Sorghum × drummondii Annual grass. Vigorous, competitive, adaptable cover crop or annual forage. Likes heat and high fertility. Grows best in warm weather when other grasses slow down.
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Echinochloa frumentacea Annual grass. Vigorous and versatile! Good for hay, forage, weed-smothering, building soil, and controlling erosion. Tolerates waterlogged soils, low fertility and cool conditions.
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Avena nuda Annual grass. Great for food or feed. The hull sheds easily during the normal threshing process—industrial-grade milling not required!
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Pennisetum glaucum (120 days) Open pollinated. Ornamental grass with deep-purple foliage and large purple seed spikes. Popular in arrangements. 3-5' tall.
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Sorghum bicolor (100 days) Open pollinated. A white-seeded 4' grain sorghum, can be popped, but it is more commonly ground into a mild-flavored flour, cooked as a grain, or sometimes nixtamalized like corn and made into tortillas.
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Amaranthus tricolor (120 days) Open pollinated. Very red Jamaican traditional green for Callaloo stew. Beautiful tricolor blaze makes it ornamental as well.
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Lupinus mutabilis (130 days, longer to seed) Open pollinated. “Lost” crop of the Incas. Wild-looking 3' lupine native to the high Andes. Attractive, many-colored flowers. Protein-rich seeds.
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Beta vulgaris (55 days for bunching, 35-40 days baby leaf) Open pollinated. Very dark lush green fully savoyed leaf, brilliant red contrasting stalk. Excellent regrowth for multiple harvests.
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Beta vulgaris (55 days for bunching, 35-40 days baby leaf) Open pollinated. Very dark lush green fully savoyed leaf, brilliant red contrasting stalk. Excellent regrowth for multiple harvests.
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Beta vulgaris (55 days) Open pollinated. Tender smooth leaves, thin stems, spinach-like flavor. Lasts through summer into fall. Withstands some frosts.
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Cichorium intybus (80 days) Open pollinated. Italian heirloom grown for its fused stems which form a swollen bulb. Sweet stalks eaten in salad or cooked.
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A lifesaver for anyone who changes or moves hoses on a regular basis. Fittings simply snap together for a watertight seal. Allows you to switch hoses without even turning the water off!
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Brassica napus (pabularia group) (55 days) Open pollinated. Cold hardy 18-28" purple and red-veined kale leaves grow frilly while remaining very tender. Good for bunches and mesclun mixes.
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Brassica napus (pabularia group) (55 days) Open pollinated. Cold hardy 18-28" purple and red-veined kale leaves grow frilly while remaining very tender. Good for bunches and mesclun mixes.
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Treated with non-toxic white paint, these are the official stakes in Fedco trials. At the end of the summer, names stand out clearly and the stakes show little deterioration. Made in Maine.
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Allium ampeloprasum (porrum group) (75 days) Open pollinated. Dual-purpose "summer" leek. Direct seeded: 50 to 60 days for bunching. Or transplant for full-size August harvest.
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Lactuca sativa (65 days) Open pollinated. Attractive romaine with dark green slightly ruffled heavily veined leaves. Excellent heat tolerance.
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Ipomoea purpurea (70 days) Open pollinated. Climbs to at least 8-9' with trellising, rich deep purple bloom with a glowing magenta center and dark 5-pointed star pattern.
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Castanea dentata Up to 100'. Once common in the eastern US. Important food source for people and wildlife. Not immune to blight but likely to thrive 10-30 years. Fast growing and precocious. Z4.
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Persicaria tinctoria Open pollinated. Japanese indigo preferred by dyers in Maine. A tender annual, indigo thrives in fertile soil and likes heat and humidity.
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Reseda odorata Open pollinated. Insignificant yellow-green blossoms grown for their enticing raspberry scent. Once common in Paris. Compact plants.
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Hyssopus officinalis Open pollinated. Perennial. Normally hardy to Zone 3. Beautiful aromatic perennial border plant that produces spikes of indigo flowers.
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Matricaria recutita Open pollinated. One of the most widely known herbs, powerful yet gentle, long used to promote relaxation. Perhaps a tad less sweet than others.
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Althaea officinalis 5-8' tall. Beautiful towering medicinal plant. Leaves, flowers and mucilagenous roots are used to soothe mucous membranes. Z4.
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Viola sororia 6-10" tall. North American native with cheery blue-purple flowers and attractive heart-shaped leaves, all edible. Larval host plant for multiple species of butterflies. Z3.
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Prunus maritima 6' × 5-6'. Rounded dense suckering shrub found along ocean beaches. Showy white blooms in spring. Edible plums in late summer. Plant two for fruit. Z3.
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Rheum rhabarbarum Heirloom variety, considered the most important rhubarb variety of the 19th century. Unique seedlings; will show some variation. Z2.
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Capsicum annuum (65 days) Open pollinated. Also known as Golden Delicious Apple Pepper. Heirloom from Hungary forms delicious flattened thick-walled fruits that ripen through yellow to red.
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Capsicum annuum (75 days) F-1 hybrid. Shiny green ripens to blazing red in a small strawberry-shaped cherry-type. Sweet and spicy, 2,500-5,000 Scovilles.
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Capsicum annuum (68 days) Open pollinated. Prolific yields of long tapering 2"red sweet peppers on short stocky plants. Great for cold-climate growers.
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Capsicum annuum (74 days) Open pollinated. Blocky 3x3" bells ripen from purple to green to deep red. At purple stage they sell at a premium. Early and prolific.
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Durable UV-resistant mesh floating row cover. Excludes all manner of insect pests, even those as small as flea beetles, thrips and aphids. Also excludes birds and rabbits.
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Durable UV-resistant mesh floating row cover. Excludes all manner of insect pests, even those as small as flea beetles, thrips and aphids. Also excludes birds and rabbits.
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Ultra-durable UV-resistant mesh row cover. Excludes most pests, even those as small as flea beetles and aphids, but not fine enough to exclude thrips. Also protects against birds, rabbits, even deer.
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