🥕 Nurturing my own little vegetable patch. Sharing the progress, challenges, and rewards of growing fresh food. Get inspired to plant your own!
This variety is a classic bunching - or scallion - onion that is essential to Asian cuisine, and is becoming more and more popular in the United States. It looks almost like a skinny leek, and is pleasantly pungent. Use Evergreen Bunching Nebuka onio...
Onion Seeds (Bunching) - Evergreen White Nebuka
This is my first attempt to grow broccoli and I'm still cautiously optimistic. The Calabrese variety seemed a good choice. Planted the seeds at several intervals to spread out harvest. Several plants have grown about 20" talk, very healthy looking bu...
Broccoli Seeds - Calabrese
I am a bad cook and this basil made me a good cook.
Basil Seeds - Thai
If you're looking for a unique addition to your veggie garden this season, look no further than Pak Choy White Stem. Also known as Bok Choy or Pak Choi Cabbage. Chances are if you like Chinese food you're familiar with this tender and flavorful cabba...
Chinese Cabbage Seeds - Pak Choy White Stem
Michihili is an heirloom Chinese cabbage. It's light green leaves are tender and delicious, ideal for stir fries and pickling, and many other Asian dishes. Michihili Chinese cabbages thrive in milder climates but can be grown in any zone. Warmer area...
Chinese Cabbage Seeds - Michihili
Took a while to germinated and grow to size but otherwise quite good and flavorful.
Carrot Seeds - Rainbow Blend
I seed started these and direct sowed. My starts went 8 for 8; they germinated as well as anything else I started. They also transferred super-easily to containers and thrived there. I harvest as needed for sandwiches, salads, etc. My direct sows loo...
Lettuce Seeds - Buttercrunch
I grew these last season and they were so fun to grow. I ended up pinching off a lot of the female flowers because there were just so many pumpkins. Of four plants, I ended up harvesting 11 10-15 lb pumpkins and 1 25 lb pumpkin! They are beautiful an...
Pumpkin Seeds - Fairytale
IL garden: Started indoors with a lamp in February and transplanted in late April/early May and wow the amount of cucumbers produced was so many I had no other choice but to pickle them! Great taste and perfect size!! Will be purchasing for next seas...
Cucumber Seeds (Pickling) - Boston Pickling
Rather than having to decide which color bell pepper to plant, we created our Rainbow Bell Blend so you could have the best of both worlds - the ability to plant several different colored sweet bells at just one price! This mix contains big, blocky b...
Sweet Pepper Seeds - Rainbow Bell Blend
I soaked the seeds as per the growing guide and planted three seeds per 2” soil block. Every single seed sprouted! Start on a heat mat to speed up germination.
Hot Pepper Seeds - Jalapeno M
Matured later than expected but I didn't push them with fertilizer either. Very delicious small sprouts did much better in the winter months
Brussels Sprouts Seeds - Long Island Improved
Planted the seeds - as usual - on St Patrick’s Day in Pittsburgh. I’ve been enjoying this crop for weeks now. Delicious blend!
Lettuce Seeds - Leaf Blend
Every seed I planted grew into a very large and healthy plant. The squash is picture-perfect - large, dark green, smooth - and delicious! They are very moisture-rich and flavorful. Highly recommended.
Squash Seeds (Summer) - Black Beauty
High yielding Small Red Cherry Tomato produces tasty fruit all season! Plants are fairly compact and great for home gardens and hanging planters. Great snack while gardening, you may not be able to get any into your kitchen!
Tomato Seeds (Organic) - Small Red Cherry
The Yellow Sweet Spanish is a large-yielding heirloom variety that produces large sweet onions - sometimes weighing in excess of a pound each! This delicious onion stores well, and produces a mild and pleasing taste that works perfectly in a wide arr...
Onion Seeds (Long Day) - Yellow Sweet Spanish
Always happy with Bloomsdale Long Standing spinach. Good germination rate, great flavor, grows well in almost any weather, slow to bolt. Wonderful fresh from the garden, freezes well for use later in the year. Great price, quantity and customer servi...
Spinach Seeds - Bloomsdale Long Standing
Organic Rocket Arugula is by far the most popular Arugula variety and typically the one found in your local supermarket or favorite restaurant. Rocket is a very attractive lush green arugula with serrated leaves. Plant Organic Rocket Arugula seeds in...
Arugula Seeds (Organic) - Rocket
This year is the first time I have ever been successful starting plants from seeds. I have 120 robust seedlings - mostly San Marzanos. It is early May, and they won't be transplanted until the end of the month due to unpredictable Michigan weather. I...
Tomato Seeds - San Marzano
Great start to my gardening year. Even better if I can keep the cats out.