CHINESE CABBAGE, Maruba Santoh Brassica rapa pekinensis (55 days)  This is a loose-head type Chinese cabbage with round, smooth, chartreuse leaves and succulent, broad white stalks. This easy-to-grow, mild tasting green is very popular in Southeast Asia. With Maruba you get two vegetables in one. The loose round leaves provide a mild piquant mustardy flavor while the flat white stems impart a juicy crisp pac choi taste. Great in salad, stir fry & soups. Sow early spring or late summer. HEIRLOOM,  Packet (1/2 g ≈ 450 seeds) Bulk: 1 ounce ...

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Pickle Garden Collection: For Lovers of Fermented Food - We bring you this collection of 6 vegetables that lend themselves well to making sauerkraut, kim chee, pickles and other lacto-fermented delights.  Includes the following packets (we may have to substitute for similar varieties): • Miyashige Daikon Radish - a traditional ingredient in Korean Kim Chee, but a versitile root anyway you slice it. • Nozaki Early Chinese Cabbage - An upright heading "Napa" style cabbage lends itself well to fermenting • Little Leaf H-19 Cucumber - a perfect pickler, pick small and young for the best crisp • Turnip, Purple Top White Globe - A true standby for smooth 3-4" easy to grow turnips.  Can grow much larger but harvested small is best for eating quality. Roots are Purple above the soil line and white below.  • Red Express Red Cabbage - Who doesn't love colorful food? Cabbage can be fermented plain or added to other recipes. • Shiraz Beet - Grated into various ferments or pickled on their own - beets are the king of color! Fast growing; big-tops, smooth round, red roots with outstanding vigor. If you are new to making your own lacto-fermented recipes you may want to consider checking out Sandor Katz's excellent book the the subject, Wild Ferment  Save $4.50 off the individual packet price!...

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