Vegetables

Tall, vigorous romaine variety has medium to dark green leaves, with good color into the heart. Good uniformity. Bolt-tolerant and resistant to corky root rot.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 12 - 20"

• Width: 6 - 12"

Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed

Standard eastern red leaf. Widely adaptable. Excellent color. Good uniformity and weight. Easy to pack. Slow bolting.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Photos and Data Courtesy of Stokes Seeds

Grand Rapid Lettuce produces a large, upright rosette of thick, juicy, light-green, frilly leaves and a blanched centre. Growing quickly in spring and fall.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 8 - 12"

• Width: 8 - 12"

Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed

Brussels sprouts are small, cabbage-like vegetables that grow in clusters along the thick stalk of the plant.  They have a slightly bitter taste that becomes sweeter when cooked and are commonly roasted, sautéed, or steamed as a side dish or added to various recipes.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 24 - 36"
• Width: 18 -24"
  

Photos and Data Courtesy of Stokes Seeds

This is the most popular pea. It produces a long, thick dark green pods which are very sweet. These are excellent for eating fresh or cooking.  

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Photos and Data Courtesy of West Coast Seeds

Excellent fresh, frozen or canned. Enjoy a bountiful and extended harvest by picking daily.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 12 - 22"

• Width: 12 - 18"

Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed

Excellent red storage type. Uniform, mostly single-centered, hardy bulbs with dark skin. 

We seed our onions In February so they're ready to go when you buy them. One pack of 6 will produce approximately 24-48  Onions 

Light Requirement: Full Sun

This English cucumber is longer (up to 18 in.) and thinner than traditional cucumbers, with very small, soft seeds. The fruit is mild-flavored and never bitter. It stays crisp and fresher longer than other varieties.

English: The most common type of slicing cucumber, you'll find these in the grocery stores because of their crisp taste and easy growing characteristics

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 12-16"

• Width: 4 - 6"

Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed

Controlled yet vigorous variety produces short, branching vines. Fruit has good flavor, crunchy texture and non-bitter peel. High-yielding with continuous harvest. Great for large containers with a small trellis.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Part Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 16 - 36"

• Width: 8 -12"

Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed

The standard for growing in Manitoba: Grow in full sun and keep well watered!

The best way to gauge the time to harvest is when the skin of the fruit is shiny, unwrinkled, and a uniform colour. As soon as the skin does not rebound to gentle pressure from your finger, it’s ripe.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 15 - 20"

• Width: 10 - 15"

Photos and Data Courtesy of Stokes Seeds

A new "Superfood" thats easy to grow in your own garden or window box

Has dark blue/green fully curled leaves. Kale has a long harvest window making it an ideal easy grow healthy plant Great in salads fresh or as a cooked vegetable. Be watchful for cabbage moths that often show up end of June and can destroy your crop. Cover with fine netting/cloth or use organic insecticide.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 18 - 30"

• Width: 6 - 10"

Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed

The 'Manitoba' Tomato is a very dependable and early tomato variety that is excellent for the Prairies. Enjoy the bright red, juicy fruit earlier in the season than other varieties.

Suggestions: Keep tomatoes away from all members of the Brassica family: cabbage, cauliflower, etc. Eliminate blossom end rot problems by deep watering the plants so that the root system will be less affected by fluctuations in soil moisture.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 18 - 24"

• Width: 8 - 12"

Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed

An easy way to produce delicious onion greens in your garden! 
Simply set the bulb in your garden (or garden box) 1-2" below the top of the soil.

These are not the same as a bunching onion, as the onion below the surface is similar looking to garlic as it multiplies.

Keep them 2-3 inches apart and 8 inches between rows.

 15 bulbs per pack 

An easy way to plant onions in your garden. These sets produce delicious onions.
Simply set the bulb in your garden (or garden box) 1-2" below the top of the soil.

Adding manure & compost before planting onions along with keeping your onions consistently watered is important to success.

Keep them 2-3 inches apart and 8 inches between rows.

80 bulbs in each pack

Produce garlic in your own garden! 

Simply plant each clove upright in your garden (or garden box) just below the top of the soil.

Mulch, manure  and compost added to the soil befor planting is advised.

Spring planting will produce smaller harvest than fall planting.

Keep them 2-3 inches apart and 8 inches between rows.

4 bulbs in each pack

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.