Grains

Packets are $3.00 each Black-seeded Amaranth - A strain that has self-seeded and grows "wild" in the bottom corner of our garden. It reaches between 4 and 8 feet tall with red leaves and a beautiful red flower plume with produces the black seeds. A pretty incredible plant, amaranth has tender, edible leaves when young and when mature yields a super-nutritious, high-protein grain. Once a staple crop of the Aztecs, amaranth was nearly lost but is now enjoying a comeback. Very ornamental too, amaranth would look equally at home among the flowers or in the vegetable garden. Several hundred seeds White-seeded Amaranth - Tall green leaved plants with light-coloured seeds, although not quite as beautiful as Black-seeded Amaranth it's probably the better choice for grain production. Several hundred seeds Vicar Hulless Oats - The first registered hulless oat in Canada, dating back to the 1940's. The grains easily slip free from the heads when threshing and they have no hull to remove, making them great for small growers. 250+ seeds (12 grams) German Foxtail Millet - A beautiful and ancient warm-season millet, it's cultivation dating back 8,000 years in the Far East. The huge plump seed heads resembling fox's tails were the focal point of our fall garden last year, each one full of thousands of tiny seeds. We harvested the heads in October and dried them in the house (they made very practical ornaments). Once dry they can be easily broken apart and winnowed to separate the seeds, song birds love the chaff. It also makes a drought tolerant summer forage crop. Several hundred seeds