APRIL SALAD STARTER New

Tis the season to sow some salad for spring into summertime flavours:  Yes summer is on its way, the weather is warming up and gorgeous homegrown salads are an easy money saving crop that can feature in your garden and on your plate.  Contains one packet each of...

Amaranth Passion ~ each fresh green leaf liberally doused with a rich plum red, a true bi-colour: this eye-catching edible can be grown as a cut-and-come-again salad crop, start picking when they reach 10cm tall - picking just above a leaf will encourage your plants to bush out quickly to be picked again  (100 seeds)     

Corn Salad D’Orlanda ~ a large leaf Italian type mild flavoured, super in salads plus the flowers are edible  so your salads will be delicious and beautiful (50 seeds) 

Cucumber Burpless Tasty Green ~ a favourite for outdoor growing, produces slender, crisp, juicy, delicious fruits (4 seeds)

Lettuce Black Seeded Simpson ~ absolutely gorgeous looseleaf variety, possibly the best flavoured lettuce that can be grown in the UK  (75 seeds)

Mustard Leaf Wasabina ~ baby leaves will add a kick to your salads and sandwiches… or cook the larger leaves in a stir fry  (50 seeds)

Spring Onion Ishikura Bunching ~ start harvesting from 7-10cm tall or grow on until the white stalks are 30cm long harvesting the leaves to use in salads: for spring onions pull when the stems are about pencil thickness.  Versatile and tasty.  (100 seeds).