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A variety from Japan, the Sapporo express cultivar is early and productive. This shelling pea is sweet and crispy. Little information on it, but it is rare and delicious, two good reasons to plant it in the vegetable garden and reproduce it!

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Can also be sown in July for a second harvest in September

Introduced in America in the 1930s, this variety is distinguished by a large, very ornamental white stem. It produces broad, deep green leaves and fleshy white ribs. The harvest will be abundant and you can taste the young shoots in just one month.

BOTANICAL INFORMATION
Latin name: Beta vulgaris
Common names: Chard, Chard, Pear
English: Swiss Chard
Family: Chenopodiaceae

This batavia-type head lettuce has light green foliage spotted with red, slightly wavy like a jester's costume. Its leaves are crunchy and tasty and the plant is very vigorous. Developed by Frank Morton in Oregon, it has both taste and aesthetic qualities. It comes from a triple cross involving “Reine des Glaces”, “Merlot” and “Flashy Troutback”.

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Resistant to bolting.

Stachys byzantina is a perennial, woolly, gray-white herbaceous plant reminiscent of rabbit ears in its fluffy appearance. The lower leaves form a rosette from which emerges a stem 60 high. Some gardeners remove the flower stalks as soon as they appear (judging that they spoil the silhouette of the plant) yet the flowers have the advantage of being nectariferous and of attracting bees and butterflies. This low plant elegantly adorns all gardens by serving as a border or ground cover without being invasive. In Provence, it was called the "hand of God" because of its healing and vulnerary properties.


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Accommodates, and even appreciates, poor and stony soils (those that make up the embankments or other places difficult to flower!)

Round sorrel is a perennial ground cover plant that does well along walkways or on rocky ground. This variety of sorrel is a tender green sometimes speckled with silver. Its small leaves with a tangy and slightly lemony taste, very popular with children, are very pleasant in salads, sandwiches or for concocting sauces. You can harvest the very tender young leaves which are excellent fresh, or the more mature ones which can be cooked like spinach. The leaves, once harvested, keep well by freezing.


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Contains oxalic acid, do not consume in large quantities.

Clary sage is a perennial condiment and ornamental plant very honey-rich with white flowers tinged with purplish blue. It is used like sage officinalis but it is preferable to use the clary with the officinalis in long cures. In popular medicine, the leaves are used to heal wounds. It has been cultivated since ancient times for its medicinal properties. However, you have to wait until the 2nd year to see it bloom and see the carpenter bees and the gassed sphinxes who adore it gorge themselves with nectar.

Its leaves can be harvested throughout the beautiful season.

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Sage is easy to grow, it requires no amendments or watering. Perennial with evergreen foliage, may require winter protection depending on the zoning of your region.

Sesame has been cultivated since the dawn of time, so much so that the wild plant is no longer found. Archaeological excavations have nevertheless revealed that sesame seeds and oil were part of the Chinese pharmacopoeia, there is 5,000 years old, and from India 7,500 years ago. Black sesame seeds are rich in iron, magnesium, manganese, copper and calcium. Rich in antioxidants, black sesame is also much rarer than white, plant it and harvest its seeds ... heated in a pan, a delight!
Its growth is indeterminate, in fact its seeds do not all ripen at the same time. Check the plants regularly between July and October to harvest, ripening from the bottom up like fava beans. Overall 90 to 120 days then 30 days of drying

The Mexican Sunflower blooms throughout the summer with a profusion of large, daisy-shaped, bright orange flowers. Friend of butterflies like the monarch, bees, bumblebees and hummingbirds, its immense nectariferous flowers will delight everyone.

We don't know a lot about the history of this tomato apart from the fact that it comes from Quebec. It is a ''potato leaf'' variety of tomato. The leaves therefore look more like potato leaves than those of a classic tomato. Of the beefsteak type, its flesh is generous, dense, sweet, dark pink in color and contains few seeds. One slice is enough to fill a sandwich. This a very productive variety that will ensure you an excellent harvest.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Gradually acclimatize to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. When planting, lay the plants horizontally, arching them slightly to bring out the leaves upwards.

The goat's horn is an elongated, red, cylindrical tomato whose tip ends in a slightly curved point. This strain is probably our favorite in terms of sweet, fragrant, promised land taste, she's just absolutely DE-LI-CIOUS! She was brought to us by Phillipe, who worked near our farm. An opportunity here to say thank you. For your salads, your sandwiches, your sauces, it contains few seeds, it is nevertheless productive.


MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Gradually acclimatize to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. When planting, lay the plants horizontally, arching them slightly to bring out the leaves upwards.

Variety with large fleshy red fruits, flattened at the top. The pink flesh is dense and tasty. Contains few seeds.


MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Gradually acclimatize to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. When planting, lay the plants horizontally, arching them slightly to bring out the leaves upwards.

Small hot pepper with an elongated shape, having a multitude of colors during ripening. Dries easily. Long fruits from 2 to 4 with a very pungent flavor. Good heat, great flavor, LGBTQ++ diversity in a pepper. Productive.

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Does not tolerate cold.

Small, elongated hot peppers that ripen when 5 to 6 inches long. With a bright red color, they are a perfect variety to dry them and taste them, with your mouth burning by the fireside in winter.

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Does not tolerate cold.

The Red fig tomato is a heritage variety originating in Philadelphia, dating back to 1805. They were traditionally dried to preserve them all year round, and eaten as small figs during the winter, hence their name of small figs. They are sweet, pear-shaped and about 1 1/2 inches in size.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Gradually acclimatize to outdoor conditions about 10 days before planting by taking them out during the day. When planting, lay the plants horizontally, arching them slightly to bring out the leaves upwards.

The Piri-Piri pepper, also called bird pepper, was discovered by the Spanish conquistadors in Central America, and in fact, soon spread all over the world. Today this pepper is widely used in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Portugal, Brazil and Angola as piri-piri. The term pili-pili refers to hot pepper in Bantu languages, including Lingala in Congo and many other sub-Saharan languages. Fruits of very small size, erected, thin and pointed, it is a very pungent variety. Harvest as soon as it is bright red. It is eaten either fresh or dried.

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Does not tolerate cold.

This variety originates from Curico in Chile. Many consider that this variety tastes best before reaching maturity. We can thus harvest the still immature fruit, which enormously stimulates its productivity, making it one of the most productive pepper plants there is. Immature fruits are pale yellow-green, and when mature turn orange-red. Their taste is reminiscent of citrus. 30,000 on the Scoville scale. Our aji Chrystal plants have been isolated (put under greenhouse and fine nets).

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Does not tolerate cold.