Organic Non-GMO Schwarzer Runder Radish - OPEN-POLLINATED
Unusual jet-black skin makes a gorgeous contrast with the bright white flesh. Also known as Black Winter radish, with rich spicy flavor excellent for salads and crudite. Coarse outer skin allows for exceptionally long storage in the ground or the root cellar. Often eaten in Germany as a "beer radish", served thinly sliced with salt and paired with a light beer. Fall/winter crop · Stores well (Raphanus sativus)
Days to maturity: 45-50 days
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Organic Non-GMO Schwarzer Runder Radish - OPEN-POLLINATED
Organic Non-GMO Schwarzer Runder Radish - OPEN-POLLINATED
Unusual jet-black skin makes a gorgeous contrast with the bright white flesh. Also known as Black Winter radish, with rich spicy flavor excellent for salads and crudite. Coarse outer skin allows for exceptionally long storage in the ground or the root cellar. Often eaten in Germany as a "beer radish", served thinly sliced with salt and paired with a light beer. Fall/winter crop · Stores well (Raphanus sativus)
Days to maturity: 45-50 days
Monday, August 22, 2016
Lauffer Family Reunion
Hi Gardening Friends!
Went to my mother's Family reunion The Lauffer Reunion this past weekend and here is a picture of me on Saturday night outside Rizzo's in Crabtree PA. The Lauffer Family haves been in Westmoreland County since 1774 when Christian Lauffer the Pioneer came with his wife and nine of his ten children to Westmoreland County Pa. So that what I did this weekend. Gardener Den
Saturday, August 20, 2016
Organic Non-GMO Dolciva Carrot - OPEN-POLLINATED
Organic Non-GMO Dolciva Carrot - OPEN-POLLINATED
Much sweeter than Bolero F1; the hands-down winner in our taste tests even after months of storage! Great sweet flavor, juicy crunch, high quality and incredibly long storage life made this variety a standout in our trials for the last two years; we are delighted to bring this new European variety to North America. Slightly tapered roots have good uniformity, bright orange color and strong, healthy tops that display strong tolerance of alternaria. Widely-adapted and versatile for bunching or storage; rated 20-30% higher in sugars than Bolero over 9 months in storage and maintained great crunch. From our friends at Swiss biodynamic seed company Sativa Seeds. HMOS EXCLUSIVE · Long storing · Nantes-type · 8" roots. (Daucus carota)
Days to maturity: 105 days
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Organic Non-GMO Lorz Italian Garlic - HEIRLOOM
Large, robust cloves with hot, spicy flavor. Big, flat-round bulbs have easy-to-peel skins and are excellent roasted, with stronger, better flavor than other Artichoke-types. Tolerates summer heat well. Brought from Italy to Washington State around 1850. Artichoke-type · 12-19 cloves (Allium sativum)
Monday, August 15, 2016
Organic Non-GMO Yellow Sweet Clover - OPEN-POLLINATED
Organic Non-GMO Yellow Sweet Clover - OPEN-POLLINATED
Excellent yellow-flowered green manure and honey plant. Rugged plant with long taproots that mine nutrients from deep in the soil, becoming 8' tall and graceful with yellow flowers in its second year. May winter kill without snow cover. Sow 1/2 lb per 1,000 square feet or 15 lbs/acre with 1.5-2 bushels of oats as a nurse crop. Fixes 100-170 lbs of N per acre. Drought-tolerant · Sow spring to summer · Biennial
Monday, August 8, 2016
Organic Non-GMO Red Ursa Kale - OPEN-POLLINATED
Organic Non-GMO Red Ursa Kale - OPEN-POLLINATED
Deeply lobed, frilly tender leaves with broad pink and purple stems. A rainbow of showy signature frills and bright, contrasting stems. Colors intensify in cold weather and vary from emerald green with light pink stems to dark blue-green leaves with magenta stems. Not a curly type; tender texture and lobing similar to Red Russian. Adds loft to raw salads with similar cold-hardiness to Siberian. Bred by Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seeds and released under the Open Source Seed Initiative. Open Source Seed · Bolt-resistant · 24-30" tall (Brassica napus)
Days to maturity: 65 days
Sunday, August 7, 2016
Organic Non-GMO BMR Sorghum-Sudangrass F1 - HYBRID
Organic Non-GMO BMR Sorghum-Sudangrass F1 - HYBRID
Heat and drought-tolerant cross between sorghum and Sudangrass. For building biomass, smothering weeds and penetrating compact soils. With growth up to 12' tall and dry matter production of 4,000-5,000 lbs/acre, it makes an excellent soil builder. Adaptable to much of the U.S. provided the soil temperature reaches 65° F two months before the first frost. Seed 0.5-1.5" deep; shallower in heavier soils, more deeply in sandy soils. Sow in spring · Drought-tolerant · Annual (Sorghum bicolor)
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