Grains

Short grain upland variety from Poland. Heavy yielding and very early, this was the earliest of the three rice varieties we grew out in 2021. Sturd...

Selected in Maine by Will Bonsall for large edible seeds. This is the one you want for eating! These plants are a consistent size at around 5-6 fee...

Both beautiful and edible! This is a poppy selected for eating, with huge seed heads that hold their seeds without shattering. The large (relativel...

Sinapis alba - Grow your own mustard! This is the kind for condiments and pickling. Very easy to grow in our climate; sow in early spring, for earl...

I'm happy to have discovered sesame these past few years. Beautiful and easy to care for plants, growing up to 3-4' tall in ideal conditions. By A...

Hardy and diverse multi-colour flint corn, with kernels in shades of red, maroon, slate-blue and white. One of the very best varieties for grain p...

Sorghum bicolor - Originally hailing from Inner Mongolia, they seem well adapted for much of Canada. Plump, reddish seed heads, which reliably ripe...

Very easy to grow, and a beautiful addition to the garden. Golden Flax reaches about 24” tall by early summer, and blooms with the most delicate of...

Early maturing short grain variety from Hokkaido. Considered a lowland rice (preferring paddy cultivation), however they grow fine for us in regula...

Although a native North American crop, much work has been done in eastern Europe and Russia to breed black oilseed sunflowers for an alternativ...

Amaranthus cruentus - Bronze spire blooms atop sturdy plants that reach for the sky. They are as at home in a flower garden or a vegetable garden. ...

Sorghum bicolor - I've been experimenting with different varieties of sorghum for some years now, and for many seasons Mennonite was my favourite. ...

Setaria italica - Foxtail-type millet. Sturdy stalks about 3' tall, topped with long drooping seed heads. Makes a beautiful textured addition to cu...

An ornamental amaranth, with huge knobby trunk-like seed heads filled with black seeds. They started more conversations than just about any other p...

Fagopyrum esculentum - A gluten-free grain, fast growing cover crop and amazing nectar source for bees. Very easy to grow, sow late spring for a gr...

Traditional flint corn from Northern Italy, selected for hundreds of years by farmers of the Sugana Valley for making polenta. Also a great variety...

Tall plants, with large golden brown heads full of light seeds. Hard to beat this variety for grain production. The green leaves are delicious when...

Sorghum bicolor - Heavy yielding. I’d say they’re almost as early as Ba-Ye-Qi, they had no trouble maturing in our NS climate. An excellent variety...

A multi-purpose field corn well adapted to northern climates. Selected in Vermont by organic grain expert Jack Lazor. It has great geneti...

A mixture with at least three different phenotypes. Golden and crimson flower heads, some more upright and some drooping. 5-8' tall plants. The (mo...

Setaria italicum - Foxtail millet is a warm season grain, best planted after the last frost of spring. Easy to grow and thrives in poor soil; we've...

Fagopyrum tataricum - A traditional grain and cover crop. Closely related to common buckwheat, tartary buckwheat is daintier in appearance with...

Setaria italicum - Four foot tall grass with dense, heavy reddish brown seed heads. This staple crop can be easily harvested and threshed by hand. ...

Camelina sativa - An ancient oilseed from northern Europe, very well suited to growing in the Maritimes. Extremely easy to grow, they can be direct...