ML's Greenery in Motion 2020 Custom Growing List What matters to you about growing veggies and flowers? That’s the real question of course because that’s where the energy comes from to make it happen. Your eyes and your taste buds can tell you so much about the living world – learn to use them!! All of the plants on this list serve these goals. If you haven’t tried a horn pepper yet then you really have to. That’s where the real flavor is in the pepper world. Try the different color tomatoes. They really can’t be described accurately. How about the summer squashes? Did you know that the Italians really care about FLAVOR in summer squashes and that they make for GREAT eating? Each chard or kale has a subtly different flavor – never mind the rosemary and the basils. I've read and heard from you that you're considering expanding your garden this year, I quite understand the impulse. There is nothing like taking out zucchini pesto or roasted eggplant in January and February and brightening up a meal. As always, I've added annuals to the list because a pop of color goes a long way to adding cheer to a garden and is essential for supporting our local pollinators – the good guy bugs! Enjoy poking through this list – all plants are inoculated with a complex mix of rhizosphere microbes at seeding or transplanting and all get a re-inoculation just before you pick them up. I’ll also have the high energy mineral/fertilizer mix available again this year in 30 lb. buckets. Add it to the plant list if you want to pick one up with your plants. Italicized and bold prices are packs, upright prices are pots. Herbs BL Basil Lemon Wonderful lemon fragrance and taste, a real culinary delight. $3.95 BEET Basil Everleaf Emerald A robust, Genovese basil that's been bred to flower up to 8 $3.95 Towers weeks later than standard varieties BA Basil Aroma Beautiful glossy, dark green leaves with a strong flavor that is $3.95 definitely many chefs favorite BDF Basil Dolce Fresca Compact bushy large-leafed Genovese type basil. Less than 2 $3.95 feet high BG Basil Gemma Thick leaves with spoon shaped and intense green color. $3.95 Excellent flavor BGE Basil Genovese Italian variety has extremely tender, fragrant, extra-large, $3.95 dark green leaves and is superb for pesto. BHMW Basil High Mowing Sweet The standard basil - totally reliable $3.95 BILL Basil Italian Large Leaf Large plant with medium-dark green leaves up to 4" long. $3.95 Compared to Genovese, the scent and taste are sweeter. BLL Basil Lettuce Leaf Large, crinkled leaves, which grow on the short, wide plant, $3.95 are sweet, but not as strong as other sweet basils BMM Basil Magical Michael A shorter, better branched Sweet Dani type with more $3.95 fragrant flowers 1 BMMM Basil Mammoth Sweet Large yellow-green leaves with slight puckering and the most $3.95 heavenly aroma BMS Basil Mostruoso Mammoth leaf basil w/strong licorice-like flavor $3.95 BPPA Basil Pesto Party Great for making pesto. Aromatic and packed with flavor. $3.95 BSD Basil Sweet Dani Pure, clean, citrus-lemon. $3.95 BTH Basil Thai Flavor, described as anise- and licorice-like and slightly $3.95 spicy, is more stable under high or extended cooking temperatures BT Basil Tree Sweet, spicy clove fragrance and slightly hairy soft leaves. $3.95 The leaves are lime-green. HB Borage Annual herb with medicinal properties $2.95 HBCC Broadleaf Chinese Chives Flat, wide, dark green leaves, more strongly flavored than $3.95 regular Chive HCGZ Chamomile German Zloty Bigger and higher yielding than the standard. It has a $2.95 Lan wonderful aroma and is used to make tea HCPJ Cilantro Pokey Joe This cilantro variety has great flavor and abundant large, $3.95 fresh leaves, and bears over a long time. HDD Dill Diana Very upright, leafy--slow to bolt $2.95 HDF Dill Fernleaf Dwarf w/high yields $2.95 HDH Dill Hera New Excellent bunching. Compact, high yielding dill. Does $2.95 not bolt quickly HFT French Tarragon Essential for cooking chicken and eggs, the real thing - $4.95 numbs the tongue HLB Herb Lemon Balm Medicinal herb, lemon balm has mild sedative properties $4.95 HOG Herb Oregano Greek Spicy flavor. It has tiny white flowers and is very hardy $4.95 when established, important in Greek, Italian and Mexican cooking HKT Kapoor Tulsi Holy Basil. Used as a soothing tea $3.95 HPGI Parsley Giant Italian A flat leafed type, dark green leaves. Full season. Sweeter $4.95 than most. HSE Sage Extrakta High essential oil content of 1.5-2.0%. Robust, uniform $4.95 plant. HSS Summer Savory Summer Savory is used in cooking and has a peppery taste $4.95 much like thyme. HSSS Sweetie Star Stevia Well-known culinary herb that is used as a sweetener $4.95 HWB Wild Bergamont Bright lavender blooms with a spicy scent. $4.95 HWS Winter Savory Use fresh or dried leaves in salads, dressings, meat, sausage, $4.95 lamb dishes, beans Lettuce/Greens/Kales GAA Arugula Astro Milder bite and wider leaves $3.95 GCBHM Chinese Bald Head This unusual root crop is a winter staple in northern China. $3.95 Mustard Roots are smooth and shiny like a bald head, and have a mild spicy mustard flavor. CEF Collard Ellen Felton Produces green, elliptical, tender leaves with a sweet, slightly $3.95 fruity taste. CGB Collard Gronniger Blue 2' tall with blue-green leaves and purple stems/veins. Very $3.95 good eating qualities. GAR Greens Arugula Runaway Tastes deliciously tangy but is slightly less pungent than $3.95 regular arugula. GCBL Greens Chard Bionda di Pale green leaves, almost golden in color, and thick white $3.95 Lyon midribs, truly excellent flavor - our personal favorite GCBLGT Greens Chard Bright lights Colored stems in red, white, pink, violet, green, gold, $3.95 orange, yellow and some striped GCEN Greens Chard Electric Neon range of 3-phase red, fuse-melt pink, hot-stick yellow, $3.95 Neon and glare-burst orange GKBM Kale Black Magic Winter hardy plants with very dark, crinkled leaves have rich $3.95 flavor. Best after frost or eaten young GKB Kale Considered to be among the sweetest flavored $3.95 Bolshoi kales, Bolshoi provides early harvests of baby greens, or enjoy the more robust, substantial mature greens GKDB Kale Dazzling Blue If you're a fan of dinosaur kale, similar flavor, this variety $3.95 has brilliant blue-green leaves highlighted with shocking pink midribs. GKJN Kale Jagallo Nero A unique deeply lobed form, mildly sweet flavor and tender $3.95 blue-green leaves makes this distinctive kale an ideal choice for crunchy salads and delicious stir fries GKLR Kale Lacinato Rainbow Red-tinted greens, color is most vivid in cool weather. Extra- $3.95 Mix cold-hardy GKNT Kale Nero Di Toscanna Dinosaur kale is a hardy plant that thrives in full sun or $3.95 partial shade GKRU Kale Red Ursa Magenta, frilly kale is great raw, adding wonderful flavor $3.95 and color to salads GKS Kale SiberFrill Stunning leaves so frilly they barely require chopping. Sweet $3.95 flavor; delicious cooked GLAD Lettuce Amish Deer Valued for ruggedness, looseleaf, heavy producer $3.95 Tongue GLBO Lettuce Baby Oakleaf A dwarf, compact version of Green Oakleaf. Tasty and $3.95 tender medium green leaves are oakleaf-shaped with rounded lobe GLBA Lettuce Bronze Hailed as “the finest, most colorful and most delicious leaf $3.95 Arrowhead lettuce for the home garden.” GLC Lettuce Celtuce A very unique lettuce. Grown for its celery-like stem that is $3.95 tasty raw or cooked; the leaves can also be used as greens. GLCM Lettuce Crisp Mint Big, bold, romaine-type lettuce $3.95 GLFBO Lettuce Flashy Butter Oak Compact plants with emerald green, oak-shaped leaves with $3.95 maroon speckles. The crisp, tender crunch and succulent flavor. GLFT Lettuce Flashy Troutback Spots darken from red to maroon as the lettuce matures. $3.95 GLF Lettuce Forellenschluss Delicate leaves with nice flavor, always sells at the market $3.95 GLFS Lettuce Four Seasons Remarkable cold hardiness. Perfect for early spring and $3.95 fall/winter harvests GI Lettuce Italienischer Tall, upright, and sturdy 18 inch bright green plants are huge $3.95 GJ Lettuce Jebousek Best dear tongue lettuce $3.95 GLJ Lettuce Jericho Neon green romaine. Extremely bolt resistant remaining $3.95 sweet, tender and crisp GLG Lettuce Little Gem Miniature green romaine with thick heart, 4" across, 4-6" tall $3.95 GLM Lettuce Mascara Curly frilled oakleaf-shaped leaves keep dark red color & $3.95 flavor in hot weather GLME Lettuce Merlot Striking, deep dark red, almost purple frilly leaves. $3.95 GLMDQ Lettuce Merveille Des Soft Butterhead type; with distinct, loosely cupped pale $3.95 Quatre Saison Lettuce leaves tinged with shades of ruby, rose-pink and bronze surrounding a tender, pale yellow-green heart GLO Lettuce Olga Big upright 8" oval heads with big hearts, big flavor and $3.95 slightly fringed leaves. So sweet, crisp and buttery GLPB Lettuce Pirat Butterhead Heirloom noted for exceptional flavor and silky texture, $3.95 medium sized w/red tinged leaves and lime green heart GLREB Lettuce Red Eared Dazzling red with apple green open centers. Superb quality $3.95 Butterheart GLRS Lettuce Red Salad Bowl Rapid grower, mellow flavored oak leaf shape $3.95 GLR Lettuce Revolution Deeply frilled rich red leaves are thick and stay crunchy in $3.95 your fridge.