. More heat and drought tolerant than other varieties.

Green Zebra

'Indigo Rose' was developed by Professor Jim Myers at Oregon State University to include anthocyanins (antioxidants that are beneficial to our health) in the fruits. Its 5' vines require support and produce plentiful 2-ounce fruits in clusters of 6 to 8. You'll find dozens of ways to eat these gorgeous purplish-brown tomatoes with red centers after you taste their balanced, sweet, acidic flavor! Allow fruit to fully ripen on the vine before harvesting. Disease resistant.

Indigo Rose Cherry

An absolutely excellent heirloom tomato&#8212;firm, meaty, 3" oblong fruits with few seeds, on compact vines that are very productive. As a determinate type, most of the fruits ripen at the same time, which makes this tomato a good choice for canning. In areas with a long growing season, a second planting will double your harvest!

Italian Roma

A very popular variety for commercial growers in the 1950s and 1960s, 'Moneymaker' earned its name because of its uniformity and reliably heavy yields. The medium-sized fruits are sweet with a meaty texture, making them versatile for use in fresh or cooked dishes. A good choice for greenhouses as well as outdoors. A favorite of southern gardeners and those in climates with hot, humid summers.

Moneymaker

'Moskvich' translates to "inhabitant of Moscow", paying homage to the area where it was bred in the early 1970s (more information inside packet). After a winter without homegrown tomatoes, it will be the first one you will harvest, as it withstands cool weather. At the end of the hot summer when temperatures cool off, it is the last to slow down in production of full-size, garden-fresh fruit.

Moskvish

What a name! 'Oxheart', also known as 'Cuore Di Bue' (Italian for ox heart) is so named because of its shape. It is also known as "pear of Liguria", after the northern Italian region where it has long been celebrated. This heirloom is dense with few seeds, cooks down to a robust, thick sauce, and really shines when roasted. It is also a star sliced fresh atop salad greens or paired with mozzarella and fresh basil leaves.

Oxheart

You'll be impressed with this high-yielding variety. These luscious tomatoes ripen to yellow-orange accented with hints of red that go through the solid, meaty interior of the fruit. Large, beefsteak type fruits don't have a lot of seeds but are filled with complex, low-acid tomato flavor with a hint of fruitiness that's just the right balance of sweet and tangy. Provide support for the tall plants and their heavy, 1&#8211;2-pound fruits.

Pineapple

A unique combination of distinctively different cherry tomatoes! Seeds are color-coded for identification. Blend includes: 'Sundrop' (orange tomato), 'Gold Nugget' (yellow tomato), 'Chocolate Cherry' (brown tomato), 'Sweetie' (red tomato), 'Green Grape' (green tomato), 'Super Snow White' (white tomato), and 'Bicolor Cherry' (pink/white striped tomato). Provide support for vigorous vines that easily reach 6'.

Rainbow Cherry

This heirloom blend brings you both red and yellow, firm fruit that can be eaten like grapes all summer long. Sweet, mild flavor and low acidity make these tomatoes traditionally best for pickling and preserves, but they are great for salads and snacking, too. 'Red Pear' seeds are dyed red, while the 'Yellow Pear' seeds remain natural so you know which color tomato you are sowing. Vigorous vines easily reach 6'.

Red & Yellow Pear Cherry

The blue ribbon winner! 'Red Pride' yields a bountiful harvest on vigorous, compact plants. It has superb flavor and is adaptable to almost any climate. Its reliable production combined with an excellent disease resistance package make it an almost perfect variety.

Red Pride

Only an heirloom tomato that came from the climate of Siberia could tolerate the fickle and sometimes cool temperatures that exasperate some gardeners in spring! 'Red Siberian' tolerates regular summer temperatures and withstands cool temperatures while still producing abundant fruit with rich, classic tomato flavor. Stout, short plants (to 3-feet) are great for containers.

Red Siberian

'San Marzano' may very well be the mother of all paste tomatoes, as it is believed by some tomato aficionados to be the parent of almost all the paste tomatoes bred in the U.S. since the 1920s. For generations, Italians have cherished this large, paste tomato as the very best for sauce and canning, and when it comes to sauce, Italians would know! Vigorous vines reach 6' or more.

San Marzano

Rare in grocery stores, 'Sun Gold's' plump, tangerine-colored fruits are a special treat at the peak of flavor in the garden-very sweet and juicy! Provide support for vigorous vines that easily reach 6' long. Pick a bit early and ripen indoors at room temperature. Low-acidity tomato. Disease resistant.

Sun Gold

'Supremo' produces a dependable mid-season crop of impressively large, uniform tomatoes that set well even in heat. You'll have loads of tomatoes to make sauce or paste, chop for salads or salsas, or slice for sandwiches. In areas with a long growing season, a successive planting will double your harvest! Excellent disease resistance, including Fusarium wilt (1-3), Verticillium wilt, root knot, bacterial speck, and spotted wilt.

Supremo Roma

Classic cherry tomato that lives up to its sweet name is well known for its hearty flavor and early harvest. 'Sweetie' produces large numbers of &#190;"&#8211;1" cherry tomatoes in grape-like clusters. Provide support for vigorous vines that easily reach 6' long. Low-acidity tomato.

Sweetie Cherry

There are two different types to chose from, determinate (bush) and indeterminate (vine), and dozens of varieties that might work better in your growing climate.

Cauliflower can be difficult to grow, because it requires consistently cool temperatures around 60°F. If your weather cooperates, however, it can be well worth the effort!

Harvest by simply cutting off the main head from its base. 

Harvest when the head is over 6" in diameter and has not began to separate. Don't delay since the quality will quickly decreases.

Cauliflower

Refrigerate unwashed cauliflower in a loose plastic bag.

Flavorful, 6" snow-white heads in just 70 to 80 days means 'Snowball Y' is successful in short-season areas. The leaves naturally curl nicely around the heads providing self-blanching and protection from sun scald. Mature heads hold well in the garden, so they don't all have to be picked at once.

Snowball Y

Swiss Chard

Young leaves are great in salads, steamed, stir-fried, added to lasagna, omelets, soups, and stews, and mixed with other greens. Apple Blossom Swiss Chard baby greens can be grown indoors at any time of year and are a nutrient-packed way to get your "green fix" in the dead of winter. Move containers as needed for best light exposure and temperature. Harvest when 2"&#8211;4" tall and enjoy! Mix includes: 50% Ruby Red swiss chard and 50% Fordhook Giant swiss chard

Apple Blossom Swiss Chard Blend Baby Greens Seeds

The bright colors of 'Celebration' are cause for, well, a celebration! Red, magenta, orange, pink, yellow, and white stems support glossy, dark green leaves&#8212;a beautiful ornamental for the flower garden or large containers! New selection with deeper colors and less white in the mix, but with flavors as bright as ever. Open-pollinated variety with uniform leaves and stems, a great specialty chard for the home gardener. Harvest all summer or grow for baby greens!

Celebration

This bright color mix provides shades of red, yellow, pink, orange, and white stems topped with green or dark maroon leaves, often with contrasting deep red veins. Not only colorful, the stems and leaves provide delicious flavor packed with nutrition. A welcome addition to vegetable gardens, flower beds, and containers.

Five Color Silverbeet

'Fordhook Giant' is an old favorite with its broad, strong stems and large leaves packed with vitamins and minerals. A vigorous grower with a long growing season, it will provide fresh greens from early summer into fall, and year-round in mild climates. White stem varieties are generally more bolt and cold tolerant and more productive than colored stem varieties. Young leaves are great for salads. Glows in containers as an ornamental.

Fordhook Giant

'Ruby Red' chard will beautify your garden as well as your plate! An 1850s vigorous grower with a long growing season, it will provide fresh greens from early summer into fall, and year-round in mild climates. Packed with vitamins and minerals, young leaves are great for salads. Any size leaves can be steamed, stir-fried, added to lasagna, omelets, soups, and stews, and mixed with other greens. Good container variety.

Ruby Red/Rhubarb

Celery is a long-season crop that is known for being tricky to grow. It can be sensitive to transplanting, and requires mild temperatures for a long period of time.

Cut off stalks starting from the outside in. Allow the main stalk to continue to grow.

Harvest celery stalks when they reach 8-12" in length. Shade the plant for 2 weeks before harvest if you like your celery to taste sweeter!

Keep the soil especially moist and well weeded.

Celery

Wash and dry celery, and store it in a plastic bag in the refrigerator.

Imagine slicing that first, big, beautiful bunch of celery from the earth in your garden. You can harvest individual stalks when just 6" tall or wait for the bunch to mature. Celery grows best in climates with long, mild-temperature seasons, but with a few helpful tips, it can be grown almost anywhere.

Utah

Kohlrabi

Because of its turnip-like appearance, kohlrabi is sometimes misclassified as a root vegetable. Leaves stand out like little spokes on the sides and top of the edible, enlarged stem. You'll welcome not only kohlrabi's unusual shape, but also its crisp texture and wonderful, delicately sweet, nutty, and very slightly peppery. Eat it like an apple, or try it steamed, saut&eacute;ed, or pickled, too! One cup contains 140% of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C.

Purple Vienna

Ginger is a flavorful tropical plant that grows best in warm, shaded environments. In warm regions, it can even be grown as a perennial.

Ginger grows by shooting out new "rhizomes" sideways underground. To harvest, carefully dig around the main ginger plant. Harvest the fresh ginger root you need, and leave the other rhizomes roots to continue growing.

Be sure to mulch your ginger. Water is very important for growing ginger; be sure to keep the soil consistently moist at all times. 

Ginger

Store ginger, unwashed and unpeeled, in a dry and cool location and inside of a paper bag for up to two weeks. To store ginger for longer, peel and slice the ginger before placing it in the freezer.

Dill is a self-seeding warm weather crop. If left to grow, a single dill plant should come back year after year. 

Harvest older leaves first, by pinching or cutting them off with scissors. 

Start harvesting as the plant has 4-5 leaves. The closer the plant is to flowering, the more flavorful the leaves will be.

Dill

Wrap the stems loosely in a damp paper towel, place in a sealed plastic bag, and store in the refrigerator. To keep Dill for up to a week, keep the stems [in a glass of water](https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/how_to_store_parsley_cilantro_and_other_fresh_herbs/)

Particularly good for pickling because of early and abundant seed production, 'Bouquet's' foliage is also delicious sprinkled on potatoes, tomatoes, salmon, spinach, cucumbers, and lamb chops. Very aromatic. Dill is an important host plant for caterpillars of swallowtail butterflies.

Bouquet

The refreshing flavor of dill will surely win you over (if you don't already love it)! 'Tetra' is a bushy, late flowering variety, meaning more leaf production for dill lovers. It is heat tolerant which makes it slow-to-bolt, so you will enjoy fresh picked, aromatic dill throughout the season. Dill is an important host plant for caterpillars of swallowtail butterflies.

Tetra

Beets are root vegetables that are full of important vitamins, and the greens are just as tasty as the beet itself! 

Pull the beet out of the ground, careful not to disturb any surrounding beets.

Harvest when the tops of the beets appear above ground, when the root is about 2" in diameter. You can also periodically harvest a few leaves, but leave the majority on the plant.

Beets

Leave 1-2" of stems attached. Stays fresh on countertop for 3 days, or in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.

These sweet beets have a mild flavor that can make a beet lover out of anyone! A 2015 All-America Selections winner with 2"-3" creamy white, round roots. An added bonus&#8212;white beets don't stain your hands, cutting board, soups, or stews red! Keep roots covered with soil or mulch for best color and flavor. Disease resistant to Cercospora and leaf spot.

Avalanche

Sow one row for the beautiful greens, and another row for the delicious roots! 'Bull's Blood' is valued for its tender, sweet, dark red, almost burgundy foliage. Selected from a French heirloom for the darkest colored leaves, the 16" "greens" rival chard and spinach for delectability and nutritional content. The roots are also quite tasty when harvested small. Beets are excellent for mild climates where multiple crops are possible.

Bull's Blood

This Italian heirloom from the mid-1800s got its name from a fishing village near Venice, Italy. 'Chiogga' has delicious green tops and tasty roots. Each seed produces multiple plants and the thinnings are a delightful addition to your salad. Packed with nutrition, beets are high in fiber, potassium, folic acid, and the antioxidant, betacyanin. Delicious roasted, steamed, and pickled.

Chioggia

Home-grown beets are simply the best. Tender and delicious, these 2&#189;"&#8211;3" beautiful, deep crimson beets do not get woody as do smaller varieties if allowed to grow large. Perfect for pickling, roasting, and even raw in salads! The greens rival chard and spinach for tenderness and flavor, and are very nutritious. Beet seed is actually a dried fruit with 1 to 5 seeds in each fruit, so make sure to thin!

Detroit Dark Red

Since 1911, 'Early Wonder' has delivered abundant greens, flavorful beets, and early production. Great for mild climates where multiple crops are possible. The 18" greens are as delicious, and high in vitamins A and C, iron, and potassium. Beet seed is actually a dried fruit with 1-5 seeds in each fruit, so thinning is very important.

Early Wonder

Deliciously mild beet that doesn't stain like reds! 'Golden Boy' is a stunning, golden-orange fleshed beet with bright green leaves, uniform globes, and refined taproots. Strong, upright stems make for an attractive bunch. Sweetest and most tender when young. Greens are also tender and delicious.

Golden Boy

Join the beet fan club! Aside from the health benefits, which include significant amounts of fiber, potassium, folic acid, and vitamin C, beets come in many colors. 'Gourmet Blend' includes 'Detroit Dark Red' with deep red roots and delicious dark green tops, 'Chioggia' with interior rings of bright pink and white, and 'Golden' with bright yellow flesh.

Gourmet Blend

Developed specially for harvesting at the "baby" size of just 1"&#8211;1&#189;", 'Robin' delivers with well-rounded, tender, sweet, crunchy roots. Excellent choice for raw, roasting, or canning. Baby beet greens are tender and delicious. Plants have high bolt resistance. Roasted beet and fennel recipe inside this packet.

Robin

Not only does the color of this beet make it stand apart, but so does the flavor. Golden beets are known for being extra sweet and less "earthy" than their red counterparts. Grown alongside red, white, and candy-striped beets, your harvest will create a playful plate of color at the table. Improved germination and performance over other golden cultivars. Best at 1"&#8211;3" round.

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