Summer produce
Details Fresh chilli and capsicum from the plastic house
Date April 08, 2015
Found 10 results tagged with 'vegetable'
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Vegetable Dinner
Fresh vegetables from the garden are quickly and easily converted to a tasty meal.
Part 1 - Mashed potato, beetroot, onion and basil
Part 2 - Steamed beetroot and silverbeet leaves and beans
Part 3 - Salad of carrot, peas, radish, pepper and feta
Part 1 - Mashed potato, beetroot, onion and basil
Part 2 - Steamed beetroot and silverbeet leaves and beans
Part 3 - Salad of carrot, peas, radish, pepper and feta
February 23, 2010
Painted Mountain Corn Seed
Common name Maize
Botanical name Zea mays
Details Brightly coloured cobs bred for hardiness, earliness and high nutrition flour. A dry corn rather than a sweetcorn. Height around 1.5m. Early maturing 90 days from sowing.
Edible
Frost sensitive
Seeds / nuts / tubers
Price $3.90
30 seeds
Propagation method Sow direct
Perennial Brassica from the forest garden
Details Having freed ourselves of the expectation of eating vegetables that resemble the unnatural size and uniformity of those found in the supermarket we have reduced our efforts and disappointments in the garden. Perennial brassica are one way that we produce more food with less work. Foraged fresh from the surrounding landscape, these baby broccoli heads (flowers) are tasty and tender.
Date September 03, 2019
Zucchini
Common name courgette
Details A vigorous vining plant producing large numbers of dumpy fruit. Harvest regularly while small for a constant supply.
Edible
Frost sensitive
Price $3.90
30 seeds
Colour Pale green
Cucumbers
Details We are finally starting to get some cucumbers out of the tunnel house. Things have been growing like crazy in there, to the point where access is almost impossible.
However, having only one opening prevents airflow making the temperature too high and reducing bees, required for pollination. As a result, yields have been low.
Modifications are in order....
However, having only one opening prevents airflow making the temperature too high and reducing bees, required for pollination. As a result, yields have been low.
Modifications are in order....
Date March 05, 2011
Buy organic plant seeds - grow your own fruit, vegetables, berries and more
Browse our selection of organically grown vegetable, flower and tree seeds. Hand harvested in Autumn from healthy plants growing in the blockhill forest garden.
Our collection sometimes includes imported seeds from popular permaculture shrubs and trees that are difficult to source locally.
Our collection sometimes includes imported seeds from popular permaculture shrubs and trees that are difficult to source locally.
Perennial multiplying leeks
Common name Perennial leeks, Multiplier leeks, Perpetual leeks
Details Easy to grow leek or spring onion substitute that will, once well established and managed, supply a constant supply of fresh leeks. Plants develop new baby leeks around the base. Just pull out the largest, central leek to eat and leave the rest to develop or replant space out the young ones if required.
Edible
Perennial
Price $5.90
10 small leeks
Assorted capsicum seed
Common name Pepper
Botanical name Capsicum
Details A random selection of sweet to mild peppers. We find these plants will last for several seasons in the glasshouse but die off in winter outside in North Canterbury.
Edible
Frost sensitive
Price $3.90
30 seeds
Globe Artichoke
Botanical name Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus
Details The globe artichoke is a variety of a species of large thistle cultivated as a food. The edible matter is buds that form within the flower heads before the flowers come into bloom.
Edible
Perennial
Price $3.90
20 seeds
Forest layer herbaceous