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This south-of-the-border favorite continues to always prove its value as a salad tomato. These tiny red cherry tomato fruits have a big heirloom flavor and are sure to surprise your taste buds. The plant gets overloaded with trusses of 1/2" fruit that weigh it down. Needs staking. This cherry tomato can also...

Alma paprika is one of the best paprikas for drying, grinding, or picking straight from the plants and eating fresh. Paprika is a kitchen staple that is easy to make with homegrown peppers. Cut open, remove seeds, and dry the pepper flesh. Then use a spice grinder to make it into a powder....

These small mushroom-shaped peppers have a deliciously sweet, fruity flavor, much like Habanero and Scotch Bonnet peppers. Jamaican Peppers are a staple in many Mexican dishes, including salsas, hot sauces, and meat rubs. It is commonly used in Jerk sauces in the Caribbean because of its balanced heat. An heirloom pepper with...

Poblano - Fresh green poblanos make some of the best rellenos because of their mild heat and heart-like shape. Anchos are the dried form of this pepper, and are used in making many sauces like mole. This heirloom is easy to grow. Chiles are 4" long and 2-1/2" wide and ripen...

Rio Grande tomato produces high yields of large red pear-shaped tomatoes. They are thick and meaty, with a flavor that is mildly sweet with a little of that old-fashioned tart tomato flavor. One of the best paste tomatoes to grow in hot climates and will withstand extremes in temperature, both hot and...

Early Jalapeño - The best pepper for short seasons and cooler climates! These are one of the earliest peppers at just 65 days from seed to the first harvest. Everybody loves Jalapeños because they can be prepared in so many different ways. Jalapeño poppers, jalapeño jelly, and pickled jalapeños are just...

Brunswick cabbage is a cold-hardy fall/winter variety that is also heat resistant. It has good flavor fresh and is a favorite for making sauerkraut. The solid heads can weigh 6-10 lbs. These are also delicious in our Spicy Cabbage Salsa Recipe! Cabbage seeds can be planted outdoors. Sow seeds 2-3 weeks before...

Paprika peppers are easy to grow and wonderful when dried and made into a powder for flavoring foods. There is nothing that compares to fresh Paprika pepper powder. NuMex R. Naky is a paprika cultivar grown in New Mexico because of its low heat level and its high level of red pigments....

Bloomsdale Spinach has thick, crinkly, dark green leaves that have a rich nutty flavor. It grows quickly and handles hot weather better than other varieties. This spinach is very reliable and heavy yielding. A popular heirloom that is easy to grow and tastes great fresh or cooked. Spinach seeds can be planted...

Black Beauty Eggplant is easy to grow and produces high yields of glossy dark purple fruits. This open-pollinated heirloom plant produces perfect fruits that ripen earlier than other varieties. This eggplant is the most popular at markets because of its great flavor and texture. Harvesting fresh eggplants from the garden...

Golden Bantam Corn is a delicious yellow variety with an authentic turn-of-the-century corn flavor. Go back in time and enjoy corn that was grown for flavor before the many scientific modifications occurred for corn. This corn is open-pollinated and you can save the kernels/seeds and plant them every season. Golden Bantam...

The Spanish Piquillo pepper (a.k.a. the little beak pepper) is usually seen coming out of a jar. This sweet pepper with modest heat –nearly imperceptible– has both smoky and tart undertones. It received a European PDO (Protected Denomination of Origin) and cannot be commercially grown outside its Navarra, Spain region, but we...

This very popular variety has yellow flowers that grow on tall plants and produce dark green pods. The okra is spineless and up to 9” long. Create rows of soil 3’ apart and plant seeds on each row about 1” deep and 18” apart. Plants grow 4‘ tall and 4’...

Start your herb garden with these five classics: Oregano, Cilantro, Parsley, Chives, and Basil. Cilantro pairs perfectly with hot peppers and heirloom tomatoes to make the best salsas. Oregano can go into salsas as well, plus you can add it along with Basil and tomatoes when making red tomato sauces...

Bouquet dill is grown for its fragrant leaves and seeds that are used in both cooking and pickling. A vigorous plant and easy to grow. Dill is a cool season plant so plant the seeds in spring as soon as the soil can be worked. The edible dill leaves branch out into...

The Santaka is a hot Japanese heirloom pepper with an intense heat. It is also known as Japones (pronounced ha-po-NAYS). They do not have a complex flavor profile so their pure simple heat is more direct and easily balanced with other spices like cilantro, garlic, and lemongrass. It is popular in Asian...