Hard Red Winter Wheat Cover Crop Seeds

100 days. Hordeum vulgare. Open Pollinated. Barley. The plant produces high yields of barley. This is a good quality cereal grain for milling and cooking. Also great for grazing in pastures. This is an improved disease-resistant variety. Sow seeds in spring for a late summer harvest for seed production and sow in spring or summer for cover crop planting. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: Ccu.

120 days. Avena sativa. Open Pollinated. Oats. The plant produces high yields of Oats. This is a good quality grain for milling and baking. They are versatile for growing grains, cover crops, forage, hay, or wildlife food plots. They’re a cool-season annual grass valued for nutritious grains used in oatmeal, baking, and animal feed. Oats can be used as a quick-growing green manure. Sow seeds in early spring for a late summer harvest for seed production and sow in early September for cover crop planting. A variety from the USA.

35- 45 days. Fagopyrum esculntum. Open Pollinated. Buckwheat. The plant produces beautiful, small, white, fragrant flowers that attract bees. It is a popular cover crop variety prized because it grows quickly, suppresses weeds, attracts pollinators (bees love the flowers), and improves soil. Very attractive plant for herb and flower gardens. Well known as a grain, cover crop, and bee plant, but not so well known is its medicinal value. The infusion made from the flowering tops is high in rutin, which combats arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries and veins). For grain harvest, sow 3 months before the fall frost. If the seed is grown for cover crop planting, best when grown between May and July. Thrives on nutrient-deficient soils. Excellent choice for home gardens, Farmer’s Markets, market growers, open field production, and commercial production. A variety from the USA.

110+ days. Capsicum chinense. Open Pollinated. Carolina Reaper Red Pepper. The plant produces heavy yields of wrinkled 3" long by 3" wide Habanero peppers with pointed tips. Peppers are extremely hot, have medium-thick flesh, and turn from green to red when mature. The plant has dark green leaves, green stems, and creamy yellow flowers. It has a fruity, sweet flavor, but the intense heat kicks in shortly after eating the pepper. Be extremely careful when handling this extremely hot pepper. Excellent for beef jerky, jerk sauces, pickling, and making salsa, hot sauce, and seasoning spice powder. This pepper was created by Ed Currie, who crossed a Pakistani Naga Pepper with a Red Habanero Pepper from Saint Vincent Island in the Caribbean. In 2013, the pepper was recorded as the Hottest Pepper in the World and is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. Try growing all the Carolina Reapers: Chocolate, Mustard, Orange, Peach, Red, and Yellow versions! Also known as HP22B. Excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, NA 82556. A variety from North Carolina, USA. Scoville Heat Units: 2,200,000.

105 days. Zea mays. Open Pollinated. Blue Hopi Corn. The plant produces good yields of 9" long ears of blue kernel corn. This blue corn is grown to make tortilla corn chips and blue corn flour. Makes beautiful decorations. Excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, NSL 232108. A heirloom variety from the Hopi Indians in northern Arizona, USA.

50 days. Phaseolus vulgaris. Open Pollinated. Pink Half Runner Bean. This early maturing plant produces excellent yields of 5" long green beans. This Appalachian favorite is a versatile dual-purpose bean: use it young as tender snap beans, or let it mature for drying. These beautiful beans can be canned, dried, or used fresh. It has a peanut bean taste. Also known as Peanut Bean. An excellent choice for home gardens. A variety from the USA.