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Climbing Honey Nut
Organic seed for this terrific personal sized 4-5 inch butternuts, about 1 lb. each with exceptionally rich, nutty, sweet flavor. Space saving, mildew resistant vines will twine and climb easily.Baby Spaghetti
Extremely productive vines bear dozens of 4-5 inch, little “mini” spaghetti squashes. The semi-compact vines can be trained up a fence/trellis so the little golden squashes hang like ornaments. These little minis cook up quickly, making it fast and easy...Kurin
EXCLUSIVE – We think that our Kurin Kabocha is the most scrumptious of all long-keeping winter squash. Kurin’s intensely orange flesh has a moist, fluffy texture and truly outstanding nutty-sweet, buttery flavor. Besides being absolutely delicious, kabochas are chock full...Trombetta di Albenga
This wonderful Italian heirloom summer squash is a vigorous climbing vine, producing many 12 to 15 inch, lime-green fruits with a curvaceous trumpet shape and a delicate mild taste with a hint of nutty artichoke flavor. Trombetta’s flesh is seedless...Sunny Supersett
EXCLUSIVE - Butter-yellow Supersett have that fine-textured flesh and sweet nutty flavor possessed only by tender crookneck squash. This glossy, thin-skinned hybrid reliably out-yields older varieties, bearing an abundance of smooth, bright yellow squash with delicate, creamy flesh. The open...Festival Acorn
Pretty and tasty Festival acorn squash are creamy colored with decorative green and orange stripes and each weighs just 1-2 pounds, perfect for individual servings. They grow on compact, semi-bush vines, saving garden space. These powerhouse plants bear heavily, producing...Honey Nut
EXCLUSIVE – These terrific “personal sized” 1 pound butternuts mature at just 4 to 5 inches tall on space saving, powdery mildew resistant vines that easily climb a fence or cover a trellis. Honey Nuts have a rich, delicious sweet...Delicata
Delicata is one of the sweetest hard-shelled squashes with a wonderful flavor reminiscent of nutty sweet potatoes. Early bearing vines produce strong yields of pretty striped fruits.Summer Scallop Trio
EXCLUSIVE - Our mixed seed packet offers an easy way to grow a delicious trio of different colored pattypan squashes. Buttercup-yellow fluted “Sunburst” is tender and nutty tasting simply steamed or poached in broth. Dark green, glossy little “Starship” has...Early Butternut & Delicata
EXCLUSIVE – This duo of All-America winners are delicious, easy to grow varieties of nutty, sweet-tasting, vitamin-rich winter squash. The compact vines of productive Early Butternut Bush produce fruits with tan rinds that have moist, smooth, creamy-orange flesh. Delicata has...Incredible Escalator
EXCLUSIVE - Our unique, space-saving, climbing zucchini grows up any fence or trellis, bearing abundant tender fleshed and truly delicious, nutty tasting rich green zucchinis, easy to find and harvest with no bending down!Romanesco
EXCLUSIVE - Bred in Italy for traditional flavor and style, Romanesco is prized for its creamy, sweet flesh. The tender, plump fruits are classically striped in dark green with slight ridges. Plants offer improved disease resistance and early harvests. This...Native American Three Sisters Garden
According to Iroquois legend, corn, beans and squash/pumpkins are inseparable sisters; precious gifts from the Great Spirit. The tradition of interplanting them in the same mounds is actually a sophisticated, sustainable system providing long-term soil fertility and healthy harvests. Growing...Summer Gold
EXCLUSIVE - A favorite American heirloom that yields beautiful, smooth skinned, golden yellow zucchinis with firm texture and fine flavor. The colorful fruits are easy to find amongst the deep green vines. A productive and reliable variety.Gold, Purple & Green
EXCLUSIVE - For a space saving rainbow of flavor and color in the garden and at the table, plant this seed mix of 3 different colored bush beans. The sturdy, vigorous plants are ornamental in the garden, and as a...ProtekNet Insect Barrier Netting
A Real Breakthrough That Eliminates Using Pesticides! Keep out harmful pests that damage leaves, lay destructive larvae or transmit diseases with this highly effective new barrier netting. Made in Canada of tough, finely knitted synthetic mesh, it totally prevents pest...Ronde de Nice
Centuries old heirloom that is particularly vigorous and long bearing. Abundant pretty pastel green round zucchini are treasured for their especially rich flavor.Raven
EXCLUSIVE - Raven's dark green, cylindrical fruits are smooth-skinned, glossy and especially tender-fleshed with consistently delicious flavor, whether picked as babies with pretty blossoms still attached or at larger sizes. Harvest is quick and easy because the abundant fruits are...Clarimore
EXCLUSIVE - This delectable zucchini variety is the type particularly prized in Persian and Lebanese cuisine. These distinctive light pastel green squash have exceptionally smooth, tender skins and a uniquely creamy, succulent interior flesh. Their nutty sweet flavor lends itself...Woven Oak Harvesting Baskets
For over 140 years, this small family business near Chesapeake Bay, MD has been making quality traditional split-oak baskets by hand for hard-working gardeners and market farmers. Part of our national craft heritage, their basket making process is documented in...The Renee's Garden Cookbook
Our new cookbook combines Renee’s expert gardening advice and delicious new recipes that showcase the colors and flavors of fresh produce. Over 300 recipes for enjoying the garden’s bounty and are organized alphabetically by vegetable type, convenient to use for...Bug Buster-O
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EXCLUSIVE - Astia is a well-bred French bush zucchini variety, developed especially for container growing and planting in small space gardens. These non rambling, compact squash vines are also highly ornamental with big silvery-green, deeply indented leaves. Early bearing and...Jade, Gold & Emerald
EXCLUSIVE - Our mixed seed packet offers an easy way to grow 3 different colored, extra-fancy zucchinis. Plump pastel green Salman is creamy and tender stuffed or baked; glossy dark green Raven is sweet and succulent steamed or sautéed, and...Ortolana di Faenza
EXCLUSIVE - Italian heirloom yields nicely shaped, light green fruits you’ll find meltingly tender, custardy and delicious–never watery or mushy. Early bearing vines with marbled leaves.Summer squash
There is a complete cornucopia of easy to grow summer squashes in a marvelous diversity of colors and shapes. Zucchinis come in dark green, light green, golden yellow, or heirloom ribbed fruits, or look for fine-fleshed, pastel green Lebanese zucchini...Winter squash
Winter squash is grown in summer; the name "winter" squash developed because these hard rind beauties keep well after fall harvest to eat throughout the cold winter months. Winter squashes are "stored" in their own tough shells simply by keeping...Vertical vegetables and flowers
Growing plants on vertical supports lets you produce more in less space, helps save your back when working or harvesting, makes a handsome screen or windbreak and provides better air circulation. Plus veggies like cucumbers grow straighter and more blemish...Recipe archive
A Sampling of Recipes from Renee's Cookbooks: The Renee's Garden Cookbook, Recipes from a Kitchen Garden, and More Recipes from a Kitchen Garden.To purchase cookbooks, click here. "Easy to prepare, colorful and delicious recipes for everyday cooking that feature fresh...When to plant renee's garden seeds
LEFT COLUMN CONTENT BELOW HERE Early Spring Plant directly into garden beds. Follow packet directions to plant:VegetablesBeetsBroccoliBroccoli RaabCarrotsChardFennel, BulbingGreensKaleLeeksLettuceMacheScallionsPak ChoiPeasRadishesSalad GreensStir Fry GreensSpinachHerbsArugulaBorageChamomileChervilChivesCilantroDillGarlic ChivesParsleyWatercressFlowersAgrostemmaAlyssumBells of IrelandBishop's LaceCalendulaClarkiaCornflowersCerintheDelphiniumForget-Me-NotsLarkspurNigellaPoppiesStockSweet Peas Early Summer Plant directly into garden beds once nights are settled and...Keep on planting!
Warm mid to late June weather will result in fast germination and growth when you make another sowing of favorites like bush and pole beans, corn, cucumbers, summer squash and zucchini, all of which will come to maturity happily in...Number of seeds in packets/weight/heirloom, hybrid or open pollinated
We carry both open pollinated seeds (you can save your own seeds from the best specimens and sow them again) and hybrids (you need to buy new seeds each year as the seeds are hand-crossed from different parents to get...Favorite seeds to direct sow in the garden
Once your nighttime temperatures are consistently above 50°F (10°C) and daytime weather is warm and settled, there is a wide range of favorite vegetables, flowers and herbs that do best when sown directly into well-prepared garden soil in full sun....Growing trombetta climbing summer squash
How to grow this Italian heirloom climbing summer squash that tastes like firm-fleshed, nutty-flavored zucchini. Easily vines up any fence or trellis to effortlessly produce curvy elongated fruits to enjoy all season. Shop For Trombetta SquashLindsay's winter squash curry coconut soup
Beautiful soup So rich So green, Waiting in a hot tureen Who for such dainties would not stoop. Soup of the evening Beautiful Soup, Soup of the evening, Beautiful Soup Lewis Carroll – "Alice in Wonderland”Celebrate the three sisters: corn, beans and squash
By Guest Author Alice Formiga
According to Iroquois legend, corn, beans, and squash are three inseparable sisters who only grow and thrive together. This tradition of interplanting corn, beans and squash in the same...
When and how to harvest winter squash
Renee's Garden trial garden manager Lindsay DelCarlo demonstrates how to harvest, store and cook winter squashes.Planting in may
At long last, spring weather is securely in place. The soil has drained and warmed and trees are stretching and quickly greening up. Many of us really get the gardening bug at this time of year but think that May...Renee's garden equivalents to shepherd's garden seeds varieties
"Since I chose all the varieties for the old Shepherd Garden Seeds, I have put together this comparison list so my former customers from Shepherds can find favorites from the old catalog, or enjoy similar varieties with improved traits I've...Renee's favorite pumpkin recipes from our cookbooks
Fall means harvest time in the garden and calls for warm comfort food in the kitchen. When you grow your own pumpkins, it’s always great to have some new ideas for how to make delicious use of them. Here are...June & july are still prime planting season
Gardening is an ongoing process, and, while timing is important, don't be overwhelmed by a sense of being too late to plant by some arbitrary date.
All too often, I hear gardeners use a day of a particular month as...
My favorite herbs
Having lots of fresh herbs is a source of continuing delight for me every season. Most culinary herbs are both easy and reliable to grow. Using them in abundance for everyday cooking is a delicious luxury every gardening cook will...When to plant in texas
Texas Gardening Regions
Texas Gardening Zone | USDA Hardiness Zone | Avg Minimum Temp |
Zone I | Zone 6 | -10 to 0 F |
Zone II | Zone 7 | 0 to 10 F |