What to Sow in March

Tomato Matina produces a steady supply of deep-red salad type tomatoes from mid July to September. They have a firm outer skin but the tomatoes are juicy and tender with the rich flavour normally attributed to a long season cropping beefsteak type. Tomato Matina is a heritage variety originating from...

Lettuce Black Seeded Simpson is a wonderful heritage variety that can be traced back to the 1850's. It is a tall, large crisphead type that has light green wrinkled, crunchy leaves and so makes a perfect lettuce for those who like a bit of bite to their salad leaves. It...

Broad Bean Crimson Flowered is a gorgeous heritage variety that dates back to 1777. It produces beautiful crimson flowers that will brighten up any ornamental edible garden and produces a good quantity of tasty broad beans too! Broad Bean Crimson Flowered produces upright, short pods with 3-4 beans per pod...

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...

Kale Dwarf Green Curled is one of the most beautiful Kale we grow. A Heritage variety introduced before 1865. This compact curly Kale is ideal for growing in windswept gardens or on poor soils. Kale 'Dwarf Green Curled' produces attractive, dark, tightly frilled leaves of excellent quality. Like all Kale,...

Carrot ‘Paris Market Atlas’ is an improved variety of the 19th century French heirloom, an early Parisian Market-type carrot that feature the traditional globe shape roots. Smooth, round, bite-sized and instantly recognisable, this very flavoursome variety has a deep-crisp refreshing taste. They are ideal for growing in containers and shallow, hard...

Sweet Pepper Topepo Rosso is an Italian heritage variety (Topepo means 'tomato-pepper' in Italian). The semi-round fruits have slightly ribbed tops and are typically 7-8cm in diameter. The flesh is thick and crisp, with a very sweet flavour. Highly productive, compact plants. Traditionally stuffed with cheese or meat. Matures from green to...

Sweet Pepper Corno di Toro Giallo AGM Seeds are otherwise known as Horn of the Bull, a tribute to this Sweet Peppers' full, tapered shape. A traditional heritage favourite of Italy, Corno di Toro Giallo has a sweet, crisp, full-bodied flavour that makes them popular with Italian chefs, home gardeners and market...

Radish Watermelon is a Chinese heritage Radish with a surprise...the lovely smooth white globes are cut open to reveal bright pink centres - no surprise they are also known as "Beauty in the Heart". The flavour is milder than other radishes - sweeter, less spicy. Thin slices look really amazing...

Cauliflower Snowball is described as an early cauliflower, Snowball is in fact far more versatile than that and can be used for spring, summer, autumn and winter production. A dwarf compact plant that can be set closer than other cauliflowers.First bred in America in the 1890s there probably still isn't a...

Parsnip Tender and True is a Heritage variety introduced in 1887, top-quality, reliable veg that consistently produces bumper crops of long wedge-shaped roots with the classic sweet parsnip taste. Parsnip Tender and True roots are white and have a very smooth skin that is easy to clean and peel, and...

Sweet Pepper Marconi Red is an Italian type variety that has a mild sweet flavour with a medium thick flesh. The pepper is long & slender and measures about 6cm x 17cm long. It matures from green to red and is great in salads or for stuffing and roasting.  To...

Peter is a very interesting little chilli that makes a great conversation piece in the garden or in the kitchen due to its distinctively phallic shape, hence its name. The green juvenile fruits mature to an orange or bright red and have a mildly hot flavour. Preferring partial shade and...

Tomato Costoluto Fiorentino is an old Italian heirloom tomato. A meaty beefsteak tomato that is ideal for all types of Mediterranean-style recipes. The red flesh is firm and sweet, juicy and fragrantly delicious. This variety also copes well with British weather and it is easier to grow than most larger...

Tomato 'Cuore di Bue' is an ox-heart variety that produces orange-red fruit that can weigh up to 200gr. It is a strain of an old Italian heirloom tomato famed in Liguria, Northern Italy. A meaty beefsteak tomato that is ideal for all types of Mediterranean style recipes. Tomato Cuore Di Bue...

Tomato Artisan Tiger Stripe Mix is an American Heritage cherry tomato that is sure to create excitement with its extraordinary beauty and superb flavour. Fruits are blush, green and tiger pink striped. Well suited for growing in a greenhouse or outside, they will set heavy crops of 2-3cm pear shaped fruits...