You will certainly be the talk of the town when you display these Unusual Plants.
The Garden Oddity Seed Pack contains one pack each:
Six Shooter Corn : 80 days. A very old variety that shoots out as many as six ears of corn per stalk. Solid, meaty, tender, small kernels of excellent flavor. Excellent for freezing. Grows on tall, vigorous plants. Ear is slender and narrow, with 10 rows of white corn.
Giant Spinach : The biggest spinach we've ever grown, often twice as big as other varieties. Large, thick, succulent leaves with excellent flavor.
Snackjack Hulless Seed Pumpkin : A wonderful new pumpkin that produces
edible seeds just right for roasting. Compact, semi-bush plant with big yields
of small 2-3 lb. colorful fruits in 90 days. Seeds are fragile, so care must be
taken when planting.
Pumpkin seeds are best when roasted. To roast your own,
cut open the ripe Snackjack pumpkin, remove the seeds, you do not need to wash
them, just spread them out on a cookie sheet. Salt them if you like. Place the
cookie sheet in a 375 degree F oven. In about 15 minutes, the seeds will begin
to make a popping sound. Turn them over, cook for another 5 minutes or so. Let
them cool, then start munching.
10 Seeds per pack.
Kiwano Jelly Melon : Also called the African Horned Cucumber, (Cucumis
metuliferus) this is a very unusual fruit with spiny “horns” the green-yellow
skin turns a bright deep orange when ready to harvest, the pulp inside fruit
resembles lime green Jell-O, and the flavor is a sour-sweet,
banana-lime-tropical fruit taste, good juiced, this fruit is showing up in US
markets, quite often. Native to Africa, it is hardy and easy to grow, can be
grown just about anywhere you can grow melons. Beautiful vine and fruit! Good
keepers.
15 Seeds per pack.
Sorghum Cane : Also know as Milo Maize and used as feed for livestock,
this plant produces large 8 feet tall "canes" with large seedheads that make
excellent birdfeed.
Sorghum syrup made from cane sorghum is made by
squeezing the juice from the cane and cooking off the excess water to obtain a
sweet, sticky syrup - a delicacy in many parts of the country. It has many uses
- a primary one being spread on hot biscuits at breakfast. And it is often used
as a sweetener in cooking breads and other foods .
Doubtful you know anyone
that has an old sorghum press to do this with, but the plant makes a wonderful
novelty item and is an excellent source of wildlife food.
A tablespoon of
small seeds per pack.
Flax Seed Plant : Annual flax (Linum usitatissimum) is the variety
grown to produce the finest fibre and for the best seed production although both
annual and perennial flax may be used to produce linen as well as rope, string,
measuring lines, bags, purses, thread, fishnet, bed sheets and sails.
Flaxseed proved to be as beneficial to man as its fibre. Oil pressed from
the seed was used by native people as a treatment for cancer of the skin and
mouth. They found the whole plant so useful is was dubbed the plant of a hundred
uses. Seed was ground to make poultices and heal skin wounds. Whole seed was
used for a soothing tea to relieve sore throats and coughs and was chewed as a
mild laxative. Throughout the 1950s and 60s flax products were used industrially
throughout the world - linseed oil in the manufacture of paint, varnish,
linoleum, car wax, furniture polish and as an ingredient in printers' ink.
Flaxseed's nutty flavor was enjoyed as well and in many parts of the world
flaxseed baked goods were commonplace.
Today, as we become more environmentally aware, flax is experiencing a
resurgence in popularity and rapidly becoming a staple in many diets. Its oval,
reddish-brown seed is rich in protein and soluble fibre (like oat bran it lowers
cholesterol), insoluble fibre (like wheat and bran) and also lignans which
scientists are currently investigating in connection with cancer prevention.
Research is underway on the indirect health benefits we receive from livestock
whose diets have been supplemented by flaxseed (ie. chickens who produce
enriched eggs). Seeds are one of the best sources of linoelilc and linolenic
acids, which help regulate the prostaglandin function.
Also an attractive
garden ornamental and border plant as the sky blue flowers keep coming on for
about two months. Direct seed. Easy 95-100 days to harvest. Organically grown
seeds.
1 Teaspoon pack ( 200-300 seeds )
Order yours now ( seeds can kept for up to 2 years if stored in a dry cool spot, such as a closet or linen drawer ) and have a load of fun with your next garden!
#ODD2 The Garden Oddity Seed Kit #2 only $12.95.
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