What We Grow

2011 Plant and Seed Catalogue - Vegetables, Herbs, Strawberries, and more!

This year’s plant and seed catalogue includes our usual garden favourites as well as a wider range of specialty and gourmet vegetables and herbs. Whether you’re looking for a classic beefsteak tomato or yellow and orange heirloom cherry tomatoes, we try to have something for all gardening levels of experience. For our full detailed catalogue please download our PDF catalogue here (pdf download). You can also view our catalogue online via Scribd YUF 2012 Catalog.

Tomatoes	Lettuce	Spinach	Garlic (Autumn Only)
Beans	Peas	Strawberry
Beets	Peppers	Swiss Chard
Carrots	Radishes	Herbs
Cucumbers	Shiitake Mushrooms

	Tomatoes
	Golden Boy: Medium-sized yellow tomatoes Roma: Classic pasta sauce tomato Tiny Tim: Sweet cherry tomatoes Sweet Million: Deep red early maturing tomato See our full PDF catalogue for more tomato varieties (coming soon)
	Beans
	Bush Green (Provider): Classic straight green bean Bush Yellow (Indie Gold): Straign yellow long beans Bush Purple (Royal Burgundy): Purple long beans – green when cooked Pole Green (Blue Lake): 6-7″ pods Pole Yellow (Neckargold): A deep-yellow, long, oval, stringless variety Pole Purple (Blauhilde): Blue-purple 9″ bean that turns green when cooked Pole Striped (Rattlesnake): Purple-streaked green pods
	Beets
	Chioggia (yellow & purple centers): A favourite for Italian home gardens Touchstone Gold: A sweet yellow beet that doesn’t stain Bulls Blood: Classic dark red beet
	Carrots
	Mignon: A baby carrot variety great for our raised beds Purple Haze: A striking purple carrot with orange center Rainbow: A hybrid variety bearing orange, yellow and white coloured roots
	Cucumbers
	Bush Pickle: Great for snacking, pickling, and adding to salads Slicing: Classic long cucumber for salads and sandwiches
	Lettuce
	Bambino: Medium-dark green pointed frilly leaves Granada: Produes deep red salad bowl greens Selway: Leaves are light green in the centre with dark red edges Sangria Butterhead: Mid-sized head – thick red leaves w/ light green insides Freckles Romaine: Glossy green leaves with maroon splashes See our full PDF catalogue for more lettuce varieties
	Peas
	Snow Peas: Great for snacking or cooking. Both the pods and peas are edible Snap Peas: Larger than a snow pea, the entire pea is also edible Shell Peas: Features large, round, delicious peas
	Peppers
	Sweet Yellow and Red Bell: Classic sweet peppers Super Shepard: Classic Italian garden sweet pepper Hungarian Sweet Banana: Mild sweet flavour that is great for pickling Cayenne: Hot red chili pepper used in cooking Hungarian Hot Banana: Often pickled and used in sandwiches Jalepeno: Good ol’ tex-mex hot pepper
	Radishes
	French breakfast: Oblong red with white bottoms Easter Egg: Mixed batch, comes in pink, red, lavendar, scarlet and white Sparkler: red tops with white bottoms make this a visual treat
	Shiitake Mushroom Log
	Asian mushroom found in various types of Asian cooking. Requires a cool location and a good amount of moisture.For more details see our Shiitake Log Fact Sheet
	Spinach
	Spargo: Large, dark green leaves great for growing throughout the spring, summer, and fall Bordeaux: Dark green leaves and red stems. Harvest when the leaves are still young
	Strawberries
	Seascape Everbearing: This plant yields large berries from June into the fall.
	Swiss Chard
	Kaliedescope: This mix gives a range of olours from light green to deep red
	Herbs
	Basil: Sun and heat loving plant great for pesto Chives: Hardy perennial with a mild onion flavour Dill: Fast growing plant with a mild flavour Mint: Rapid grower and hardy; perennial Rosemary: Slow growing herb great for flavouring meats Cilantro: Leaves and seeds (coriander) are edible Parsley: Both flat and curly varieties available Fennel: Does best in a separate pot/container Oregano: Popular pizza herb Thyme: Great for drying or using fresh
	Garlic (Autumn Planting Only)
	Music: Suited for growing in cooler regions. White skin with purple hue.