Seeds

Here is our catalogue of wonderful tried and true heritage organic seeds. Cost is $4.50 per packet, plus $8.50 postage and handling for up to 30 packs. Beyond 30 packs please contact us for a quote. Hint, it is cheaper per packet to order lots of seeds.17951456_1868562140064653_559764446799057623_n

Orders through the contact page. We can send to anywhere in Australia ( sorry, not overseas).

Species Variety Botanical name Description
Grain  Amaranthus grain   An annual plant that can be eaten raw or cooked and the seeds can be popped. High in vitamins and minerals. Both the amaranth plants make good high protein animal fodder. Easy to grow. Plant in Spring-Summer. (400 seeds/packet)
Amaranth Leaf Amaranthus gangeticus A nutritious vegie. Steam the whole plant, stem and all. Throw into any dish at the last minute of cooking. An annual plant growing to 1.5m. Rich in protein, vitamins and minerals. (450 seeds/packet)
Asparagus Mary Washington   Plant seeds in spring in a garden bed.The following winter dig up these “one year old crowns” and transplant to permanent position in rich soil. Do not harvest delicious shoots until 3rd Spring: Cease picking mid November and let ferns develop to feed the root system.
Artichoke Globe Imperial Star Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus Perennials that produce a delicious edible flower buds over a long season. Plant Autumn and Spring
Basil Thai Ocimum sp. Widely used in Asian cooking with its anise-flavoured leaves. Produces a bushy plant, best grown in a warm, sunny location.
Basil, Sweet Italian Genovese Ocimum basilicum  
Bean, Broad Aquadulce Vicia faba Sow late summer to winter. Heirloom, early, prolific beans. Tall plants with long pods. (20 seeds)
Beetroot Detroit Beta vulgaris Sow winter – autumn temperate climates, spring – autumn colder climates, all but wet season in tropical climates. High in vitamin C, folic acid and potassium. Can be steamed, boiled or grated and eaten raw in salads, try dressed with fresh orange juice. (120 seeds/packet)
Bean Blue lake climbing bean Phaseolus vulgaris One of the best eating beans we have found. Green stringless round pods. Matures in 60 days, crops for many weeks. Climbs forever! Needs a tall trellis.
       
Bean Lab lab Dolicos lab lab A rampant climber/ scrambler that fixes nitrogen very well and is drought tolerant. A great soil improver. Chooks enjoy the dried beans. Sown in late summer, you could transform a barren tract of land into a vegie garden. Frost will kill off the plant but in frost free areas whipper snip the vine off at ground level and plant seedlings into the resultant mulch in spring.
Bean Snake   A super prolific bearer of long skinny beans that look like a green snake with a pink tail. If    not harvested daily they soon turn dry on the vine and provide you with abundant black beans for winter soups.
Bean Mung and garbanzo ( chick peas)   Small green dried mung beans used for sprouts and chook food. Like many other pulses, seeds and brown rice, mungs are grown overseas and irradiated to enter Australia. Want nutrition from dried beans? Be self reliant or buy organic. Chick peas are a cool season crop.
Bean Idyllwild Dwarf bean Phaseolus vulgaris Prolific bean of fine flavour. Matures earlier than climbing bean.
Bean BROAD long pod sow autumn. Egyptians live on these and bread. Soil improver too.
Cabbage sugarloaf Brassica oleracea var capitata Sow early spring to autumn, temperate & cold climates; most months in warmer climates. Sweet and tender, excellent in coleslaw, kimchee, sauerkraut or cooked.
Cabbage, Chinese Pak Choi Brassica Rapa Sow Pak Choi seeds during late summer or early spring. If you plant it in late spring it is liable to bolt. Like coriander, it is best to plant going into shorter days. A classic in stir fries and used to make a popular Korean ferment called Kim Chi
Calendula English or pot marigold Calendula officinalis An annual plant whose flower contains antiseptic . Just mush up the flower and apply to infected sores with a bandage. “Calendula extracts may have anti-viral, anti-genotoxic and anti-inflammatory properties.” Very bright golden attractive flowers will cheer you in winter. They will go on and on if you pick off the old flowers. Plant in autumn.
Chilli Fluro orange Capsicum chinense Heat about 8 in dry conditions. You have been warned. Plant seeds in August under glass, ( wash hands thoroughly afterwards and avoid inhaling dust and touching your sensitive parts, as chilli burns) , Transplant after danger of frost is passed. Chilli spray is effective in crop defence against elephants and other pests.
Capsicum MIXED Capsicum annuum A surprise packet of all sorts of delicious sweet capsicums and just a few hot chilis.  sweet, fleshy little capsicums, high in vitamin C . Adds a piquant flavour to meals Great roasted and skinned to remove the lectins.
Carrot All season Daucus carota var sativa Chunky orange Carrots are 15cm long, with high yield. Delicious and nutritious
Carob   Ceratonia siliqua The female carob tree bears great quantities of sweet chocolate favoured pods, with B vitamins. Good stock fodder. Make carob powder with a coffee grinder.
Honey locust   Gleditsia triacanthos  Can be a thorny tree, but many seedlings are not. Nitrogen fixing and  vital light shade for stock and crops in summer. Deciduous, drought proof,and a source of stock fodder as sweet pods ripen over autumn months.
Celery Tendercrisp Apium graveolens var dulce Stringless variety well suited to the home gardener. Very hardy and can handle cold weather.
Chamomile German/True Matricaria chamomilla This sweet  herb makes a relaxing herbal tea with proven nervine properties. Plant in spring and autumn in a sunny position.
Chives Garlic/Chinese Allium tuberosum Garlic flavoured chives, with edible leaves and flowers.
Corn Cheif Seattle Zea Mays Ever so pretty corn ( the pinky one pictured above) . A real surprise packet as to what colours you might get. Good for high protein chook food with those small size niblets on small size cobs. Usually 5 cobs per plant.
Pop corn     Ahh,  the smell of popping  organic popcorn. Popcorn and pesto. Lolly cobble blissbombs  OH yeah!
Corn Aztec and Hopi Blue Aztec pictured above  Hopi, a navy blue edged with aqua, and the marigold colours of an Aztec sunset, these are almost too pretty to eat ….but corn is one of the most nutritious foods around with the right “nixtamalization” process.  Let it dry on the cob and later grind into corn meal for tortillas or polenta.
Common Guava     Yellow tropical fruit with salmon coloured flesh which is very rich in Vitamin C and banana flavours.  Born in profusion on an attractive evergreen small tree. Frost tender.
Coriander Slowbolt Coriandrum sativum Widely used herb – use leaves for asian cooking and fresh salads, use seeds for curries. Reported to help chelate mercury.  Annual plant to 50cm with small white flowers. Self-sowing. Plant in spring-summer in moist ground. Many medicinal uses.
Cosmos Crimson pink and white Cosmos sulphureus This flower blooms heavily until the first frost. It grows fast and lives for one year. Cosmos can grow up to 1 metre and it prefers average to dry soil.
       
Corn Sweet corn Golden Bantam Zea Mayssaccharata var. rugosa A wonderful sweet corn which often produces 2 cobs . Heavily composted and watered it may produce 3 tasty cobs with old fashioned corn flavour
Corn  Aztec Zea mays amylacea Great fun field corn which occurs in an infinite variety of colours. Dry the cobs on the plant and make your own tortillas after nixtamilisation ( you can google that)
Cucumber Lebanese Cucumis sativus Smooth skinned variety grown on a small bush. Picked at 20cm with great flavour and low acid. (40 seeds/packet)

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Egg plant

Black Beauty 

Solanum melongena

Popular medicinal and culinary herb. Plant Autumn and Spring.

Plant in August under glass , transplant seedlings after danger of frost has passed. Called Brinjal in its native India, the egg plant will often live for 2 seasons given a mild winter.  These aubergines need no salting  to remove bitterness and are delicious when lightly steamed then fried in a small amount of olive oil.
Flax Common flax or linseed Linum usitatissimum One of the super foods for human and animal alike. Easy to grow, harvest , thresh and winnow. Sow in Autumn and spring. Flimsy plant at first. Small Pale blue flowers turn into round seed heads
Fennel Florence, Romanesco Foeniculum dulce Produces white stems used in fresh salads, and as a cooking vegetable. Seeds taste like black jellybeans! Great in home made salami. Plant direct into ground from winter to autumn.Drought tolerant!
Kale   Brassica oleracea var acephala A Mediterranean vegetable used like cabbage Rich in Vitamin A, folate and calcium. Plant in drained, sunny soil in late summer to autumn. Frost hardy. Frost sweetens flavour in fact  (150 seeds/packet)
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Raisin tree		   Hovenia dulcis Is a hardy deciduous tree to grow in sunny positions on moist sandy or loamy soils. The fleshy fruit stalks are very sweet in late May /June, like raisins. The tree grows quite fast and provides hard wood for structural uses and fine furniture. As well as promoting fauna diversity, the tree is not antagonistic to other flora and assists in improving soil fertility through humification.[7]
Jacaranda Blue Beauty Jacaranda mimosifolia A deciduous light shade tree. In summer it is magnificently clothed in delightful blue violet flowers. Drought tolerant, N fixing.
Jujube Chinese date Ziziphus zizyphus Desert tree, deciduous with attractive shiny leaves, bears very sweet dry fruits in Autumn, looking very ornamental like small shiny red pears. Some cultivars may have small thorns
       
Lettuce Festival Lactuca Sativa Our fave lettuce. Slow to bolt, slow to bitter. Keep it well watered for masses of cut and come again leaves
LAb Lab bean See under beans   Soil improving perennial scrambler
Mustard Red Brassica  Juncea This is a Japanese type of

 

 

mustard which has large savoyed maroon coloured leaves. WARNING! As hot as wasabi if you eat it raw. Cooked in stir fries they are tame. Great plant for disinfecting soil but may become a weed so collect seed or harvest before maturity
Nasturtium Mixed Tropaeolum majus Sow spring, summer; autumn after frosts, temperate & subtropical. Edible flowers, high in Vit. C, believed to repel borers & aphids. Annual. (12 seeds/packet)
Onion Cream gold Allium fistulosum Good keeping onion of strong flavour. Use one home grown onion instead of 3 artificially grown onions! Annual. Plant in Autumn in seed trays. ‘Plant seedlings in winter into well weeded and mulched soil. Matures around December. Harvest when tops are dried off and hopefully before the globes get sunburnt.
Perennial pasture seed Autumn and spring sowing mixes. Full 70 gm packets for $7.50 A special mix of at least 17 great fodder species including perennial rye, cocksfoot, phalaris, fescue , kangaroo grass, prairie grass, 3  different lucernes, chicory, dandelion, serradellas , plantain major& minor, vetches, clovers etc.Spring mix includes cow pea,  buckwheat, and much more.
       
Parsley Curled Petroselinum crispum Parsley is a medicinal plant that is rich in iron and vitamins A,B and C. Sow parsley outdoors in early spring, however this plant can be grown in pots indoors. Seeds will germinate within 3-4 weeks. (550 seeds/packet)
Passionfruit Nellie Kelly Passiflora edulis The one we have grown for 26 years. Feed the soil, water the plant, protect from frost while young. Nowadays passions can’t handle the full fierce sun, so trellis on an east facing wall. Delicious purple fruit with yellow pulp. Divine!
Parsnip Hollow Crown Pastinaca sativa Sow Parsnip seeds in sandy-loam soil from March to Mid-May. Start harvesting at the start of late autumn and the yield will continue until winter. Parsnip is a good source of vitamins and minerals, and tastes of coconut to me (300 seeds/packet)
Pumpkin Brocky sweet Cucurbit moschata Firm orange flesh. Grows well in warmer climates. Excellent flavour. (22 seeds/packet)
Pumpkin seeds Pepita Cucurbita pepo var. styriaca, Check out wonderful Wikipedia on the amazing properties of pumpkin seeds, from parasite cleanse to diachromatic oils….fascinating
Pumpkin QueenslandBlue Cucurbita maxima Sow pumpkin seeds 20mm deep and must be positioned in full sun. To contain growth, pinch off the ends of the vine if more than 2 metres long and has   ample flowers. (16 seeds/packet)
Radish French Breakfast Raphanus sativus Oval-shaped scarlet radish 7cm long with white tips. Resistant to cold and ready to eat in 4 weeks. Plant Autumn-Spring. (225 seeds/packet)
Rocket Salad or Aragula Eruca sativa A great peppery salad green leaf. Plant early spring or late summer. Ready to eat in 30 days. (550 seeds/packet)
Sesame Seed     grows like a snapdragon during frost free months.
Spinach, English Giant of Winter Spinacia oleracea Hardy with large glossy leaves. This leafy plant can be eaten cooked or raw. Plant in autumn-winter. (60 seeds/packet)
Silver beet  chard   Red, yellow orange or white stems make this silver beet pretty enough to put in a vase. Nutritious plant, high in folate and magnesium. Should be cooked to neutralise oxylates
Sunflower Giant Russian Helianthus annus A large yellow flower on a 2m tall stalk. Great for human and animal food. Vitamin E !!
strawberry  and pineapple guava     Strawb guava has delicious small crimson aromatic fruits on an evergreen small tree. Pineapple or FEIJOA has delicious dark green oval fruits in Autumn too. Both fairly  drought resistant .
Tomato   Lycopersicon esculentum A solid, juicy tomato of medium size. EARLY ripening. Produces great tomatoes but they do   require staking.
Tomato Green grape Lycopersicon esculentum A tall vine tomato, producing many sweet and delicious cherry tomatoes. Excellent in salads and cooking. (70 seeds/packet)
Tomato Dennis Lycopersicon lycopersicum Very popular tomato for the home garden. Large red tomatoes with great flavour. Usually requires staking. (60 seeds/packet)
Tomato Pecorinio Lycopersicon lycopersicum Small cherry tomato in bunches with good   flavour. (60 seeds/packet)
       
  Purple flowered   N fixing annual self seeding autumn sown soil improver.

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