Amaranth, Golden Giant, Amaranthus cruentus (100-110 days) A late season grain amaranth also known as "Hot Biscuits" that produces large orange/gold and copper seed heads on top of 6 foot tall stalks. Gorgeous ornamental. Include as a fabulous filler flower in seasonal fall bouquets.    Edible green leaves with golden brown veins and stalks. Very productive, yielding up to 1 lb of seed per plant. Easy to harvest, simply clip the heads and hang to dry. Once dry, thresh by stomping on them and winnow to remove chaff.  Lends diversity to our diet when incorporated as a staple to supplement other grains like rice, or ground into flour to mix into breads and pancakes.  Packet (1 1/2g ≈ 1,000 seeds) Bulk: 10 g.  ...

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Dill, Mammoth Bouquet Anethum graveolens (40-60 days) The classic dill for using the fresh greens as a seasoning or the dried seeds. Vigorous, grows quite tall (3-5 feet). Graces gardens with its pungent sweet aroma and pickle recipes with that certain ‘je ne sais quoi’. If allowed to go to seed they tend to volunteer in subsequent seasons. Also used as a beautiful bouquet filler! Packet (1/2 g) ...

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Figwort - Scrophularia nodosa A perennial herbaceous plant native to the Northern hemisphere. Upright stem habit with bright green opposite leaves with cute reddish brown small flowers and egg shaped seed pods. Modern herbalists use Figwort for a plethora of ailments. Dried seed pods are attractive in everlasting arrangements and flowers make a nice filler.Packet 0.1g ~ 300 seeds...

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Finger Millet, Raji  (90 days) Eleusine coracana - A Finger millet that is also known as “Raji”, it is one of the most important coarse cereal crops grown in Himachal Pradesh. Raji is a staple food in many regions of the state. Raji is a frost sensitive grass that grows to about 30” tall and can be planted at 12” spacing. This crop has excellent storage properties and is resistant to the outbreak of pests. Raji is full of calcium, protein, and amino acids and is cooked and eaten much as rice is in drier regions of the world where rice will not grow easily. Interestingly, millet is the 5th most commonly cultivated grain crop in the world after wheat, rice, corn and barley. Grain is naturally hulless and easy to grow on a homestead scale for food, poultry feed and decorative accents to bouquets. HEIRLOOM Packet 1g (~300 seeds)...

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Millet, Aukses Foxtail (100 days) Setaria italica - Most typically grown for floral arrangements and bird seed. Tops are dense almost fluffy looking clusters of small seeds that grow from 4-10” long. Tops droop in a form that resembles a foxes tail. Lovely waving growth characteristic when caught by a breeze in the garden.  From our friends at Adaptive Seeds who obtained it while on their Seed Ambassadors Project by The Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture in Dotnuva, Lithuania, who wrote that “the breeder there had been working with millets since long before the collapse of the Soviet Union and the birds at the zoo prefer his varieties.”  Foxtail millet has a hull which is quite difficult to remove and as such used for the applications above more often than human consumption. Millets may have been consumed by humans for about 7,000 years and potentially had "a pivotal role in the rise of multi-crop agriculture and settled farming societies". Interestingly, millet is the 5th most commonly cultivated grain crop in the world after wheat, rice, corn and barley. HEIRLOOM. Packet 1g (~450 seeds) ...

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Millet, Dragon's Claw (90 days) Eleusine coracana - A finger millet that grows to about 18” tall. 4-8 Panicles containing small seeds reach skyward, curling in much like a claw. Seed has a hull that is difficult to remove, so they are more commonly grown for floral arrangements and birdseed. There are 4 major types of millet which include Pearl (the most common grain type), Proso, Finger, and Foxtail (the type used for birdseed). Millets may have been consumed by humans for about 7,000 years and potentially had "a pivotal role in the rise of multi-crop agriculture and settled farming societies". Interestingly, millet is the 5th most commonly cultivated grain crop in the world after wheat, rice, corn and barley. HEIRLOOM. Packet 2g (~450 seeds) ...

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Millet, Lime Light Spray (85 days) Setaria italica - A pretty foxtail type with densely packed panicles of small seeds clustered in an appealing clustered form (think cauliflower) that make charming additions to floral displays and everlasting wreaths. Seed heads are dense clusters of small seeds that grow from 4-10” long in a drooping form that resembles a fox's tail. There are 4 major types of  millet which include Pearl (the most common grain type), Proso, Finger, and Foxtail (the type used for birdseed).  Millets may have been consumed by humans for about 7,000 years and potentially had "a pivotal role in the rise of multi-crop agriculture and settled farming societies". Interestingly, millet is the 5th most commonly cultivated grain crop in the world after wheat, rice, corn and barley. HEIRLOOM. Packet 1g (~170 seeds) ...

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Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris A member of the Aster family that grows between 3-6 feet tall. Mugwort is an aromatic herbaceous perennial with light, soft and velvety foliage. Flowers are small and dainty, sprays of Mugwort make good filler in bouquets or dried flower arrangements. Native to Europe, Asia and Northern Africa and naturalized in North America. Both the leaves and flowers are food for various species of butterflies and moths. Prefers sunny and fairly drought tolerant. 0.1g ~ 200 seeds Photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons...

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Nigella, White  Nigella sativa (70 days to flower, 85 to pods)  A very easy to grow, self-sowing annual that should have a home in all gardens, especially for its charming balloon-like seed pods that young children find delightful to gather and pop, revealing the abundant black seed...spreading their joy for future flower pickers to enjoy. Lacy, delicate foliage grows to about 18-24” tall and makes many dozen of blooms over a long period.  Works well in bouquets as focal points or filler. This plant is also known as “black- seed” that has been getting a lot of press for its medicinal uses, for treating indigestion, appetite loss, parasites, water retention and fever. Seeds were found in a Hittite flask in Turkey from the second millennium BCE. Packet: (0.4g ~ 150 seeds) ...

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Sweet Annie, Artemisia annua An elegant and delightfully scented variety of wormwood in the Asteraceae family. Grows up to 5 feet tall and has small greenish yellow flowers arranged in loose panicles. The airy foliage resembles a bright green lace, making this a great filler flower and a beautiful everlasting flower for wreaths. Direct sow in the garden in Spring, placing seeds every few inches and then thinning to about 12-18”. Plants will be smaller the closer they are together, reaching great heights if given space. Sweet Annie (Artemisia annua) is tied to the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine which was awarded to Tu Youyou for discovering artemisinin—a powerful antimalarial compound extracted from the plant. 0.1g ~ 350 Seeds Photo Credit: CorentinD, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons...

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