Showing posts with label edible plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label edible plants. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Eating the Garden whilst Enjoying the Flowers

Sementi, semances, semillas, seeds

An exciting hunt through the markets of Paris elicited a mouth-watering and tantalizing visual feast. My favorite seeds that I found are Italian - Franchi seeds Misticanza Quattro Stagioni - a delightful find of mesclun, endive and chicory.

Digo varietà medio-precoce, mistacanza ottenuta dalle migliori varietà di lattughe indivie e cicorie, assortite per precocità e gusto. Le varietà da taglio rivegetano rapidamente.

Il dit, une mélange variété moyen-précoce, obtenue des meilleures variétés de laitues, endives et chicorées, assorties pour précocité et de goûte. Les variétés de coupe, végètent rapidment de nouveau.

Y también una variedad semiprecoz, mezcla obtenida de las mejores variedades de lechuga, achicoria y escarola, escogidas por su precocidad y sabor. Rebrota rapidamente después de cortar.

I also purchased beautiful red lettuce seeds - laitue batavia grenobloise rouge, and seeds distributed by Aviflora which are for dark opal basil – a delicious and beautiful deep, burgundy-tinted basil.

Un basilic très décorative par ses feuilles violettes, très joli dans le jardin mais surtout à utilizer en garniture dans la cuisine.

The final wonderful lettuce I discovered is called Lattuga Lingua di canarino. It is an early lettuce, and has long almost pointed leaves – but with enough surface that it still looks like, and tastes like a lettuce. Franchi Sementi again.