Raised Bed Garden
A type of garden featuring elevated garden beds, which provide better soil drainage, temperature control, and accessibility for planting and maintaining vegetables, flowers, and herbs. Consider also using trellises to train climbing or vining plants such as pole beans and cucumbers.
Sunlight: Full sun to partial shade (depending on bed placement)
Seeds: Swiss chard, kale, radishes, carrots, onions, bush beans, pole beans, cucumbers, beets, lettuce, peppers, determinate tomatoes or semi determinate.
Cucumber - Wisconsin SMR 58
The Wisconsin SMR58 cucumber is an open pollinated variety that was developed at the University of Wisconsin in 1959. Like many cucumber varieties, if you keep picking these ever-bearing varieties, they will keep producing fruit all...
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Cucumber - Crystal Apple
An unusual heirloom cucumber variety that originates from the Australia – New Zealand area that was first introduce to North America in 1934. Crystal Apple produces small round golf ball to half tennis ball sized greenish...
Tomato - Czech's Bush (DET)
Originated from Czechoslovakia, Czech's bush is an extremely productive tomato that produces a terrific amount of tomatoes on a dwarf type, sturdy bush. Although a determinate variety, you may need to fortify the tomato cage...
Pepper - Thai Dragon
Thai Dragon Peppers are 50,000 – 100,000 SHU. The plants grow 30-45 cm (12-18”) high on short sturdy bushes with a 30-45 cm (12-18”) wide spread. Leaves are elongated and dark green. Tiny delicate white flowers give...
Tomato - Crimson Sprinter (SD)
The Crimson Sprinter Tomato is a beautiful Canadian heirloom that was bred by Professor T. Graham at the Ontario Agricultural College. They are so named after ‘sprinting ice skaters’ and their speedy performance in cooler weather. An...
Tomato - Homestead (SD)
Homestead tomato is a reliable heirloom tomato developed in the 1950’s. It is a vigorous semi-determinate plant (sets fruit all at once) and grows between 122-183cm (4-6’) tall with a 50-61cm (20-24”) spread and is...
Tomato - Sweetie (SD)
This cherry tomato produces volumes of small, approximately 2.5cm (1") fruits that form in clusters of 8-10 tomatoes on long branches. They are super-sweet with high sugar content and full bodied tomato flavour. A semi-determinate...
Pepper - Jalapeno Tam
The Jalapeno Tam Peppers grow on a sturdy compact plant that grows upright on a solid bush type habit and reaches about 40-61 cm (16-24") in height with a spread that reaches 40-45 cm (16-18”)...
Tomato -Banana Legs (DET)
Banana Legs are a vigorous growing, determinate tomato. They are extremely prolific, producing heavy yields of 5-10 cm (2-4") long fruits that ripen to a golden yellow. Very meaty, sweet flesh with very few seeds. ...
Bean - Blue Lake Pole
(Phaseolus vulgaris) The Blue Lake Pole Bean produces heavy yields of meaty but very tender, medium size, 18 cm (7") straight, dark green pods. Good used fresh but renowned for their canning and freezing qualities....
Pepper - Fresno
The Fresno Chili pepper originates from around the Fresno, California area- who would have guessed it? These sturdy and erect plants can grow between 45-61 cm (18-24") tall and 41cm (16”) wide. Each plant will...
Onion - Walla Walla
The Walla Walla onion is considered a long day onion (long-day onions need about 14 to 15 hours of daylight to bulb-short-day onions need 10 hours of daylight). The Walla Walla onion is a medium...
Pepper - Black Hungarian
Black Hungarian pepper is a stunning and colorful pepper plant. They are sturdy and erect plants that can grow between 61-90 cm (24-36") tall and 41 cm (16”) wide. Slender elongated leaves are a dark...
Tomato - Silvery Fir (DET)
Silvery Fir Tree tomato is a delicate early season tomato. A determinate Russian variety which is famous for its unique, small delicate foliage and steady production of rich flavored medium sized scarlet red fruit between...
Pepper - Thai Volcano
Thai Volcano Pepper plants grow 30-45 cm (12-18”) high on short sturdy bushes with a 30-40 cm (12-16”) wide spread. Leaves are elongated and dark green. After flowering, the plant gives rise to clusters of upright green peppers...
Onion - Ailsa Craig
The Ailsa Craig onion is considered a long day onion- (Long-day onions need about 14 to 15 hours of daylight to bulb. Short-day onions need 10 hours of daylight). The Ailsa Craig onion is named...
Pepper - African Devil
The African Devil Pepper is also known as the Piri- Piri "pepper pepper" in Swahili. They are an open pollinated variety belonging to the species Capsicum frutescens. Plants grow on a sturdy bush habit reaching anywhere between...
Tomato - Rutgers (DET)
The Rutgers Tomato was developed by crossing Marglobe with JTD. Rutgers produces vibrant red, round tomato fruits on a strong, disease resistant vine. Tomatoes average 5-10 cm (2-4 ") across and 5-8 cm (2-3") high....
Tomato - Canabec Rouge (DET)
The Canabec Rouge is a determinate (bush) type tomato that originates from Quebec. It is considered a mid-season tomato type. The plants are great producers of 5-6cm (2-3”) perfectly round, slightly oval fruit with slightly...
Tomato - 506 (DET)
A great Russian heirloom variety. A determinate variety that is both compact, and sturdy. Plant is a regular leaf type and produces abundant clusters of 2-4oz., bright-red, 40mm (3-5”), oval to round, juicy fruits....
Pepper - Serrano Tampiqueno
Serrano Tampiqueno is a very sturdy bush plant that, under ideal growing conditions can grow as high as 1.5 m (5’). We average about 66-81 cm (26-32") tall with a spread the reaches 45-66 cm...
Pepper - Filius Blue
Filius Blue Peppers are 30,000-50,000 SHU. Plant is a compact bush with dark green foliage with purple highlights that can grow as high as 20-45 cm (8-18") tall with a spread of 15-25 cm (6-10”)...
Pepper - Bulgarian Carrot
The Bulgarian Carrot Pepper is thought to originate in Europe. It is an attractive pepper that grows 45-60 cm (18-24") tall and has a spread 30-45 cm (12-18”) wide. Peppers are born on sturdy upright plants. ...
Tomato - Siletz (DET)
Siletz tomato is a vigorous, semi determinate variety that grows to 1.5 m (4.8’) tall with a 40-51 cm (16-20”) wide spread. Staking and tying will be required to help support the plants’ heavy yields...
Pepper - Boldog Hungarian
The Boldog Hungarian pepper originated from the towns of Boldog & Cece in Hungary. They are also known as the Boldog Hungarian Spice, widely used for making paprika. These sturdy plants grow between 45-61 cm...
Tomato - Sasha's Altai (DET)
Sasha's Altai is an early season tomato. It is a vigorous determinant tomato plant that produces good consistent yields of 141-170 gram (4-6 ounce) thinned-skinned, bright-red, slightly flattened, round tomatoes with a complex tomato taste....
Pepper - Red Cherry Hot
The Red Cherry Hot pepper grows on a small, upright, bushy plant with an emerald dark green foliage. Plant height averages 41-61 cm (16-24”) tall and has a spread that is 41-61cm (16-24”) wide. It...
Tomato - Basket Vee (DET)
Basket Vee is a determinate (bush) type tomato that has vigorous open vines which produces high yields of medium sized tomatoes (8-9 oz) that are globe shaped. They have thick flesh and are very flavorful....
Pepper - Cascabella
The Cascabella pepper is a small, medium hot “Hungarian Hot Wax” pepper type. It is 1500-4000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). Plants grow 45-61 cm (18-24") tall and 41cm (16”) wide and have dark emerald green...
Onion-Sturon
Sturon is a reliable, long-day onion with white flesh and straw coloured skin that can be used for green onions or storage onions. It is a mid to early (ready in 80-100 days), thin-necked, long-keeper, which...
Pepper - Joe E Parker
The Joe E Parker pepper is a variety of mildly hot Anaheim pepper types. Sturdy plants grow between 45-61 cm (18-24") tall and 41cm (16”) wide. A very productive plant that yields15-20 peppers per plant. ...
Pepper - Corno Di Toro
Corno di Toro (Bulls Horn Pepper) is an Italian Heirloom. It produces an abundant amount of sweet shiny peppers that curve slightly resembling the shape of a bull’s horn. Peppers start off green and mature...
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Pepper - Charleston Hot
The Charleston Hot Pepper was created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists in Charleston, South Carolina. Plants can grow to 38-91 cm (15-36”) tall in ideal growing conditions and produce heavy yields of 9...
Carrot - St Valery
St Valery (Daucus carota) is an imperator type carrot and is one of our favorite orange carrots to grow. This variety originates from France and produces delicious orange carrots that are 25-31cm (10-12") long. They...
Pepper - Cubanelle
The Cubanelle pepper may be classified as a sweet pepper type, but often this chili has a slight hint of heat to it. It is also known as the Italian frying pepper. Cubanelle translated, means...
Tomato - Jitomate Bulito (SD)
The Jitomate Bulito is a relatively rare, open pollinated, paste tomato variety from Mexico. It is a very productive determinate/semi determinate plant that grows well with or without staking and tying. It produces thick, deep red,...
Pepper - Fish Hot
The Fish Hot pepper is a peculiar pepper that is thought to have originated from either Africa or the Caribbean. The plant produces 3-4 cm (1½") long by 1.3 cm (½") wide, medium hot peppers...
Carrot - Sprint
Sprint is perhaps one of the earliest maturing carrot varieties available. These bright orange carrots produce short, heavy and uniform roots that grow between 12.7- 15cm (5-6") long. An ideal carrot type for cold frame...
Beet - Sugar
Sugar Beet (Beta Vulgaris) The history of beet cultivation dates back to ancient times, as the plants were cultivated by the Greeks and the Romans. It was during the 1800s that sugar beets were cultivated...
Tomato - Starfire
Solanum lycoperisicum The Starfire tomato was developed at the Morden Research Station in Morden, MB and released in 1963. Starfire has a vigorous determinate habit with regular leaf foliage. Plants can grow 30-76cm (12-16) inches...
Bean - Bingo Pole
Bingo Pole Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is a classic in Italian beans. It is a highly sought after Borlotto-type pole bean. They will need a fence to climb as they can easily reach up to 1.8-2.4m...
Pepper - Red Rocket
The Red Rocket Pepper (Capsicum annuum) is a hot, thin skinnned cayenne pepper variety that produces pods that are 10cm (4") long by 1.3cm (½") with a heat yield between 30,000-50,000 SHU. Peppers are supported...
Carrot - Lunar White
Lunar White is an "imperator type" carrot- (long and tappered). It is a beautiful creamy white carrot with light green shoulders and is nearly coreless. They grow quite long, between 15-46cm (6-18") and are mostly...