Originating from North Africa, Texsel greens (Brassica carinata) came about as a hybrid between black mustard (B. nigra) and B. oleracea. It is known by various other names such as Ethiopian mustard or garlic kale. An annual crop grown as a salad or cooking green – more delicate in flavour than other Brassica greens. Can be picked multiple times and the flowering stems cooked when it does start bolting. Successional sow for a steady supply.
Can also be grown as a green manure or cover crops as a similar way to mustard.
Average 200 seeds per packet.
10g is approximately 2,000 seeds.
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A red veined variant of perennial, or ‘wild’, rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia). The lobed leaves have a deep crimson veining and are fuller than regular wild rocket but it is grown the same way.
Perennial, or ‘wild’, rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) is very popular now and increasingly likely to appear in your salad. For good reason – the flavour is nice and sharp and doesn’t get bitter, even in the older leaves. The leaves are more slender and deeply serrated than annual rocket, and don’t go limp soon after picking. Makes good pesto and in the second year is conveniently ready to harvest at the same time as wild garlic. Can harvest as cut and come again… and again the following year.
Sow enough plants so you will be able to pick sparingly and regularly from each one without weakening individual plants. Seeds are quite small. I plant around 4 seeds per module in a tray and then plant outside in their final home a few weeks later. The long summer days will trigger flowering. You can pick off the flowering stems to encourage more leafy growth or let them flower and collect the seed in Autumn.
Purple Sprouting Broccoli provides an early season treat when not much else is available in the garden. This is a late maturing selection which can be harvested March – May. Because it is an overwintered crop beginner gardeners often assume it is to be sown late in the season. However it should be sown in spring/early summer so that the plants are already well established going into winter.
Average 100 seeds per packet
Sow: May to June Harvest: March-May Spacing: 60-80cm between plants
‘Wasabino’ is a variety of mustard (Brassica juncea) which has a gentle horseradish/wasabi flavour along with the usual spicy kick. Young leaves are light green, with serrated and wavy edges and are ideal baby leaf salad. Older leaves are tougher and better for stir frying. Very cold hardy so if you have a polytunnel you could grow it all year round.
