GREEN MANURE / FIELD CROP
ALFALFA (LUCERNE)
Heirloom being one of the first fodder plants to be domesticated. Alfalfa (also known as lucerne) is a flowering legume in the pea family resembling
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ANCIENT GRAIN CARBON CROP
***NOT TO TAS, WA*** A mix of rye, oats, spelt, quinoa, buckwheat & amaranth effectively used as a cover crop for digging back into
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BENEFICIAL INSECT BLEND
Highly useful for attracting the predator insects to the garden. An attractive & colourful mix of flowers, herbs & vegetables designed to be irresist
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BROAD BEAN
(Vicia faba) Useful as a green manure crop adding carbon & nitrogen to the soil & improving friability Best dug back in the soil when leaves are stil
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BUTTERFLY PEA
***NOT TO TAS, WA*** Fast growing, climbing plant producing attractive pinkish / blue flowers in mid to late Summer. May be grown on a trellis in th
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CHICKEN GRAZING MIX
***NOT TO TAS, WA*** A beneficial mix of hardy greens to give to your feathered friends. Either broadcast in pen & section off until grown, or grow
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CHICORY - GIANT CHIOGGIA
(Cichorium intybus) Italian heirloom. Long, green indented leaves with mild flavour. Young leaves used in salads or cooked like spinach. Mature pl
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CLOVER - WHITE
***NOT TO TAS, WA*** Annual. Deep-rooted ground cover useful for fixing nitrogen in the soil, & for attracting tachinid flies, ground beetles and pa
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FODDER BEET
(Beta vulgaris) Also known as ’Mangel’ & traditionally widely used across Europe as cattle feed as early as 1500‘s. Includes Red Mammoth, Giant White
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GREEN MANURE MIX (Autumn / Winter)
***NOT TO TAS, WA*** Ready made mix used as a broadcast green manure crop useful for nitrogen fixing, controlling weeds & breaking up compacted soils
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GREEN MANURE MIX (Spring / Summer)
***NOT TO TAS, WA*** Beneficial mix of Alfalfa (Lucerne), Beetroot, Broad Bean, Lab Lab Bean, Endive, Medic, Millet - White, Mustard, Purslane, Radis
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HERBAL LEY FOR PASTURE ANIMALS
***NOT TO TAS*** Modern pastures of today are often lacking the wide variety of beneficial herbs & grasses which were present in traditional fields,
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KHORASAN GRAIN
***NOT TO TAS, WA*** (Triticum persicum) Ancient grain believed to have originated in the fertile crescent. Beneficial for adding bulk organic matt
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LAB LAB BEAN
(Lablab purpureus) Heirloom native to Africa & one of the most ancient crops. Also known as 'Poor Man's Bean'. A very versatile plant producing edib
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MILLET - WHITE FRENCH
***NOT TO TAS, WA*** Annual, clumping grass to 1m high producing edible, highly nutritious, non-acid seed. Commonly used as green manure adding orga
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MUSTARD MIX (Nematode Control)
(Brassica juncea, Brassica alba, Brassica nigra, Brassica japonica) Specially designed mix of mustard greens for use as green manure crop in controll
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RED CLOVER
***NOT TO TAS*** (Trifolium pratense) Biennial, ground cover producing abundant, leafy growth and pink-purple flowers. Medicinal herb, soil improver
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RYE GRAIN (Organically Grown)
***NOT TO TAS, WA*** (Secale cereale) An ancient grain dating back to 1800 BC commonly used for food, fodder & as a green manure crop. Much smaller
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SUB CLOVER
***NOT TO TAS, WA*** (Trifolium subterraneum) Commonly used as a cover crop or 'living mulch' fixing nitrogen & other nutrients into the soil, suppr
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SUNFLOWER SEED
(Helianthus annuus) An attractive way to suppliment your chooks diet. Simply select a plot, broadcast seed, allow to grow & harvest seed heads placi
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TURNIP - MAMMOTH PURPLE TOP
(Brassica rapa) Globe shaped root. Commonly used in cooking with excellent flavour, as fodder crop or for green manure. When left to mature also at
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VETCH (Common)
(Vicia villosa) High protein seed on bush with attractive, purple flowers. Self-seeding. Best used as a green manure crop adding nitrogen & organic
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