Our NEW Over Winter Mix is our specially formulated Green Manure Mix for sowing in August through to the end of September to dig in the following Spring. It contains 2 Green Manure varieties Westerwolds Ryegrass and Vetches (Winter Tares) they have different benefits and properties so this combination makes...

Salad Bunching/Onion Ramrod is a distinct salad onion that has proved itself in the marketplace. Very versatile, being used for both spring and autumn production. Ramrod is winter hardy, making it a good variety for drilling in the autumn. The plants have long white stems, green tops and a mild, sweet...

Cabbage Duncan F1 (AGM) is an excellent versatile variety to sow successionally. Sow early in the year to give lovely hearted cabbages by summer or mature cabbages by late summer. Or sow July to October and it will produce 'spring greens' in early spring, but if left to grow on...

Onion 'Toughball' F1 is the best over winter Japanese type onion from seed. It is a high yielding, medium early variety, producing good quality, globe shaped bulbs. Toughball has good tolerance of Botrytis and Downy Mildew - essential for overwintered onions. Recommended as a fine, fast growing variety ideal for...

Lettuce Arctic King has been bred especially for autumn sowing. It is well known for its exceptional cold resistance. This large Butterhead variety produces tasty light green heads with crinkled leaves for harvesting in spring. Lettuce Autumn King is suitable for growing outdoors in winter but will benefit from cloche...

Endive Encornet de Bordeaux Seeds are the fine old French heirloom variety with large broad leaves. Extremely hardy, making it particularly suitable for early spring sowing directly into the ground, and lasting well for picking into autumn and winter. It's a fantastic addition to any salad and you may find other...

Spring/Salad Onion White Lisbon is an excellent salad onion that is relatively low maintenance and not only suited to overwintering producing early crops but good for successional spring/summer cropping too (sow at 3 weekly intervals). Salad Onion White Lisbon is very quick growing and produces the classic bulb type salad...

Beetroot Bull's Blood microgreens are very tasty little shoots that add the perfect finishing touch to salads, soups, sandwiches and many other meals with their slightly earthy beetroot flavour and fabulous red coloured leaves. How to grow Beetroot Microgreen Seeds: Beetroot is best grown as a Microgreen: Plant 2-3 teaspoons...

Pak Choi is an unusual all year round veg that is becoming ever more popular with its use in oriental stir-fries and salads, it has a mild cabbage flavour. Pak Choi Yuushou is a green leaved variety that is great for overwintering as well as for maincrop sowing. (Green stemmed...

Phacelia Tanacetifolia is a quick growing hardy annual green manure that germinates at low temperatures and is ideal for sowing from March until September. It will grow up to 1m in height and is tolerant of cold temperatures and may over-winter if it's not too cold. It suits most soil...

Pea Shoots microgreens produce delicious sweet-tasting, crunchy pea tips. Their twisted tendrils and leaf tips make a fabulous looking garnish to top off a dish like a Masterchef Pro. They are as easy to grow and can be grown all year round indoors or under glass. Pea Shoots can be...

Amaranth Red (also known as Calaloo, Rajgira, Lal Saag) have intense reddish leaves with cherry pink stems and has a slightly nutty flavour. It is very easy and quick to grow and can be eaten as a microgreen, babyleaf or up to mature leaf size. Interesting facts...Aztec tribes consumed Amaranth...

Red Clover is a fast growing perennial green manure. It is the best variety of clover for fixing nitrogen from the air, weed suppression & improving soil structure. Its roots penetrate deep into the soil and help to improve its structure by binding soils together (especially light ones) and this...

Broccoli Calabrese seed is an excellent quality seed and produces a wonderfully large, juicy and peppery tasting sprout, with a good yield. Broccoli Calabrese has been shown to contain high levels of glucoraphanin, the precursor to sulforaphane. If you are looking to increase your sulforaphane consumption, this is the seed...

Purple Creeping Thyme is a hardy evergreen perennial and has small aromatic dark green leaves with clusters of small pale pink flowers. Purple Creeping Thyme can be picked all year round, once established, and is the classic herb used in Bouquet Garni (see recipe on Parsley page). Also great for...

Endive Pancalieri Seeds are not commonly available in shops, so it's a great vegetable for you to grow for yourself to enjoy. This is a lovely, ornamental variety with broad, bulky heads with an abundance of dark green, very frizzly-edged, outer leaves and, almost self-blanching, contrasting creamy-white, pink-tinged hearts. Cropping...

Kailan Kichi is also known as Chinese Broccoli or Kale. It is one of the easiest & quickest of the brassicas to grow and is ready to eat in as little as 2 months. Kailan Kichi looks like an unruly sprouting broccoli. It's thick stems, leaves and flowering sprout are...

Peppermint has attractive, fragrant dark green serrated leaves and produces little mauve flowers. It has a strong flavour so use sparingly, great in puddings, chocolate mousse and tea infusions. It is best to remove the flowers as soon as they appear as they will reduce leaf production. Peppermint grows to...