Malus spp. Classic culinary crab. Still found in old Maine dooryards. Apricot-pink buds, large fragrant pure white single flowers. Great for canning, pickling, delicious sauce and flavorful ruby-red jelly. Z2.
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Malus spp. This is a twig for grafting. 25x30'. Classic culinary crab. Apricot-pink buds, large fragrant pure white single flowers. Beautiful fruit makes flavorful ruby-red jelly. Z2.
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Brassica oleracea (45-60 days) F-1 hybrid. Also called Chinese Broccoli. Grown for succulent stems, leaves and florets. Uses and flavor similar to broccoli. Tolerant to heat and cold.
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Brassica rapa (chinensis group) (45 days) F-1 hybrid. Baby pac choi with green stems, likes cool temperatures but resists bolting. Vase-shaped 11" plants have broad green petioles.
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Cicer arietinum (105 days dry) Open pollinated. A garbanzo developed to be tolerant of cold soils and light frosts. 2' plants with ornamental flowers bear abundant two-seeded pods with black medium-sized beans.
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Phaseolus vulgaris (68 days) Open pollinated. Heirloom bears 7-9" pods with nutty flavor. Very productive. Excellent for freezing. Brown seed.
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Phaseolus vulgaris (55 days) Open pollinated. 7–9' vines bear long stringless round-podded very dark green fresh beans, coming early. 2017 AAS.
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Phaseolus vulgaris (70 days shell, 90 days dry) Open pollinated. White Cannellini bean. 5-6" short fat pods contain 5 plump seeds. Excellent flavor.
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Beta vulgaris (55 days) Open pollinated. Vibrantly golden beets, sweet and delicious. Elongated pyramid shape with no green shoulders. Greens also delicious!
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A poignant and galvanizing collection of essays and conversations with respected Black leaders, brilliantly woven together by Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm, author of Farming While Black.
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An approachable botany textbook and herbal field guide to North American plants with colorful illustrations on nearly every page. Regularly updated by the author since its release in 1996.
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A gift to a world disoriented by ecological collapse and haunted by the question of what to do, Eisenstein’s book gets to the heart of the predicament of how to heal our planetary wounds.
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Lorimer profiles 235 native plants, describing their growing needs and habits, wildlife value and native habitat, with gorgeous color photos to emphasize the unique beauty of each species.
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Painted portraits of People working for Earth Justice (including 5 from Maine!), accompanied by concise biographies and framed by essays about earth justice.
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Brassica oleracea (botrytis group) (72 days) F-1 hybrid. Large broad purple heads, or wait for open floret stick-type stems. Easy to harvest from tall bushy plants.
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Brassica oleracea (botrytis group) (94 days) F-1 hybrid. Large deep green heads are finely beaded, high domed with no lobing. Amazing resilience and crazy-weather tolerance.
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Brassica oleracea (botrytis group) (56 days) Open pollinated. Sweet stalks and stems produce succulent small green loose heads with very large beads. Abundant side shoots. Excellent flavor and heat tolerance.
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Brassica oleracea (capitata group) (80 days) F-1 hybrid. Dark green solid 4-8 lb heads hold well in weather stress. Stores well until spring.
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Nepeta × faassenii 24-36" tall. Aromatic grey-green foliage with long arching stems topped by lavender-blue flowers. Rugged. Attractive to pollinators. Z3.
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Apium graveolens (80 days) Open pollinated. Thick crisp stalks have rich flavor, not harsh even in less-than-ideal conditions. Ventura must receive adequate, even moisture for best growth.
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Zea mays var. rostrato (100 days) Open pollinated. Beautiful red pointy kernels are easy to shell and grind. Rich sweet corn flavor good for flour or polenta.
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Cosmos bipinnatus (90-100 days) Open pollinated. Pink and white blooms. The 4' tall plants attract pollinators and have long stems for cutting.
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Place over wire hoops to create a greenhouse environment. Self-venting on hot days. Offers a few degrees of frost protection. Especially recommended for sweet potatoes and long-season peppers.
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Ideal for securing edges of floating row covers and tarps without puncturing fabric. UV-resistant high-density polyethylene fabric is rated to last 7 growing seasons.
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A netted grid of squares can be used vertically or horizontally. Unlike our poly trellis netting, jute netting does not stretch. Withstands up to three seasons of use.
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A netted grid of 6.5" squares can be used vertically or horizontally. Unlike our poly trellis netting, jute netting does not stretch. Withstands up to three seasons of use.
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Cucumis sativus (54 days) F-1 hybrid. 7-8" smooth-skinned dark green fruits with crunchy sweet seedless pale green flesh. Tolerant of cool temps.
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This expansion kit can add another 200' of irrigation to your existing setup. Contains 200' of low-flow drip tape, 10 drip-tape fittings, 10 drip-tape ends, and 2 couplers.
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This starter kit gives you everything you need for 200' of garden row-crop irrigation. Includes setup instructions, low-flow drip tape, as well as fittings, ends, couplers and more!
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Solanum melongena (84 days) Open pollinated. Pink-lavender with white shoulders, pear-shaped, 4-6" wide by 6-8" long. Sweet tender white flesh. Early and productive.
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Camelina sativa Annual brassica. Widely adaptable and versatile winter-hardy cover crop and oilseed plant; tolerates poor conditions. Excellent nutrient scavenger. Sow when you would for winter rye.
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Lolium multiflorum Annual or winter annual grass. Extremely frost hardy. Widely adaptable. Will establish quickly in cool wet spring weather, providing a dense cover crop and outcompeting weeds. Good erosion control.
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Lolium multiflorum Annual or winter annual grass. Extremely frost hardy. Widely adaptable. Will establish quickly in cool wet spring weather, providing a dense cover crop and outcompeting weeds. Good erosion control.
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Superb cover crop mix for fall planting where mechanical tillage is available the following spring. 78% winter rye and 22% hairy vetch. Adds nitrogen to the soil and suppresses weed growth.
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This dynamic cover crop duo has become a favorite of growers who value its vigorous growth and soil-building prowess, along with the assurance that it will winterkill up North.
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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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