Cool Climate and Short Season Vegetables

Miner’s lettuce is a succulent springtime annual reaching up to about 1-foot in height with interesting paired leaves that conjoin around the stem ...

The Hon-Kuroda is one of the original foundational carrots to emerge from Nagasaki prefecture’s acclaimed Kuroda Gosun Breeding Society in the 1930...

Believed to date back to between the 1300-1500s, this is a legendary green bunching onion from the Nara region of Japan, where, according to local ...

A consistent, robust performer, Midori edamame is a standard izakaya-quality variety. It’s wonderful simply boiled in salt water for 4 minutes -- e...

One the most esteemed wild food plants of the continent ramps (aka wild leeks) are native to the woodlands of eastern North America -- yet we’ve fo...

Possibly the world’s largest radish variety, and an extraordinary Japanese pickling radish. Originating from far southern Kyushu, this radish varie...

Sharing characteristics of both garlic and chives, this popular everyday perennial, pan-Asian kitchen herb (technically classified as Allium tubero...

A traditional Kansai-region type mizuna -- the origins of this plant possibly date back more than 1200-years. Mizuna is a Japanese superfood, rich ...

Delicious, and nutrient-dense, this semi-wild vegetable is also surprisingly easy and interesting to grow. A member of the mustard-family, watercre...

Ideal for gardeners and market farmers looking for a quick-growing, resilient vegetable. This traditional central Chinese homestead-type baak choi ...

One of the most prolific cool climate and short growing season tomato varieties -- and one of the oldest historic tomato types in the U.S. Fort Van...

A large true purple type mustard, this is a dual-use plant with seeds that can be ground into traditional Japanese mustard and the nutrient-dense l...

Developed at the University of Minnesota in the 1940s as a small dessert melon for cool climates and short growing seasons – this is a splendid, fa...

With a cool-climate northern lineage, this is a superior pickling and cooking cabbage variety, well adapted to short growing seasons. (50 to 65 day...

A beautifully large turnip variety from Kyoto prefecture (named for the Shogoin temple), this delicious vegetable can reach well over 5 pounds! Sho...

Rich in numerous nutrients, a super food for almost any site. This fascinating south European wild vegetable (technically Diplotaxis tenuifolia) i...

Unparalleled reliability. Hardy. Fast growing. Well adapted to cool climates and northern latitudes. These are the fundamental traits of this 1890s...

Tomatillos are graciously tough little plants with some tolerance for drought, low fertility and compacted soil; they also typically perform better...

Folks in with short growing seasons often think watermelons are impossible to grow, however this small, traditional heirloom bears fruit in just 75...

Heirloom variety at least 150-years old, this oddly wonderful cabbage sibling wears purple skin over white flesh. It’s sweet, and a bit turnip-like...

For some mysterious reason scarlet runner beans are possibly more widely consumed in Europe than in North America where they originate. While a few...