Barley, Burbank Black Hulless  A special find from a seed exchange! This is a completely hulless barley that grows 30-36" tall, staying upright and erect. Glumes (the hull around the grain) are pale and white and the awns ( the long tips that form from the glume) are jet black. The grains themselves are a very dark gray- nearly black. Can be substituted for wheat in bread, pancakes, baked goods, and sprouted to make malt for beer. Very rewarding to grow. Bred by the legendary Luther Burbank. 6 row. Plant in fall or early spring. HEIRLOOM. SSF Packet: 10 g ...

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Maiz Concho Flint (110-120 days) Zea mays We are grateful to share this beautiful heirloom from a nice crop grown by Dan Hobbs at Pueblo Seed in Colorado. Corn is strongly adapted to latitude, so when we grew this SW corn in Oregon it grew very tall (10-12’) and produced ears late. So, unless you are closer to 35 degrees Latitude, then allow for a very long season for this strain to mature. Maize de Concho is included in the Slow Food Ark of Taste collection because it has been used for preparing Chicos, a method of cooking involving harvest- ing at the green (milk) stage and prepared via an ancient technique through roasting in an earthen oven called an “Horno”. Chicos are still made by residents of the Upper Rio Grande and San Luis Valley where there is a revival of this endangered regional food in Acequia communities. This is an ancient flint type of corn that can periodically revert back to ancestral phenotypes indicative of its wild parentage from Teosinte. Ears are 9-14” long with pale, shell-white kernels. Can also be used for pozole, hominy, grits and polenta. Packet: One Ounce (≈ 110 seeds)  Quarter pound Half Pound ...

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Corn, Oregon Blue Maiz, Flour (75-110 days) Zea mays We have created a strain cross between 4 blue flour corns (Hopi Blue, Rio Grande Pueblo from NM, Chihuahua Blue, and Papa's Blue - which is a blue strain of the short season Painted Mountain.) The goal is to eventually develop a well adapted, reliable staple Maiz for the PNW and similar climates. It will exhibit some variability, however all will make good flour corn.  If you save seed, particularly if you do it for numerous cycles, then you are on your way to having your own Heirloom of tomorrow! Can be eaten as sweet corn when picked young and roasted, but is best known for making an excellent, sweet blue corn flour that has 30% higher protein levels (up to 14%) than dent corns. Plants are 5-8 ft. tall and bushy with many tillering side shoots.  Ears are a beautiful smooth silvery blue that are 8-10” long with usually 2, but up to 7 per stalk. There is still some variability in this strain with respect to kernel color and degree of kernel denting.  Expect ears to mature into shades of light gray/slate blue, to dark blue and purple.  Robust, drought-tolerant cultivar selected over many generations.  Makes excellent corn meal (as pictured). Siskiyou Select Original  Packet (One Ounce) Quarter Pound - ...

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Corn, Sunrise (110 days) Zea Mays This is a gene pool that came out of the southwest flour corns. It has a mix of yellow, orange, chinmark( stripped), lighter reds and dark red kernels.  The plants are 7-8 feet tall and produce 1-2 ears per plant that are 8-12 inches long. Tillers somewhat.   Drought adapted. We offer this warm hued mix to share the wonderful experience of discovering all the beautiful diversity in stalk color, silks, tassles, husks and ears. HEIRLOOM Packet: One Ounce  Half Pound ...

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Millet, Indian Pearl (90 days)   This is the most widely grown type of Millet, having been grown for millennia in northern Africa.  This is a fast growing grass that can reach over 4 feet in height and its seeds are a high protein (15-20%) ingredient in forage mixes.  For human consumption it must be hulled.  Another use is as an ornamental, in that its seed heads are a beautiful mix of white and violet on large upright stems.  SSF. MT2 - 2 g (~350 seeds) = $3.95...

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Mustard, Dijon (90 days to seed) Sinapis hirta This quick growing mustard produces good sized yellow seeds that are ground into a meal to mix with vinegar and other spices to make table mustard. Very easy and rewarding to grow. Will not cross-pollinate with other mustards. Some sources mention being able to make mustard from Brassica juncea, which we tried, and it was so spicy that it was inedible! This is the stuff-get it! HEIRLOOM. SSF Packet:1/2 g (~250 seeds) bulk (10 g) ...

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QUINOA, Colorado Rainbow (100 days) Chenopodium quinoa – An intriguing multicolor quinoa adapted to temperate latitude cultivation that bears grain in a wide spectrum of colors including black, red, gold, gray and white. The colorful seed heads grow in many vibrant hues asa well, which makes them a nice addition to floral bouquets. SS. QN6: 2 1/2 g(~230 seeds)  ...

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Sorghum, Coral Sorghum bicolor  (105 days)   A monocot related to corn with a similar growth habit to about 6 feet tall that is commonly grown throughout much of Africa, but less common in the USA.  Sorghum can be grown for grain, bird food, and also a sweet syrup can be pressed from the stalks much like sugar cane.  This variety has pretty panicles of coral colored grain as opposed to the multi colored black and red of the Hungarian broomcorn we offer to which it is closely related. Very similar to Milo. Stalks and de-seeded heads can be used for broom making. Packet: 1 g (~95 seeds)...

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Wheat, Khorasan, Triticum turanicum   Kamut is a registered trademark of Kamut International, Ltd. It is an ancestor to modern wheat, originating from the fertile crescent region near what is modern Iran. The grains are about twice the size of modern wheat. It also has a much higher protein content (12-18%). This is a vigorous growing, tall grain that can reach 4 ft tall. Plant in fall or early spring. Grain heads are plump with pretty black awns above buff white glumes. HEIRLOOM. Packet: 7g...

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