Richters
Cute bite-sized bell peppers! Masses of miniature bell peppers, in red, yellow & brown, just one inch across. Toss them in salads just as they are! Sweet firm flesh. 100 days.
Heirloom Italian variety producing small, deep blue-green central heads with numerous side shoots throughout the season. Very tender, mild tasting, good raw in salads & with dips, or lightly steamed. Seeds are used as sprouts, similar to alfalfa.
’Black Krim’ is one of the most popular heirlooms. From the Isle of Krim, off the Crimean coast in the Black Sea, it has become a favourite of gardeners & cooks. Fruits are large & very juicy. Taste is intense, full-bodied, with a hint of saltiness.
Butternut type with smooth light-tan skin, orange flesh & nutty taste. Fruits are 20-30cm/8-10" long, 10cm/4" across, & weigh 1.5kg/3lbs. Delicious steamed, roasted, toasted, stuffed, or even raw in salads. Can be puréed for soups.
Mild flavour & early maturing round bright red with pure white, crisp interior is a garden favourite. Somewhat heat tolerant. 22 days
Vigorous productive vine produces straight, deep green fruit, 20cm/8” long, bright white flesh with bitter-free flavour. Excellent for slicing, in salads & also used for pickling when small. 60 days.
Heritage variety from the 1800s with compact growth of medium size pure white heads, mild flavour, excellent keeper & suitable cooked, raw or frozen. Plant seeds in early spring for fall harvest. 70 days.
This is a merry mix of orange, yellow & white carrots, sure to be a fun & surprising change for the dinner plate. Excellent raw, boiled, steamed, glazed, & roasted. Grow them to full size or pull them early as baby carrots. 70-80 days.
Many health enthusiasts believe that wheatgrass, pressed into juice, is a powerhouse of nutrients, enzymes & biotic factors. It replenishes the body that's starved of nutrients & restores the body’s ability to fight diseases, especially cancer.
A culinary staple, sweet resinous flavour used for savoury meats & baking. An upright, bushy growth, woody stems, & sticky aromatic evergreen leaves, rich in oils smelling of pine/sea. Oils have anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial properties!
Bouquet Dill is a particularly good variety to grow in containers or smaller herb gardens. It is a dwarf, compact version of dill. Finely cut foliage. Excellent used fresh as dillweed or allowed to go to seed for dill pickles. Ht. 75cm/3ft.
Richters has been growing and selling herbs & vegetables since 1969.