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Small-space seeds
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items When you only have .10 of an acre, sometimes your seed list is bigger than the space you actually have for seeds. These have all earned a spot in my raised beds through years of trial and error, for their tastiness, ease of growth, and large harvests...
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Leafy Greens
Curcubits & Squash
Root Crops
Summer Powerhouses
Leafy Greens
This Red Russian Kale is basically immortal, at least in my experience. It doesn't seem as attractive to cabbage months as many of my other brassicas. It overwinters like a dream, with no frost protection (I discovered that unexpectedly one year when...
Red Russian Kale Seed
I think red lettuces are one of the prettiest things in my garden. And one of the tastiest. Iceberg lettuce might not taste like much except "wet" and "crunchy" but this red salad bowl is crisp and flavorful, with a little bit of bitterness. Stands u...
Red Salad Bowl Lettuce Seeds
Spicy, cold-hardy leafy green that can actually overwinter in my garden without protection! I prefer this mustard variety raw (it's AMAZING on sandwiches) but it also makes a good sweet and savory greens if cooked for several hours with brown sugar a...
Mustard Seeds - Wasabi
Curcubits & Squash
These little cucamelons are SUPER prolific, and produce all the way up to the first frost. About the size of a large grape when ripe, and with a slightly lemony flavor, they make a great little snack raw by the handful, or can be pickled whole to pre...
Mexican Sour Gherkin Cucumber Seeds
I'm not a huge fan of cucumbers, but my husband is a pickle fiend. These compact 3' plants are a perfect compromise, giving him a season worth of pickles (as long as you harvest regularly--the more you harvest, the more prolific these vines are) with...
Cucumber Seeds - Spacemaster (Organic)
I don't grow these every year because they can be space hogs if you're not extremely diligent about training them on a trellis (they've ended up using my fence as a trellis more than once), but they sure do make a fantastic soup. And they store for m...
Waltham Butternut Winter Squash Seed
Root Crops
This has been a great carrot variety for my raised beds, since they grow fat instead of long. Apparently these are also a great variety if you're growing in-ground but with heavier soil that would stunt other, longer varieties. I prefer roasting thes...
Oxheart Carrot Seed
Hear me out, but grow half of these radishes for the spicy, crunchy roots, and let the other half bolt for deliciously spicy pods that have the radish taste without so much spice. One plant can produce dozens of pods, so it's a super efficient approa...
Radish Seeds, Saxa 2
This is one of my favorite seed packets because the variety of radishes means that every pull out of the earth is a fun surprise. All spring radish varieties (hence the name Easter Basket), these can be planted as soon as the ground is workable in ea...
Radish Seeds, Easter Basket Mix
Summer Powerhouses
After years of trial and error, these are the only type of bush beans I grow in my garden these days. Incredibly prolific plants that will produce up to the first frost, and don't stop even in the heat of mid-summer. I like to plant a few new seeds e...
Provider Organic Bush Bean Seeds
Savory with just the right amount of heat, these are great for making chile rellenos and make a fantastic hot sauce if you want to preserve your harvest into the cold half of the year. I've also dehydrated and powdered these, although I recommend doi...
Poblano (Ancho) Hot Pepper Seeds & Plant
These are the most determined, prolific cherry tomatoes I've ever grown. If you miss harvesting one of these and it drops in your garden, you WILL have MULTIPLE volunteer plants next year. If you drop one of these tomatoes in your yard, or on your ga...
Chadwick Cherry Organic Tomato Seeds