A reliable high-yielding globe beetroot, with good colour and fine flavour.Delicious cold in salads, pickled or cooked as a hot vegetable. Sowing Time: April - July. Harvest: July - October. Average Packet Contains 200 Seeds.
Beetroot Monika is a monogerm variety, which means it’s a great choice as there’s no need to thin your beetroot crop anymore once sown. Sow each seed 5-10cm apart and pick alternate plants when young for tender baby beets, leaving the rest to mature into a beetroot bonanza. Delicious and tasty beetroot perfect for boiling or roasting. No thinning required. Fast maturing.
Calabrese (Italian broccoli) is a great treat in late summer and early autumn, either steamed and eaten hot, or warm as part of a salad. Once the main head has been harvested, side shoots will be produced for later eating. Sow Date: Feb-Apr . Harvest/Flower Date: Aug-Sep
Early Onward yields a heavy crop of dark green, blunt ended pods full of delicious peas. It grows to just 60cm (24in) tall, so needs only minimal support. High yielding. Early to crop.
Very sweet and tasty, the bite size, rich orange fruits are borne on long, heavy trusses, and stay in good condition for several weeks. Equally reliable whether grown outdoors or in a greenhouse, Sungold has a growing band of followers who believe its flavour is unbeatable. Grow indoors or outdoors. Rich orange fruits. Sow:Jan-May. Blooms: Jul-Sep.
Lower growing than other broad beans but just as tasty. It is ideal if you have a small garden or a very exposed site, where taller beans may suffer wind rock.
This calabrese produces a nicely domed head and, once cut, the plant will carry on and grow a good crop of side shoots. It is very tasty steamed or boiled. Sow Feb - April / September - October. Harvest June - September.
One of the earliest and best spring cabbages, Durham Early produces large, solid heads of excellent quality when other vegetables are scarce. It is good used as ‘spring greens’. Firm, pointed hearts. Spring harvest. Sow:Jul-Sep. Blooms: Apr-May.
Tiny pickled onions and cubed cheese on a cocktail stick may no longer be sophisticated, but it’s still a perfect partnership - and we love it! Paris Silverskin is also good for using raw in summer salads. So easy and quick growing. Summer/Autumn harvest. Heirloom variety. Sow Date: Mar-Jun
Shiny, medium-green cucumbers are produced in abundance from this reliable plant with very high levels of disease resistance. Delicious in stir fries and salads. Great flavour. Hardy variety. Sow - April to May. Harvest - July to October
This popular variety produces large, well protected curds in early autumn. Tasty whether steamed or boiled and perfect for making piccalilli. Well protected heads. Autumn harvest. Sow:Mar-Apr. Blooms: Sep-Oct.
Turnips are often underrated, but not by gardeners who appreciate their delicate, fine flavour. Purple Top Milan is especially flavoursome. Pick when no more than 5cm (2in) across for the best flavour. Sowing Outdoors: March - July.