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Borage is native to southern and central Europe. Easy to grow, melliferous, it requires very little maintenance and will reseed spontaneously in your garden from year to year. Its delicate star-shaped flowers change from purple to sky blue, then to pink before declining. They will delight pollinators and bring color to your garden and your salads! Its seeds are used to make an oil rich in essential fatty acids and some call it "Elixir of Youth" because it contains a large amount of gamma linolenic acid, a rare substance in the plant world.

The vast majority of our seeds are produced on our farm. However, if the cultivation of a variety fails or if it is out of stock, we source from other seed companies to ensure an interesting selection. This is the case for this variety.

BOTANICAL INFORMATION
Latin name: Borago officinalis
Common names: Borage, Borage officinalis
English: Borage
Family: Boraginaceae

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Do not sow after July. It will not have time to produce flowers before the end of the season. After flowering it will reseed spontaneously and will grow back the following year. It is a follower of spontaneous sowing.

Yarrow is a perennial plant of the Asteraceae family, edible and medicinal with tonic, digestive, antispasmodic, hemostatic, hypotensive and healing properties. Just that. It is perhaps for these reasons that this plant was found, during a DNA analysis in Neanderthal dental plaque! Indeed, Yarrow was found in a Neanderthal grave discovered during archaeological excavations in Iraq. It is also an excellent host plant for garden beneficials.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Prune the stems after harvest to encourage regrowth. A harvest of yarrow from a spring sowing is possible from the second year of growth only. Sow preferably in pots, indoors, as germination of yarrow is difficult. However, possible in open ground. Place on surface. Do not cover as seeds need light to germinate.

Peas Petite Merveille are a semi-dwarf shelled variety of heirloom peas developed around 1908. This heirloom variety produces pods of approximately 6 to 7 tender peas. She is particularly early and productive. Plant and...enjoy!

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Can also be sown in July for a second harvest in September.

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!

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
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”.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
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.


MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
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.


MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
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.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
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.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Does not tolerate cold.

Asian variety.

White oval variety.

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.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Does not tolerate cold.