Zea mays HEIRLOOM. Yellow, sweet, and extremely early open-pollinated corn. Wonderful for the home garden. Can be planted in cooler soils. 5' to 7' stalks producing 6 -7" ears with...
Zea mays This delicious bicolor sweet corn was bred to rival the performance of hybrids in organic growing systems, and it delivers! Compact 5-6' tall plants bear 6-8" long ears...
Thymus vulgaris A garden staple, thyme has too many uses to list! Growing up to 8" tall this variety produces wonderful aromatic leaves. Bushy habit, evergreen in color. Direct seed...
Thymus serpyllum Planting Creeping Thyme seeds in your garden will provide you with a beautiful, walkable ground cover. A lovely choice for planting between stepping stones, in rock gardens, or...
Thymus praecox The perfect creeping thyme for creating a scented walkway. Can be used for culinary purposes although it has a milder flavor than other thymes. For best growth, sow...
Tithonia rotundifolia A favorite for its long bloom-time. This 4-5' tall annual bears vibrant red-orange 2-3" flowers with yellow centers. Direct seed in full sun and evenly moist soil. Loves...
Citrullus lanatus In the 1850s, Nathaniel Bradford developed a unique watermelon breed that was known as the sweetest and most flavorful, right down to its dark green skin. By the...
Citrullus lanatus Charleston Grey is a much-loved picnic watermelon that was introduced by the USDA in 1954. Elongated fruits with sweet and juicy red flesh and distinctive gray-green mottled skin...
Citrullus lanatus HEIRLOOM. A seed spittin' watermelon if there ever was one. An old porch swing favorite from the 1830s, known for its productive vine and sweet rose colored flesh....
Citrullus lanatus HEIRLOOM. The Moon and Stars Watermelon has luscious red flesh with a dreamscape rind of small yellow "stars" and large yellow "moons" on a dark green skin. Introduced...
Citrullus lanatus HEIRLOOM. For the star gazers among us, which is to say everyone. This delicious variety has a moon and star speckled rind, but with a unique and tasty...
Citrullus lanatus HEIRLOOM. Mountain Sweet Yellow Watermelon is aptly named! This very sweet, yellow-fleshed fruit was developed in the Northeast from the well-loved red ‘Mountain Sweet’ watermelon. It gained popularity...
Citrullus lanatus This amazing orange-fleshed watermelon consistently delivers 25-pound, deliciously sweet and crisp fruits with pretty alternating dark and light green stripes on the skin. The orange color means it’s...
Citrullus lanatus The Sugar Baby Watermelon is beloved by home gardeners everywhere. The melons have incredibly sweet red-orange flesh and are packaged small at just six to ten pounds. Their...
Triticum aestivum Appalachian White wheat is a semi-dwarf variety with long awns that look stunning in the field. An exceptional wheat variety developed by North Carolina State University in...
Triticum dicoccon ORGANIC. Emmer is an ancient type of wheat prized for large grains with great flavor and relatively low gluten content. It is known as “farro” when hulled and...
Cucurbita maxima HEIRLOOM. This muted blue-gray, warted winter squash is the pie-maker’s best kept secret. The unique outer shell gives way to the somewhat dry and medium-sweet yellow orange flesh...
Cucurbita moschata Blue Ridge Butternut is a Waltham-type winter squash that has been adapted to a low-till, organic growing system in Southern Appalachia for over ten years by farmer Matt...
Cucurbita maxima HEIRLOOM. A North Carolina original and part of the Slow Foods Ark of Taste! Large, rampant vines produce 12-14 lb fruits. Produces delightfully warty, buttercup-shaped fruit, with pinkish-orange...
Cucurbita argyrosperma HEIRLOOM. Hailing from the Caribbean, this variety of Cushaw squash also goes by the name Tennessee Sweet Potato Squash and is part of the Slow Foods Ark of...
Cucurbita pepo HEIRLOOM. Similar to the vining Delicata, this bush variety has a tidier habit of only about 5'. Slightly nutty flavor with creamy skin is perfect for soups! Good...
Cucurbita maxima This popular winter squash, also known as Japanese Pumpkin, is known for its sweet, nutty flavor, and fluffy, chestnut-like texture when roasted. Vines will produce approximately two 3-4...
Cucurbita moschata HEIRLOOM. Named for its provenance (the Northeast) and its doppelganger (a wheel of cheese), this squash would prefer to be known for its wonderful pie-making. 6-10 lb fruits...
Cucurbita maxima HEIRLOOM. Forget the "pumpkin" pie! Grow this Appalachian heirloom for making pies, breads and other sweets. Candy Roasters are well known in the mountains for their full flavor...