Growing Guides

Mache It can be grown as a microgreen, baby green, or adult salad. Corn salad is a very hardy crop that grows well and quickly, even in cool weather; this is very soft and tender greens. Its leaves, with a...

Peppermint   Peppermint is a perennial plant and one of the simplest known to grow from seed. This herb is a natural hybrid of culinary mint and watermint. In early summer, it blooms in tiny purple flowers, grows well in...

  ECHINACEA ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Echinacea has tall (up to 3 feet), strong, fibrous stems that bear large single flowers with pink or purple petals that generally curve downward and a central cone that is usually purple or brown....

ANISE  ABOUT THE PLANT  Description: Anise is a plant that grows in clumps that can reach 2-4 feet high. It has opposing spear-shaped, aromatic leaves on a square stem. The flower head is a spike composed of numerous tiny, purple-tinged flowers....

CHAMOMILE ABOUT THE PLANT Description:   Chamomile is an herb that produces an abundance of small, fragrant, daisy-like white flowers with yellow centers that grow on long, thin, light green stems and can reach up to 3 feet high. The leaves...

BORAGE ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Borage is a broad, bushy, and prickly annual that can grow up to 2 feet tall. The leaves are rough and oblong. The blue flowers, clustered and hanging downward, are on reddish stalks and have...

  Dandelion  Dandelion is a perennial plant that grows 4-6 inches in height. True (wild) dandelions, different from Italian dandelions, are entirely edible with green leaves, stems, and nectar-sweet bright yellow flowers. True Wild Dandelion green leaves and bright yellow...

ABOUT THE PLANT Description: These Japanese scallions are 16"–18" long, with white, leek-like stalks and bluish-green tops. They are slender, mild, extremely tasty, and grow well throughout the United States. They’re heat-tolerant plants, ideal for summer and fall harvests. Mature...

ABOUT THE PLANT Description: A large, long-day onion with golden brown skin and sweet flavorful flesh. This variety produces high yields of uniform, globe-shaped bulbs. The fruit can weigh 1-2 pounds and stores well. Origin:  Mediterranean Usage: Use raw for...

ABOUT THE PLANT Description: A short-day onion that produces a round, medium-sized (2-3"), white-skinned bulb with firm, crisp, mild-tasting flesh. When grown in long-day regions (northern climates), they will produce mini or pearl onions. Origin: Onions are native to Asia....