Greenpatch Organic Seeds & Plants Price List 2021/2022 Cover Art by Kaswyn Hunt Shop location: 109 Old Bar Road, Glenthorne, NSW 2430 Postal: PO Box 1285, Taree, NSW 2430 Phone: 02 6551 4240 Email: [email protected] Web: www.greenpatchseeds.com.au Introduction “Bountiful Harvests” “2021 Workshops” Welcome to the 2021/2022 Greenpatch Catalogue! Please visit our website for more detailed information on What an absolute boom there has been for everyone in the workshops and how to book. gardening/horticulture field in the past 12 months. We love Organic Gardening - $40 - Booking Required looking at positives and from COVID-19 there has been an With Horticulturalist Neville Donovan influx of new gardeners getting back to the the simplest of When: Saturday August 28th 1.30pm - 4.30pm tasks to help fulfill their new found time. Sowing your first Includes: Seed raising, soil preparation and improvment, seeds, planting your first seedlings and cooking your first watering, mulching, pest and disease management plus more! meal harvested from your own backyard. We are blessed to Plant Propagation - $40 - Booking Required have been in this field, to share our knowledge with so many With Horticulturalist Nick Sawyer new gardeners and hopefully guide you in the right direction When: Saturday September 4th 9am - 12pm for some succesful harvests ahead. Friday November 12th 9am - 12pm Includes: Sowing seed, seedling care, potting, plant “From Artichoke to Zucchini” divisions, cutting types and techniques used, taking cuttings, At Greenpatch Organic Seeds we are all about producing do it at home (small scale) plus more! seeds. The harvesting and cleaning of seeds continues all Greenpatch Open Day - $10 - Registration required year round, over 230 varieties are curated at Greenpatch When: Sunday 10th October 10am - 2pm from Artichoke to Zucchini, herbs, flowers and more. Includes: Farm tour, growing and caring for fruit trees, Our nursery comprises of specialised plant groups including Lunch (extra cost) & introduction to seed saving. herbs, edibles, fruiting, cottage garden, Ivy & Zonal Seed Saving Workshop - $40 - Booking Required Geraniums plus succulents. We are proud to be one of only With Horticulturalist Neville Donovan a few certified organic nurseries in Australia! When: Saturday October 23rd 9am - 12pm The gardens & orchard provide propagation material for our Includes: Seed types and when to harvest them, how to organic nursery production of over 500 varieties throughout process seeds & fruits, seed cleaning & storage, maintaining the year. genetic purity. Due to the limited space in the catalogue, new varieties of succulents are accessible via our website only. Please visit “Organic Certification” - www.greenpatchseeds.com.au Greenpatch Organic Seeds is fully certified organic as a producer and as a processor so we can provide you with “Visit Us” excellent quality certified organic seed. We have now been If you are travelling through or near Taree – please stop certified on this property for 19 years and will continue into in and have a stretch! We are only 900m from the Pacific the future. Our certifier is AusQual and below are our logos. Highway. Enjoy a walk through the extensive gardens and see how the seed growing areas are doing. The nursery and the shop are also open Monday–Friday, 9am-4.30pm. Best wishes Contents Neville & Sophia Introduction .................................................................. 2 A more secure seed network starts with you! Organic: Vegetable Seeds .............................................. 3 Flower Seeds .................................................. 8 Herb Seeds .................................................... 9 Native & Exotic Seeds ................................. 10 Legumes, Grains, Grasses & Sprouts ........... 11 Products can be ordered via: Bulk Seed .................................................... 13 Free Greenpatch Organic Seeds Garden Products ......................................................... 12 Mail-Order PO Box 1285, Seed Inoculant..............................................12 Organic Fertilisers ....................................... 12 Catalogue: TAREE, NSW 2430 Natural Pest Control .................................... 12 Website: www.greenpatchseeds.com.au Natural Fungal Control ............................... 14 Pick Up: 109 Old Bar Rd, Glenthorne, 2430 Garden Netting............................................ 14 Hours: Mon-Fri 9.00am to 4.30pm Calendars & Charts .................................... 14 We accept: Cheque, Money Order, Mastercard, Organic Plants: Herbs & Edibles ............................... 14 Visa, Direct Transfer Fruiting ............................................. 20 Cottage Garden ................................ 22 ABN 29 634 341 854 Bamboo & Palms .............................. 24 For more information about Retail Outlets throughout Greenpatch Seed Range: Vegetables ........................... 25 Australia or becoming a Reseller, please contact us: Herbs ................................. 28 Flowers .............................. 29 Phone/Fax: (02) 6551 4240 Geraniums ......................... 30 Email: [email protected] Order Form ........................................................... 31, 32 Facebook: www.facebook.com/GreenpatchOrganicSeeds For Succulents Visit Our Website - www.greenpatchseeds.com.au - Wellington Wonder AusQual Flat green pods to 20cm. Prolific cropping, good flavour. Climbs Vegetables to 2 metres. ALL SEED PACKETS - $3.95ea. Members $3.55ea - Zebra AusQual Stringless pods when picked young, strong grower, old variety. AMARANTH - Grain BEETROOT (Beta vulgaris) (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) Organic Popular root vegetable, fast growing, bi-annual, easy to grow. Sow Annual versatile plant, leaves rich in vitamins and minerals. Low in direct in garden, 60 days to maturity. Keep moist in fertile well oxalic acid, eat in salads or cooked. Seeds are white, high in protein, drained soil. Use in salads, cooked or preserved. Sow all year except can be popped. Sow Spring-Summer. in hot weather. AMARANTH - Grain Golden - Cylindra AusQual (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) AusQual Cylindrical variety, smooth dark red roots up to 20cm long. Fast growing annual to 1.5 metres high. Green leaves eaten like Tender and sweet flavour. spinach when young, produces a soft golden flower head when - Detroit - Red AusQual seeds mature. Seeds have a high protein content. Used in cereal. Round red roots to 12cm across. Smooth, tender, sweet flavour. Sow Spring-Summer. - Beetroot - Touchstone Gold AusQual Improved variety with smooth golden texture and a sweet AMARANTH - Leaf (Amaranthus gangeticus) AusQual flavour. Used cooked or preserved. Annual, grows to 1.5 metres, leaves and stems used like spinach. BOK CHOY - Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa) AusQual Sow Spring-Summer. High in protein, vitamins and minerals. Annual loose cabbage with large green leaves & crunchy white ARTICHOKE - Globe (Cynara scolymus) AusQual stems. Harvest large leaves over a long period. Sow Autumn-Spring. Grows to 1.5 metres, a prized delicacy. Used steamed, in casseroles BROCCOLI (Brassica oleracea) and preserves. Fast growing, likes rich well drained soil. Sow Rich in calcium, vitamins and minerals. Sow all year except hot Autumn, Winter, Spring. weather. BEAN - BUSH (Phaseolus vulgaris) - Albert AusQual High yielding and rich in protein. Plant every 3 weeks for continuous Compact plant, dark green medium sized heads. Produces many supply. Sow Spring-Summer. side shoots suitable for broccolini. - Brown Beauty AusQual - Calabrese Organic Old variety, french strain, disease resistant. Good producer of medium sized heads & continues - Butter Bush AusQual to produce side shoots once main head is harvested. Compact grower to 45cm, producing crop of yellow pods, black - DiCicco AusQual seed, stringless when picked young, good flavour. Compact Italian variety. Blue-green heads to 10cm across, - Hawkesbury Wonder AusQual produces over a long period. Harvest at 60 days. Popular old stringless variety, produces over a long period, green - Raab Rapini AusQual pods to 15cm long. Popular Italian variety of broccoli harvested similar to broccolini. - Prestons AusQual Produces over a long period but needs to be harvested every few Old variety producing tasty, round green pods over a long period. days to promote fresh head production. With no central main Bushy plant to 45cm. head it produces many leafy shoots with a tasty broccolini like BEAN - CLIMBING (Phaseolus vulgaris) centre. Take up little room and yield over a long period, provide trellis. - Umpqua AusQual Sow Spring-Summer. Heavy bearing variety with a high quality main head then ample - Delgado Black Mexican AusQual side shoots for multiple weeks. Leaves can be eaten when young Climber to 2 metres, green pods, black seeds. Mature seeds used in salads or lighly blanched. as dry bean, also useful as black dye. BROOM MILLET (Sorghum bicolor) AusQual - Epicure AusQual Tall grass like annual to 3 metres. Decorative straw like flower. Seed Epicure bean has long flat green pods to 20cm with nice flavour. heads used to make brooms. Sow Spring-Summer. Stringless when young. Strong grower. - Fredrico AusQual CABBAGE (Brassica oleracea) Strong grower to 2 metre. Green stringless, good yields over a Popular vegetable, high in calcium and iron. Likes fertile well long period. drained soil, sunny position, frost hardy. Sow all year, except hot - Greek Bean AusQual conditions. Strong growing