Vegetables

Bake or boil this nutritionally dense squash and the flesh pulls apart into long strands that resemble spaghetti noodles without the carbs and calories. High in vitamin A and C...

You can count on Stupice (pronounced "stoo-peech-ka") to be one of the first tomatoes to ripen in your garden each year. Indeterminate plants produce clusters of 6 - 8, juicy...

Prolific yellow summer squash developed by Cornell's vegetable breeding program to be resistant to powdery mildew. The plants keep producing when other varieties have succumbed to powdery mildew. Out produces...

Sucrine means sweet and sweet it is. This crisp little romaine forms the perfect base for any salad. Bright green colour and small dense heads make it a favourite for...

The standard of icebox watermelons. These little watermelons ripen even in our zone 5 garden. Crisp red-orange flesh is sweet and juicy with dark brown seeds. Round 3.5-5.5 kg fruits...

Sweet, crunchy pods and a long picking season make this snap pea a grower favourite. Pick flavourful pods when plump. Vigorous vines reach close to 2 m. and need trellising....

This may be the prettiest cherry tomato we have ever grown and is sweet and fruity as well. Crack resistant cherries are yellow gold streaked with pink inside and out....

A beautiful pepper that ripens to a unique chocolate brown with a brick red interior. Peppers taper to a blunt point and have a medium thick flesh. The taste is...

Another fabulous Cornell release. Resistant Early Bush Acorn, REBA sums it up nicely. Resistance to downy mildew allows the plant to keep developing sugars long after other squash have succumbed....

Wow were we impressed with this pepper when we trialed it in 2010. Sweet, Italian type peppers ripen to red, orange and yellow and are borne on 60-70 cm productive...

Best known for its tasty hearts, tango has a classic celery crunch with crisp tender stalks. One third of what is known as the "holy trinity" (onions, carrots, celery. Or...

Loads of delicious beefsteak type tomatoes on sturdy compact plants. This is one of the dwarf varieties bred by Craig LeHollier and friends. Large, dark mahogany- red fruits have satisfying,...

Brassica rapa (Narinosa group). Fast-growing salad green can be harvested at the baby leaf stage or as a low growing rosette at maturity. Nutritious deep green leaves are spoon shaped...

Naked oats anyone? This is the variety to try if you want to grow and process a small plot of oats. It is early, high yielding, has a good sized...

A mild, leafy green with a sweet cabbagey taste that can be eaten fresh or cooked. Large productive plants look a bit like romaine. Plant at 10-15 cm spacing for...

Productive tomatillo plants ripen fruits early. A must-have for salsa and great roasted in Mexican style dishes. Pick when outer husk dries to a light brown colour and fruit is...

Fresh shell beans are a treat rarely found in the grocery store and this farm favourite is one of the best. It has plump, speckled beans that are encased in...

Another improved selection by the Alf Chistianson Seed Company. Touchstone was selected for higher germination rates and the bright yellow roots hold their colour even when cooked. The flavour is...

This Italian heirloom has dark green, purple-veined leaves, lavender flowers and beautiful deep purple beans. It is so pretty you may want to grow it even if you don’t eat...