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Start your own plants and vegetables with our unique selection of open pollinated
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Cape Gooseberry |
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| Physalis peruviana |
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The Cape gooseberry is a low lying bush with bright orange berries enclosed in a pale brown parchment-like
case, called the cape. The berry is the size of a cherry tomato, is very aromatic and full of tiny seeds.
They are delicious eaten straight from the cape or made into gooseberry jam. They can be added to salads,
desserts and cooked dishes.
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French Scorzonera |
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| Reichardia picroides |
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The plant is similar to a dandelion. The leaves have a pleasant agreeable flavor with a
slight sweetness and very little fiber. It makes a very acceptable lettuce substitute and can be used
in large quantities in salads. The older leaves seem to be even nicer, even when the plant is in flower.
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Perennial Wall Rocket |
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| Diplotaxis tenuifolia |
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The leaves have a hot flavor, very similar to rocket (arugula) but more strongly flavored.
They make an excellent addition to a mixed salad. The plant is very productive, producing leaves from
early spring until the autumn.
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Provence Lavender |
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| Lavandula xintermedia |
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This plant not only smells terrific and looks sensational with its beautiful blue spikes, but it
also has culinary uses such as in syrups and jellies.
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Rocket/Arugula |
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| Eruca sativa |
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Rocket has a delicious spicy flavor. It can be used in salads, sandwiches and pasta dishes.
In mild winter areas, it is possible to produce edible leaves all year round from successional sowings.
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Salad Burnet |
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| Sanguisorba minor |
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Young leaves and shoots can be eaten raw or cooked. They are best used before the plant comes into flower. Also
can be used in garnish or added to soups.
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Sheep's Fescue |
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| Festuca ovina |
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Sheep's fescue is a perennial fine textured grass that is well adapted to dry areas. After long
periods of summer drought, it greens up with the first autumn rains. Clumps of fine leaves provides large
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of biomass that greatly improve the quality of the top soil. It spreads also through rhyzomes. Ideal as a ground cover
for orchards or vineyards.
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Sow Thistle |
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| Sonchus oleraceus |
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This species has the nicest tasting leaves of the genus. The leaves have a mild agreeable flavor
especially in the spring. They can be added to salads, cooked like spinach or used in soups.
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