Salad Greens
July, August and into September are the perfect times to sow hardy greens for Fall and Winter harvests. Kales, mizuna, mustard greens, tatsoi, chard and spinach are especially good ones for Fall growing. Many greens actually do better in Fall than they do in Spring... they appreciate the cool weather and reduced flea beetle pressure. The shorter day length make them less likely to bolt compared to Spring sown greens. My most vibrant crops of salad greens are always in the Fall!
To extend the harvest season further into Winter, it's simply a matter of covering up your hardy greens as cold weather arrives. A whole variety of protection techniques will do the trick, whether a glass cold frame, some kind of greenhouse or simple poly sheets over hoops. The plants won't actively grow very much over the Winter, but they'll stay in great shape for harvesting until the very coldest of Winter weather arrives.
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Miriah Leaf Amaranth
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Ethiopian Kale
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Brassica carinata - I’m a big fan of this green, it filled our harvest baskets all last fall. The leaves are more tender than common kale, with a m...
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Rainbow Tatsoi
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Champion Collards
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Sylvetta Arugula
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Kyoto Mizuna
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /B rapa - Twisted Brook's favourite mizuna for market production. Green serrated leaves, pretty much your standard looking mizuna. What sets Kyoto a...
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Beedy's Camden Kale
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Brassica oleracea) Hardy kale hailing from mid-coast Maine, with dark ruffled green leaves. Becoming especially sweet after a few fall frosts. Rel...
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Belle Isle Upland Cress
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Barbarea verna - Hardy biennial salad green. Upland cress is a distinct species from garden cress. They form rosettes of broad spicy dark green lea...
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White Russian Kale
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /B. napus - Our go-to kale. White Russian is both extremely productive and delicious. The broad green leaves stay tender even when fully grown, maki...
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Tokyo Bekana
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /B. rapa - Mild and tender asian mustard, this one reminds me of a mustard trying really hard to be a lettuce. The large ruffled leaves are tender a...
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Erba Stella
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Judy's Kale
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /B. oleracea -Broad green leaves with ruffled edges. Sweet and mild, as baby greens they're especially tender. Approx. 250 seeds (1g)-Grown by Annap...
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Magma Mustard
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /B. juncea - A very hardy and easy to grow green, great for adding some kick to salads. The beautiful red blushed ruffly green leaves are mildly hot...
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Dutch Broadleaf Cress
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Large and wavy spicy green leaves. Very different than regular garden cress, this one has been bred for extra large leaves and much sweeter flavour...
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Huauzontle
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Chenopodium nuttalliae - (Wa-zont-lay) This ancient crop was one of the most important grains grown by the Aztecs, alongside Amaranth, Corn and Chi...
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Kandahar Giant Cress
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Lepidium spp. - Hardy and fast growing, the peppery leaves are great chopped in salads or cooked into stews and curries. This variety is extra larg...
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Pronto Arugula
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Scarlet Frills Mustard
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /B. juncea - Heavily frilled dark purple mustard greens. Compared to our other red mustard, Ruby Streaks, this one is hotter and more finely serrat...
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Chickweed
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Stellaria media - Our favourite wild green! Chickweed is a delicately branching annual herb. Extremely cold hardy, growing dense mats of foliage du...
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Hardy Collard Chaos
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Garden Cress
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Lepidium sativum - Among the hardiest of winter greens. Plant in the fall for frilly peppery leaves all winter and early spring. Fast growing and e...
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Chinese Salad Mallow
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /(Malva vertillicata var. crispa) The round leaves of this unique plant are tender and sweet and an excellent addition to salads when young. In soup...
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Frilly Kale
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /B. napus - Beautiful frilly sport of the popular Red Russian. The reddish-green leaves are very finely cut, almost like parsley. A very different l...
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Siber Frill Kale
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /B. napus - Frilly green Siberian kale, both tender and very cold hardy. Approx. 250 seeds (1 g)-Grown by Annapolis Seeds
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Golden Frills Mustard
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /B. juncea - Beautiful frilly gold-green leaves. Mild flavour as mustard greens go. Great for adding some bite and visual appeal to salad mix. Very ...
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Tatsoi
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /B. rapa - Steph's favourite green tatsoi. Succulent stems and spoon-shaped leaves that carry on nicely into cold weather. Tatsoi grows best in the ...
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Shanghai Pac Choy
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Chinese Thick Stem Mustard
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /B. juncea - Super mild with succulent stems. Cold hardy, and ideal for fall/winter growing. Plant for cut and come again harvesting to add crunch a...
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Wrinkled Crinkled Crumpled Cress
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /A spicy and peppery cress to kick your salad mix sideways. Unusually tall leaves, with frilled edges make harvesting simple. This cress is quick to...
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Red Ursa Kale
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /B. napus - A beautiful and delicious strain related to Red Russian. Red stems and red-blushed leaves (with more pronounced colour in cold-weather)....
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Pridgen's Yellow Collard
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Shungiku
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Glebionis coronaria - Aromatic edible leaf Japanese chrysanthemum. Harvest the young leaves when young and tender. As they grow the plants bloom wi...
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Osaka Mustard
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /New for 2024 - B. juncea - Vigourous and succulent, with broad purple-red and green leaves. Delicious sweet+spicy microgreen, baby salad leaf or br...
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Ruby Gold Orach
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Atriplex hortensis - Succulent golden-green leaves, eaten like spinach when young. As the plants mature their flower stalks reach up to 6’ tall. Th...
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Groninger Blue Kale
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /New for 2024 - Brassica napus - Heirloom from the town of Groningen in the Netherlands. Hardy and delectable, the big succulent leaves hold up well...
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Surrey Arugula
Original price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /In stockThick serrated leaves that resemble wild arugula. Surrey is in fact a regular arugula (Eruca sativa), but it's spicier than most. Excellent market ...
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