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This plant and its silvery leaves was once dubbed the 'green fairy' (la fée verte). It was used to make an alcohol that inspired Verlaine, Baudelaire, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and many others. Instigator of controversies, tales and legends, absinthe remains psychotropic and should stay discreet once in your garden
* This year, we were not able to harvest sufficient seeds at the farm. Therefore, our seeds come from Jardin Vie-La-Joie.
Package: 75 seeds
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Some seeds from this plant were gifted to us by a friend claiming that they were called 'Ail de Caroline'. We do not yet know the exact identity of this plant, but we keep searching.
This small perennial plant is hardy in Quebec. It is very similar to garlic chives, yet it is not the same. The stems and leaves are slightly bigger, and have the same delicious taste as regular garlic and can be cooked the same way. Although it does not produce any significant underground bulb, the white base of this plant can be cut and eaten as garlic, just like the leaves.
Its purple flowers are gorgeous and are in bloom from July until the end of August, to pollinators' delight. This plant is ideal for permaculture gardens.
Not to be confused with with regular garlic nor wild garlic.
Package: 80-100 seeds
For a thorough explanation of how to plant the bulbils, head to (in French only) : http://terrepromise.ca/culture-bulbilles-dail/
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This hardy perennial can decorate your garden as nicely as your salads, with its striking dark red veins. It is also great with sandwiches, omelettes, quiches, and most other egg-based dishes. Slightly more tangy than common sorrel, bloody dock is the first to show up in the spring.
Package: 35 seeds
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Easy to grow, especially in cooler climates. It needs plenty of water, otherwise it won't be as tender.
This variety doesn't have a name, it is issued from a cross that happened in our field. Gives beautiful medium-sized chubby bulbs. Leave the roots in the soil over winter, numerous smaller bulbs will grow back the following spring.
Package: 75 seeds
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Clary sage is a perennial plant that is valued both for its culinary and ornemental qualities. The flowers are white with some purplish blue undertones, and are an absolute delight for bees. It is used just like common sage, but some recommend using clary sage for more extended uses. In popular medicine, the leaves are used to heal wounds. Clary sage has been grown since Antiquity for its medicinal properties.
This plant only starts flowering on the second year, but it is well worth the wait to see the carpenter bees and hawk-moths feast on the blooms.
Package: 30 seeds
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Common comfrey is widely used in organic agriculture as green manure. It can also be made into comfrey liquid manure or added to compost. This helps with soil fertility and thus plant growth.
Comfrey is also very popular among bumblebees and other bees that thoroughly enjoy its sweet nectar.
The plant easily reach a meter in height. The stem is a little prickly, and the leaves are large, alternate, pointy, and covered in hair. Above all of this, shoots grow where pink or purple flowers bloom in the middle of summer.
*For better germination rates, the seeds should be stratified. To do this, place the seeds in small bag full of humid sand of soil, and put the said bag in the fridge for 2 weeks.
*This comfrey is not Russian comfrey (such as Bocking 14). Russian comfrey doesn't produce seeds and would therefore be tricky to sell in seed packages.
Warning. We advise against regular comfrey consumption. The plant contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids which can be toxic for the liver in high dosage.
Package: 25 seeds
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As you might be able to guess from the name, the sweet chewy treat that we call marshmallow was originally made from the root of this plant. Nowadays, A. officinalis is mostly grown as a medicinal plant for its root's emollient properties, which help soothe several types of irritations and inflammations, and as an ornemental plant. Its delicate flowers are white with a hint of pink, and are indeed pretty. Additionally all parts of the plant can be consumed, be it in infusions or salads. Options are endless, and we strongly encourage you to research this perennial's properties in greater details.
Package: Around 30 seeds
Photo Credit: http://ukrbin.com/show_image.php?imageid=87257
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The common ox-eye is a gorgeous wild perennial, native to North America. It produces a lot of flowers and nectar, benefiting greatly to pollinators of all types. Can be used to stabilize shorelines. Drought-tolerant.
Package: 30 seeds
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Common tansy has a strong aroma, but it is mainly used for its insect repelling properties. Indigenous people would also use it as an analgesic, contraceptive, and tonic. In decoction or liquid manure, it can act as a natural insecticide. It can also be used to drive mosquitoes away.
BEWARE: Common tansy contains highly toxic compounds for humans and other mammals if consumed at high doses. Must be used in small quantities and with extreme care.
Package: 25 seeds. Low germination rate (60%), which is expected from wild plants.
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Medicinal plant used since antiquity. Feverfew is known for helping to prevent migraines, and to reduce their intensity and frequency. The leaves and flowers are usually used in infusions. Feverfew consumption is not recommended for pregnant women. Not to be confused with the German chamomille Matricaria recutita or Roman chamomille Chamaemelum nobile, which have completely different properties.
Package: 300 seeds
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Nathalie variety.
Before cotton and synthetic fibers were introduced, linen was extremely important for Quebec households. It was used for everything, from bed sheets to socks!
And even before that, this plant already had quite a story! Flax was probably the first plant fiber to be woven. It was first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent region. Remnants from 36 000 years ago were found in a cave in Georgia. Linen was also a choice fabric in Ancient Egypt.
The fiber gives a flexible, light, absorbing, thermoregulating and durable fabric, which explains its popularity.
The plant is easy to grow, and its pretty and delicate blue flowers are a nice plus. The fibers are found within the stem, and are separated from the rest of the plant materials through retting, a controlled decomposition process.
You can find more informations on the step involved historically to go from the plant to cloth in this short text (in French):
https://oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/pls/public/gscw031?owa_no_site=4080&owa_no_fiche=42
Package: 200 seeds
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French sorrel is a perennial that grows into a ground cover that establishes nicely along paths and beds, or on rocky soils. The small leaves of this sorrel variety are light green with occasional silver specks. They taste a little tangy and lemony. They are well-loved by kids, and are delicious in salads, sandwiches or sauces. The leaves can be harvested young in which case they are delicious eaten raw, or later to be cooked like spinach. Once harvested, the leaves can be stored frozen for a long time.
Package: 55 seeds
Photo credit: https://www.andrewsgarden.be/en/exotis-spices-medicinal-plants/rumex-scutatus-silver-leaf-french-sorrel/a-559-13
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