The seedlings are up and, as always, we will have lots of tomatoes, peppers and basil! We have added more heirloom varieties! Click on the word tomatoes for pictures. Below is a preliminary list of what we'll be growing. If you don't see what you are looking for please let us know! Send an Email. To see a complete list of seed varieties we have on hand, click on "plant descriptions" above, or on one of the titles below.

Available starting in April:
Peas:
Snow Peas - flat-podded cold weather peas, tall or dwarf
Snap Peas - plump juicy pods harvested & eaten young to eat the pod or let mature and shell 'em.
Shelling Peas - tough pods protect tender sweet peas, tall vines & short, green or purple

Cold Weather Greens:
Laccinato Kale - also known as "dinosaur kale", a flavorful thick-leaved kale with an unusual look
Chinese Kale - a sweet kale sometimes used as chinese broccoli
White and Red Russian Kales - Flat leaved, colorful and tasty garden kales
Bok-Choi - a large, juicy and widely used asian vegetable
Baby Bak-choi - small and very tender variety of bak-choi
Tat Soi - a beautiful, small, sweet, mild and yummy mustard spinach
Escarole - a key Italian ingredient used in soups, pasta sauces and much more
Swiss Chard - we'll have gold, red and five-color chards available this year

Cabbage Family:
Cauliflower - White & Green varieties
Broccoli - Head, Side-sprouting, Raab and Asian varieties
Cabbage - Green and Red varieties
Brussels Sprouts - Rubine Red variety

Available starting in May:
Tomatoes:
Nearly 40 varieties including many heirlooms!
Extra-early, early and main-season tomatoes.
Red, yellow, black and other unusual colors.
Slicing, canning, cherry, currant, grape, yellow pear.
One with extra carotene, one specifically for making sun-dried tomatoes, some bush varieties for container growing.
All varieties are excellent performers in the Pacific Northwest.

Basil:
Genovese - the gold standard for pesto!
Thai Basil - the spicy basil used in thai & vietnamese foods
Lemon & Lime Basils - green basil with hints of these citrus flavors
Mexican Cinnamon Spice - a small-leaved basil with a touch of cinnamon flavor
Mammoth Green Basil - an extra-large-leaved basil great for wrapping
Petra Basil - a dark purple large-leaved basil
Red Rubin - a beautiful red-leaved genovese basil

Sweet Peppers:
Green, Red, Yellow and Purple Bell Peppers
Yellow Cheese Pepper - a squat yellow nicely flavored sweet pepper
Paprika Alma Pepper - a squat lobey pepper - white w/ red blush

Hot Peppers:
Thai chiles - hot
Serrano chiles - hot
Aci Sivri long curly chile - mild to hot
Jalapeņo peppers - mildly hot
Cayenne chiles - hot
Green & Chocolate poblano chiles - mild (use for chile rellenos)
Anaheim chiles - mild
Pepperoncino chiles - mild
Many ornamentals, too!

Eggplant:
Asian - Japanese & Chinese varieties
European - Black Beauty purple & Rosa Bianca white/pink
Unusual - Turkish orange & Casper white

Lettuces:
Butterhead - Red, Green and Blush varieties
Romaine - Green, Red and Speckled varieties
Loose-leaf - Red, Purple, Blush, Oakleaf, Frilly, oh, and Green varieties
Mixes - All-red, Mesclun, All-green, Gourmet and more.

Greens:
Arugula - a nutty, mildly spicy salad and cooking green
Collards - great for stewed greens
Mustard - spicy greens for good old southern cooking & good in salads
Shungiku - an Asian edible chysanthemum
Radicchio - an Italian crunchy red fresh green
Escarole - a popular Italian cooking green
Frizée - a super frilly endive often found in mixed green salads
Spinach - always a great ingredient whether cooked or fresh

Herbs:
Chocolate Mint - peppermint with a lovely chocolate scent
Italian Parsley - the best flavored parsley in town
Chives - chinese, garlic and salad chive varieties
Lavender - what a multi-functional herb and garden star!
Scallions - another cooking standard and easy to have on hand
Sage - a number of popular varieties

Edible Flowers:
Nasturtiums - some fun colors and mixes this year!
Calendula - specialty varieties for a splash of orange in the garden
Dianthus - the carnation family has many varieties of low-growing pinks
Bachelor Buttons - blue, pink, purple, white and mixed
Gem Marigolds - singles with lovely color, scent & flavor

Also, check out our gourmet garden packages.

We still have a number of frost resistant glazed pottery containers for sale at very reasonable prices. email me for more information.