Growing Guides

ROMAINE LETTUCE ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Lettuces can generally be placed in one of four categories: looseleaf, butterhead, crisphead, and romaine. This lettuce, Parris Island Cos, is a romaine type. It has medium green, slightly crinkled leaves with crisp ribs,...

Iceberg Lettuce ABOUT THE PLANT Description:  Lettuces can generally be placed in one of four categories: looseleaf, butterhead, crisphead, and romaine. Iceberg is a crisphead type having large uniform crisp leaves that grow in a spherical head resembling cabbage.  A...

  Buttercrunch Lettuce ABOUT THE PLANT: Description:  Lettuces can generally be placed in one of four categories: looseleaf, butterhead, crisphead, and romaine. Buttercrunch is a butterhead type. Buttercrunch lettuce develops small to medium-sized loosely formed rosette-shaped heads with leaves that...

Spinach Bloomsdale Longstanding is Spinach that could very well be your favorite! Bloomsdale is by far the most popular and widely available open-pollinated Spinach. Large, dark green, corrugated leaves of this variety proliferate. Ripens in just 45 days, tolerates hot...

Kale Young leaves of Dwarf Siberian cabbage are used for salads, blanching, frying, or as a colorful side dish. Kale is considered a highly nutritious vegetable with powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. In addition, it contains sulforaphane which has potent...

ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Cal Wonder is an heirloom bell pepper that produces large, blocky, deep-green glossy 4" fruits that turn red at full maturity. The taste is sweet, mild, and grassy, with a crunchy texture. When red, the taste...

POBLANO PEPPER ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Poblanos are shiny, dark green in color, about 4” long and 2” wide. They have an earthy, slightly smoky flavor and are mildly spicy, measuring 1,000–1,500 on the Scoville Heat Unit scale. When left...

ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Cayenne peppers are 2 to 5 inches long, thin, red peppers, often with a curved tip and somewhat rippled skin. They have a sweet and slightly smokey aroma. Heat is 30,000 to 50,000 SHU. Cayenne chile...

ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Jalapeno peppers are firm, thick-walled, 2-3 inches long, with a curved shape and green, shiny, smooth skin. The flavor is vegetal with medium heat. Scoville Heat Units 2,000 to 10,000. They are usually harvested when green...

Arugula Arugula seeds are ideal for gardens, ripen quickly and develop into a delicate annual. The plant is quite frost-resistant. Arugula is rich in essential nutrients such as calcium, potassium, phosphorus and magnesium, vitamins A and C, and at the...