Like much of our range we’re incredibly selective, so here we have genuine Italian vegetable seeds chosen for taste and flavour, seeds for drifts of flowers to attract birds and butterflies and some which are a little more special…
From a window box of chilli seeds, through to a gardener’s bag packed full of essential hand and harvesting tools complemented by carefully chosen Italian vegetable seeds.
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£49.95
£49.95
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Oak Dibber, Stainless Steel Hand Trowel, Vegetable Harvesting Knife; 5 Medium Oak Plant Labels, Tin O’ Twine and 2 packets of Italian seeds (1 mixed lettuce ‘Misticanza’ and 1 tomato ‘St Pierre’) plus of course our the famous Worm that Turned garden bag which has 6 deep and useful pockets.
This is an excellent value gift that any gardener would be delighted with.
£35.95
£35.95
This gorgeous set consists of: Seed storage tin with dividers, so seeds can be stored by sowing month. Pack of 5 seed envelopes and a pencil for storing and labelling seeds. A 200 Vegetable Growing Ideas book. Pack of 50 seedling labels invaluable for labelling seedlings and young plants. 2 packets of easy to grow Italian seeds- Genovese Basil seeds and Mixed Lettuce seeds.
As seen in Essentials magazine November 2009
£16.95
£16.95
Everything you need to start growing 4 varieties of chilli peppers - from the mild Jalepeno to the spicy Tabasco.
Each kit contains 2 waterproof seed trays, 2 bags of compost and 4 packets of chilli seeds plus pencil, markers and full instructions.
Perfect for window sill gardening or for those who want a little more spice in their life.
Chilli varieties in the set are :
Mustard Habanero
Tabasco
Jalepeno
Pepper Numex
£9.95
£9.95
A very easy to grow selection of vegetables and salads:
Contains:
Courgette Striato - for bumper crops
Tomato Red Cherry - suitable for outdoor growing in tubs
Wild Rocket - hot, spicy flavour
Lettuce Misticanza - pick and come again salad
Basil Genovese - perfect for pesto
All growing instructions for Franchi seeds are on the back of the pack. Just follow the blue dot symbols.
£7.95 £4.95
£7.95 £4.95
Each carry bag contains 6 peat pots, a bag of compost, a packet of lettuce seeds plus full instructions.
The kit is sealed in a sturdy bag together with a small wooden ‘I’m in the garden’ sign to hang and signal where you are to visitors.
£2.50
£2.50
These chillies are round, hot and can be stuffed with tuna and arranged into jars of olive oil. Also great for stuffing as they will lose half their heat when cooked but have an excellent flavour of the fruit itself rather than just being all heat. Sow February - June.
£2.25
£2.25
Variegated bean, pinkish red splodges on white. The plants are 180-190cms tall. 6-7 beans per pod. High iron and fibre content. 50g. Sow April - June.
WORM TOP TIPS
If you’ve had trouble with beans sown directly outside because of poor germination or slug problems, try sowing them in early May in pots under a cold frame or similar covering. Healthy young plants will be ready to plant out within about 5 weeks and then growing away far quicker than your outdoor sowings.
Why not also use the Borlotti ‘Lamon’ for making the famous Venetian dish of ‘Pasta e Fagioli’ and Borlotti beans freeze brilliantly.
£1.95
£1.95
Thick, knobbly skin and sweet yellow/orange flesh. Rich in Vitamin A which helps keep eyes and skin healthy. Also contains mineral salts (Calcium & Phosphorous). c9. Sow Mar-end Jun and harvest till the end of November.
£1.95
£1.95
Easy to grow Genovese style basil seeds to sow in pots. Lasts through the summer. Sow Mar - mid July.
£1.95
£1.95
The classic striped Italian Zucchini. A productive, bushy plant with medium sized fruits, producing upto 5kg of fruit per plant.
approx 54 seeds.
Sow mid Mar-Aug.
Featured by Carol Klein on ‘Grow your own veg’ BBC2