The Real Seed Catalogue

The best vegetable seeds for the Kitchen Garden

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~ GIFT SEED COLLECTIONS ~ Here are some nice selecetions of seed that go well together, and as ever, they all come with growing instructions, seedsaving information, and usually recipes too. We fold the collections up seperately from the rest of your order, as a small packet containing the seeds. This unfolds when opened with growing instructions, notes and seedsaving information printed inside. They make excellent gifts - we can even send them direct to the recipient if you wish - just let us know and we'll leave the receipt out, and mark the packet 'Gift from xxxx - do not open before dd/mm/yy'. (Or any other message you want.) We try to avoid substitutions but occasionally we may have to swap a packet for something equally interesting - especially towards the end of the season. We pack and send out orders twice a week. For gifts being sent direct, please send in your order at least 2 weeks beforehand, just to be absolutely sure it will arrive in time. Gift Orders: If you are ordering as a gift for someone, there are free options you can add to your order, including a 'don't open before' date on the package. See the link 'is your order a gift' in the header of this page. The Kitchen Garden Gift Collection Interesting and very tasty, and bound to be a talking point on the table or in the garden, this collection gives you a great range of veg, all chosen to be easy to grow and give high yields even for new gardeners. What you get: Purple Pole French Bean “Cosse Violette” Dwarf French Bean (golden) “Minidor” Tall pea “Telephone”  “Giant Red” Carrot Turnip “Giant Limousin” Curly leaved parsley Salad Tomato “Gigante Liscio” Cousa Courgette “Trieste White” Winter Squash “Vine Buttercup” Chard “Sibilla” Lettuce “Devil’s Tongue” Mild mustard green “Dragon's Tongue ” Pak choi “Santoh” Beetroot “Sanguina” A collection of the best, to fill both the plot and the table! Order MC044- £22.50 The Salad Gift Collection This is a nice set of quick and easy salad plants, chosen from some trials Kate did to find the best varieties for salads at home: Huge Romaine Lettuce "Australian Yellowleaf" Lettuce "Carmona" Wrinkled Crinkled Crumpled Land Cress Mibuna oriental salad green Oakleaf Salad Endive "Bianca Riccia da Taglio" "Belleville" Sorrel Santoh Pak Choi 60 day Rapini "San Marzano" Salad Rocket They've been chosen to give you the chance of sowing throughout the year, both in spring and later in summer, so you can get salads in early autumn too. Order MC042 - £13.50