Vegetables

(Cucumis sativus) Our favorite tasting long cucumber to date! Smooth skinned, long and slender (like an English cuke), sweet, crisp, and juicy with no bitterness. To top it all, wonderfully productive. Trellis for straight 9-12” cukes or let sprawl for mostly straight and some with personality. Harvest on the thinner...

(Cucumis sativus) Our dear friend and coworker, Rio takes issue with white vegetables deeming them suspicious in nature and therefore probably barely palatable at best. Well, we changed her mind with Snow White tomatoes (magnificent!) and are keen to change it again with this creamy white cucumber. Firstly it should...

(Cucumis sativus) Another selection out of the venerable Marketmore lineage, “Sweet” was recommended to us by commercial grower and seedsman Bill Reynolds of Eel River Produce in northern California. Likely just a refined strain of the classic “76”, Bill found these to be more vigorous, tolerant to adverse conditions, and...

(Cucumis sativus) There are certain vegetables we waited quite a while before adding to our catalog. We love pickles, and for years we searched through catalogs and trialed pickling cuke varieties only to never quite be satisfied with what we found. The wrong texture, too shy or too spread out...

(C. endivia) Named after our hometown, Bellingham, WA, “Bellesque” is a fall heading frisée type endive with densely packed frilly green leaves and blanched hearts. We love it for its playful texture and lightly bitter, lightly sweet crunch. When you hear the term “loft” in reference to salad, the sought...

*This seed is offered as part of the "Gusto Italiano Project", a collaborative partnership between Uprising Seeds, Italian breeders Smarties.Bio, and the Culinary Breeding Network. Certified organic seed is grown in Italy by Smarties.Bio. There is a saying in Italy "Per ogni riccio un capriccio" ("For every curl, a whim")....

Amazing! Did you know that eggplants WEREN’T just flowering ornamentals here in the PNW but that they might actually produce fruit too...even outside of a greenhouse?! And not just a lonely token fruit to insult all your hard work. Lots of eggplants. Beautiful, slender, 4-8” long, buttery, and Not at...

Beautiful bicolor white and purple heirloom variety from Florence, Italy with a mild, creamy taste that is always delicious and never bitter. Fruits are shaped like a very plump, lightly ruffled teardrop and are similar in appearance to better known Rosa Bianca but with a deeper electric purple coloring. Summers...

(Plantago coronopus) The name translates from Italian to “star grass”, an apt description of this lovely plant. Native to Europe’s rocky coastline, it is a seaside plant that thrives in cool, wet weather (sound familiar?) and even saline soils. It is a survivor to the extreme and no offense to...

*This seed is offered as part of the "Gusto Italiano Project", a collaborative partnership between Uprising Seeds, Italian breeders Smarties.Bio, and the Culinary Breeding Network. Certified organic seed is grown in Italy by Smarties.Bio, Chioggia, It.* (C. endivia) Escarole, as a culinary green, is noted in the very early histories...

(Vicia faba) One of the oldest cultivated plants, fava popularity is on the rise! Wonderfully nutritious and delicious, they can be found in everything from elegant to rustic seasonal preparations on the tables of food lovers everywhere. Fall planted, they are one of the culinary harbingers of the spring harvest...

(Vicia faba) We are always appreciative of varieties that bring new color into our leguminous lives. We had seen purple and of course, green fava beans aplenty, but the pink blush of this Polish variety was enough to stop us in our tracks. Fat green pods conceal the voluptuous beauties...

One of our favorite vegetables, we are sad to see much of the fennel breeding veering towards hybrids. Swiss bred “Finale” continues to impress us as a production variety with the stoutest and most uniform bulbs we’ve seen thus far in an OP. Heavy, sweet bulbs with good greens and...

(Cicer arietinum) One of our favorite discoveries of the past several years, we enjoy spending an inordinate amount of time keeping these pristine and weed-free as they are such a priority for us. Everything from their desire to be Spring planted with the peas to their delicate leaf and plant...

*Ark of Taste Heirloom* (aka husk cherry, cape gooseberry)(Physalis pruinosa) About the closest we can come to real tropical fruit flavor from our northwest garden! Related to the tomatillo, ground cherries are low growing plants that produce an abundance of fruit about the size of a large marble enclosed in...

(Capsicum annuum) Aci Sivri is an excellent cayenne-like short season chili originally from Turkey and introduced in the '90s to the US by the old 'Seeds of Change' seed company. An excellent and productive variety for short-growing season areas, its tall frame hangs heavy with long, slender fruits that ripen...

(Capsicum annuum) The “Espalette” chili pepper (Piment d'Espelette in French, Ezpeletako biperra in Basque) is a culinary icon of Basque Country with a production area limited to 10 villages nestled in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains. The pepper is the first and currently the only spice in France to...

(Capsicum chinense) We are firmly on the Biquinho bandwagon. This little pepper from Brazil packs a lot of flavor into a little package. Marble-sized fruits with a pointed blossom end (biquinho is Portuguese for “little beak”) have all the tropical fruity flavor of the chinense peppers (habanero family) but with barely...

(Capsicum chinense) We are firmly on the Biquinho bandwagon. This little pepper from Brazil packs a lot of flavor into a little package. Marble-sized fruits with a pointed blossom end (biquinho is Portuguese for “little beak”) have all the tropical fruity flavor of the chinense peppers (habanero family) but with...

(Capsicum anuum) 'Buena Mulata' is a stunner of a cayenne-type that bears prolifically on tall plants. Fruits start deep purple and morph through a rainbow of creamy yellow, salmon, and orange before fully maturing to red. Plants are quite ornamental, hanging with fruits of all maturity stages simultaneously. Depending on...

(Capsicum baccatum) A member of the Aji family of hot peppers native to Bolivia, Criolla Sella is an excellent producer of small (2.5” x 3/8”) golden orange fruits in abundance. The heat is middling and the flavor amazingly rich and citrusy. It can be used fresh in salsas, fermented or...

(Capsicum annuum) One of the most productive field hot pepper we’ve grown in the PNW for 10 years running. Maturing from glossy black to a glowing garnet red color, it is perfect for ristras and fresh use in place of the slightly spicier jalapenos. Bears fruit weeks before all our...

(Capsicum annuum) A dangerous pepper for the disorganized gardener, Hot Portugal is completely indistinguishable in all ways but one from its fabulously sweet field mate, Jimmy Nardello: heat. I can’t tell you how many times over the years we have stood together over a pepper plant, muttering, “I don’t remember either...YOU...

(Capsicum annuum) Brought back from South America by Spanish monks in the 16th century and grown in the village of Padron in Galicia ever since, these smoky little numbers about drown us every summer we grow them! Grown outdoors, the tall, bushy plants are lush, verdant, and loaded. We've learned early...

(Capsicum annuum) This beautiful and wonderfully productive chili was bred by the pioneering Austrian organic seed company ReinSaat. 'Sarit Gat,' meaning "Long Yellow," was bred from a diverse population of yellow chilis sourced from a farmer in Kosovo by ReinSaat breeder Reinhild Frech-Emmelmann, who then selected for color, uniformity, taste, and...

(Capsicum baccatum) We’ve heard a lot about this pepper over the past couple of years. An aji type bred in the epicenter of chili biodiversity…Wales (!), sugar rush has garnered a strong following for its beautiful color, spicy but manageable heat, and, most notably, its very sweet and citrusy flesh....

(Capsicum annuum) Named after the beautiful Transylvanian city of the same name in north-central Romania (which translates to “market on the Mures,” the local river), this hot paprika pepper has grown to be a farm favorite. An oblong 3.5”x1/2” chili with the thin-walled texture and heat of cayenne, it ripens...

(Brassica oleracea) Wouldn't it be great to have Lacinato kale with the classic, deep-blue-green, savoyed leaves but with bright purple stems? Hank Keogh of Avoca Seed in Corvallis, OR, asked this question and then answered it himself with this beautiful cross of Lacinato with Lacinato Rainbow. The breeding population was...

(Brassica oleracea) Nero di Toscana (also referred to as Dinosaur or Lacinato kale in the US) has consistently been one of our best-selling seeds every year we have been in business! Thought by many to be the tastiest of the true kales and, due to its dark green color, likely...

(Brassica napus) Not often found in supermarkets due to their shorter shelf life, the oak-leaved kales are the most tender of all kales. Hailing from Siberia, Red Russian is extremely hardy, surviving temperatures to 10 below F! A lovely addition to salads as a baby leaf and a very productive...

(Brassica napus) Enjoy a lovely reintroduction, originally bred in Oregon and then rediscovered on a farm in Belgium by our good friends at Adaptive Seeds who brought it back to the marketplace. Purple-veined mature leaves develop secondary and tertiary degrees of frilling, giving the plants an amazingly voluminous and starry...

Appealing blue-green leaves combined with frost hardiness make this winter-hardy variety a great addition to any farm and garden. A vigorous selection from German biodynamic stalwarts, Bingenheimer Saatgut, Avano features upright leaves and nice long shanks to harvest through the winter. 110 days. UO, AV Packet: 100 seeds

We grew this one on recommendation from a farmer friend who contacted us to see if we would produce seed as they were finding it harder and harder to get in the quantities they needed and feared it was on the verge of being dropped. We love these types of...

As growers in the maritime northwest, we have seen an explosion of allium rust in the fields over the last several years, most notably in our garlic and leeks. What used to be a once-in-a-while problem has become an annual affair, and, as the problem seems to be here to...

(Lens culinaris) We have fallen hard for growing lentils these past few years. While not as high-yielding as their leguminous dry-bean cousins, if you have a bit of space to commit, we have found them very easy, reliable, and rewarding in our cool maritime climate. Sometimes referred to as “the...

(Lactuca sativa) For a long time, we were single-mindedly obsessed with finding redder and redder lettuces for our salads. Now, we place just as high (if not higher) a value on a really striking green like Aussie Yellow. This beautiful chartreuse-colored lettuce grows enormous loose heads with blistered, crinkled leaves. And...

(Lactuca sativa) This is another selection from the USDA, donated to their collection in 1979 by the Agricultural Experiment Station in Davis, California. Miniature, dark green, upright plants envelop a blanched yellow core. Thick, crunchy, and sweet leaves form palm-sized heads, which are perfect quartered and served as a wedge...

(Lactuca sativa) Here's a newer-to-us mini red oakleaf from Europe, similar in growth to the much-loved "Oscarde" (dense wavy oakleaf heads) but even smaller and slower to bolt. Lovely burgundy leaves with emerald green hearts and oakleaf-meets-butterhead tenderness. 50 days. UO Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) [split] Growing Info SOWING: Sow indoors...

This lettuce is Outstanding. Everything you want in a Romaine and so much more. Beautiful deep bronze-burgundy heads are large at 10-12”, crispy but more tender than most Romaine, and very slow to bolt. Grown since the 18th century and going strong in the 21st. 65 days. AV Packet: 1g...

(Lactuca sativa) Goodness, this lettuce is a dazzling beauty. It comes on fast and full with an open growth habit and slightly elongated, savoyed leaves that are a soft green blushed with red darkening to purple near the tips. Lovely and quick for salad mix but also incredible as a large...

(Lactuca sativa) This French beauty is one of our favorite green butterheads on the market. Its velvety apple-green leaves and large, sturdy heads are a thing of perfection. Wonderful buttery texture keeps the superlatives rolling on this variety! 50 days. AV Packet: 1g (~800 seeds) [split] Growing Info SOWING: Sow indoors...

(Lactuca sativa) We love this variety as a baby cutting lettuce. Unusually long and slender baby leaves bring a good mustard or chicory (Italian dandelion?) look to salad mixes without the more adventurous flavors. As a full-sized head, we found it somewhere between a deer tongue and romaine with a clean,...

(Lactuca sativa) A true mini volcano of a lettuce, Eruption displays Dark red tips over light green buttery-crunchy-romaine leaves, all wrapped around a pink magma core. Small “Latin” style heads, slightly larger than Little Gems, with an upright stature. This lettuce has been found to be resistant to multiple strains...

(Lactuca sativa) We were thrilled when we first saw this several years ago and remain so! Flashy Butter Oak is the first we’ve seen to combine the striking red speckling of the Forellenschluss types on an apple-green oakleaf frame. Beautiful dense, large heads with excellent texture and taste. An essential baby...

(Lactuca sativa) A selection from the venerable Austrian heirloom variety “Forellenschluss” for more uniform speckling. Flashy Trout is a beautiful green romaine with stunning splashes of wine-red speckles. As tender as romaine gets, the apple green speckled hearts rival the butterheads for summer salad sumptuousness (say that five times fast). The...

(Lactuca sativa) This very pretty green-leaf caught our eye at a neighbor’s farm years ago, and we are happy to share it with you. Somewhere between an oakleaf and a butterhead, it reminds us of a vibrant emerald green version of Oscarde. Compact and dense, it's a real head-turner.50 days....

(Lactuca sativa) We are always on the lookout for distinctive new additions to our salad mix. Goldrush has a super frilly and branched leaf structure resembling frisee, almost more than lettuce but without the bitterness. Chartreuse in color, it is great as a cutting lettuce and matures into a stunning,...

*Ark of Taste Heirloom* (Lactuca sativa) This might be our favorite full size lettuce we grow here at Uprising and one that deserves a better look from market growers. Admires’ produces tremendous, blocky, dense green heads blushed with just the right amount of red to the tips of the leaves....