A selection of some of the best and very easy to grow lettuces and salads, from ‘pick and come again’ to Four Seasons salads or something to dress your Caesar with.

For late harvesting try sowing the alpine lettuce Meraviglia d’Inverno.

The Bis di Lattughe is a great red and green cutting lettuce.

Lingua di Canarino is a lovely oaked leaf meaty lettuce, really easy to grow.

The Misticanza Mixed salad is our most popular cut and come again.

With all Franchi seeds there are lots of seeds in the packet, so you can have lots of lettuce all summer, just remember to stagger the sowing every 2-3 weeks.

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From purple french beans, to wonderful pink borlotto - and yes they do look like that!

Grow for the drama in the kitchen garden as well as the taste at the table.

Try some of our suggestions:

The yellow Meraviglia of Venice is like a yellow runner bean but with a much more delicate flavour.

Snow pea Swiss Giant is a mange tout, ideal for stir fries. Has lovely purple flowers.

The Purple King is a purple french bean, with lovely deep purple flowers - but sadly will turn green when cooked :(

Finally fresh garden peas can’t be beaten - try Meraviglia of Kelevdon - the only problem will be getting to the kitchen without eating them straight from their pods.

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From little red hot spicy chillis to ones big enough to stuff.

Easy to and great fun to grow - chillis make wonderful windowsill plants too.

If you just can’t decide then try the Kew Chilli Garden Grow your own kit.

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From winter squash to summer courgettes - very easy to grow, and why do they all need to be long and green?

Go on live a little, try one of the round varieties!

For winter squashes try the pumpkin Marina Di Choggia - small and ugly shaped but delicious orange flesh inside.

The Butternut Squash Rugosa - delicious roasted with olive oil and garlic.

Summer courgettes:

The flying saucer shaped Custard White is always popular and looks great in the vegetable garden, try pan fried with oil and garlic.

The Courgette Romanesco highly productive, just remember to keep picking or you will get marrows.

Or if something slightly different is your thing try the yellow courgette Goldrush - it has a delicate flavour and is lovely in salads.

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A selection of some of the best, and easiest to grow vegtetables. Suitable for the notive and skilled gardener alike.

Some of our favourites which we personally recommend in the shop are : Calvo Nero - easy to grow, declious dark green leaves and looks fabulous in the vegetable garden.

Chard and Spinach: always popular, chards are less likely to bolt in dry summers, the red ruby chard tastes delious but you can grow them just for the foilage if you like.

Beetroot Di Choggia - a real favourite - easy to grow and has pink and white stripes inside, it is wonderful roated with olive oil and garlic.

Carrots - the Round Parisian ones are popular for something a bit different, and fun for children to grow.

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A selection of some of the best kitchen herbs - the flat leafed parsley is fantastic for chopping and cooking with, the basils are prefect for salads or for making pestos, try the purple leaved one for something a lttle different.

Corriander is always a must, grow basil for use in pesto, try Summer savory is fantastic used with fish in the summer.

As with all Franchi seeds, there are loads in the packet and growing your own herbs can be a much cheaper and less wasteful way than constantly buying supermarket ones.

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We have tried to offer a selection of tomatoes which are easy to grow either for the novice or for those of us who don’t have a greenhouse but still want to grow our own toms.

The cherry tomatoes are happy to be grown outside and look great in tubs as well as in the vegetable garden.

The big beef tomatoes such as the Costoluto or the Marglobe will perform better under glass or in protected sun trap areas.

There are lots of seeds in the packets, so it is easy to practice without the worry of using all the seeds up in one go.

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And if the weather is kind and you have a glut of tomatoes don’t forget you can always preserve them in preserving jars.

Radishes, Cucumbers and Spring Onions - we have them all.

Lovely tasty accompaniments to the delicious Italian tomatoes and lettuce leaves.

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Winter salads which are great in mixed salads, or blanch and pan fry if you don’t like the bitter flavour.

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Cottage garden flowers suitable for potager or borders.

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Practical, functional and traditional styled cane toppers in oiled beech.

Protect your eyes when gardening either in the vegetable patch or the herbaceous border, simply pop on the top of garden canes which are supporting anything from broad beans, brassicas, floppy perennials.

Made in UK.

Why not combine a garden gift from our selection with a ‘Dig for Victory’ postcard.

It comes complete with a matching envelope and a packet of top quality carrot seeds.