~ Grown from seed with love and care at DIG ~

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We grow our veggies using high quality seeds, Organic Sunshine mix, Organic SeaSoil, Organic Azomite, Organic Perfect Blend 4-4-4, and Orgunique liquid fertilizer.  No Pesticides or Neonicotinoids.  If required we use natural soaps for pests. 

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This list is to be used as a guide to what we start our season growing.

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This is not current inventory.

Availability changes daily due to seed timing, weather, crop failure, and customer demand.

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Certain hot peppers are not grown at DIG grown will be listed 'from a supplier'

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Broccoli

Deep 6-pack 

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Burney - early heat tolerant 60 days

Chief - extra early frost tolerant 55 days

Green Goliath - very early w/side shoots 55 days

Gypsy - heat tolerant w/side shoots 70 days

Waltham 29 -heirloom cold tolerant good for fall 74 days

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Brussel Sprouts

Deep 6-Pack 

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Jade Cross hybrid- Extra early 95 days

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Cabbage

Deep 6-Pack

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Alcosa Savoy - head 3-4lb heat tolerant 65 days

Bronco - main season 4-5lb dense head w/waxy wrapper 80 days

Farao - early 3-5lb sweet&spicy head, small core 65 days

Langedijker - winterkeeper head 110 days

Red Acre - head compact 2-4lb tolerant to splitting 77 days

Ruby Perfection - medium-size and dense, good wrapper leaves 85 days

Tiara - fast growing, fresh crunchy cabbage 63 days

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Cauliflower

Deep 6-Pack ​

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Snow Crown F1 - earliest 2lb cold tolerant spring or fall 48 days

Amazing - main season thick leaves help with bolting 75 days

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Celery

Deep 6-Pack 

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Golden Self-blanching - heirloom 90 days

Tango organic hybrid - non-stringy heat tolerant 85 days

Amsterdam Cutting - cutting leaf herb used to flavout soups and stock

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Cucumber

3.5" Pot 

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Alladin - mini and improved salad type cucumber 65 days

Armenian- Unusual “S”-shaped fruits alternating dark and light green stripes 63 days

Corentine F1 - parthenocarpic lg sweet smooth skin gherkin 45days

Cool Breeze hybrid - earliest, all female flowers 45 days

Cucamelon - tiny watermelon look-a-likes have a refreshing flavor 67 days

Dasher Cucumbers were not available to us this season

Diva Lunchbox - easy-to-grow non-bitter, sweet crisp flavour, all female flowers 52 days

English burpless hybrid- 10" need trellis 60 days

Excelsior - outstanding pickling variety, parthenocarpic 65 days

Marketmore 76  - slicer 8" 65 days

Mercury F1 - early and exceptionally productive, sweet, crisp flesh 50 days

Martini- white slicing cucumber 55 days

National Pickling - bushels for pickling, also for fresh slicing if left to mature .55 days

Perseus- smooth no-peel skin are very sweet, tender, bitter free and seedless 50 days

Progress F1 - Crisp, tasty, burpless, 10-14” slim fruits 60 days

Puccini- pickling high yielding parthenocarpic variety 53 days

Tasty Green F1 - Japanese burpless 12" slicing 60 days

Telegraph - crisp w/few seeds 17" not for greenhouses 57 days​

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Kale

Deep 6-Pack 

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Black Magic - Improved Tuscany (Dinosaur) kale, great for baby leaf too 65 days

Darkibor- green curly kale 75 days

Redbor- frilly deep purple-red leaves 55 days

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Leek

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Lancelot - 8" upright slender autumn 95 days

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Lettuce

Deep 6-Pack 

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Bergams Green - Greenleaf, slow to bolt 45 days

Buttercrunch - sweet & creamy, bolt tolerance, 50 days

Dragoon - Mini Romaine, tolerant to tip burn, slow bolt, 50 days

Edox - Butterhead red, resists going bitter, slow bolt, 52 days

Hampton Oakleaf - head or one cut for loose leaf, slow bolt 45 days

Hamburg- crisp, compact romaine-iceberg 60 days

Hilde II - Butterhead for spring or fall, 48 days

Kaiser - Iceberg early, slow to bolt, 65 days

Mezquite -great romaine for romaine hearts 50 days

Leny - Batavian, heat-tolerant, stay crisp under heat, 65 days

Mighty Joe - Iceberg, smooth, uniform, 88 days

Nevada - Green leaves 9", doesn't brown when cut, no tip burn, 65 days

Paris Island Cos - Romaine11" slight Savoy, spring or fall, good as baby leaf, 70days

Pomegranate Crunch - Romaine-butterhead cross, deep-garnet, crispy, 50days

Red Dragon - Oakleaf burgundy upright 60 days

Red Sails -Looseleaf red, slow bolt, doesn't go bitter, 66 days

Salad Bowl - Greenleaf bowl shaped head, flavourful & soft, slow to bolt, 50 days

Salad Bowl - Redleaf bowl shape head, better for cool temp, 50days

Sierra - excellent summer variety, resistant to bolt & tip burn, 65days

Summertime - Iceberg, heat resistand, bolt tolerant, almost never bitter, 70days

Trunchas - Mini Romaine, red w/green heart, slow bolt, 50 days

Valley Heart - Fast maturing, uniform romaine 75 days​

Vicious -Romaine with strong tolerance to bolting and tip burn, 75 days

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Watermelon, Melon

3.5" Pot 

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Athena - Muskmelon/Cantaloupe firm deep salmon/tan colour flesh with small seed cavity, 75 days

Crimson Sweet Watermelon- Round oval green fruit with dark stripes, 85 days​

Diplomat - Honeydew green flesh, extra early, 64 days

Hales Best - Cantaloupe, oblong 5lb, 85 days

Halona - Cantaloupe, globe, resistant to powdery mildew, 75 days

Hope - Cantaloupe, small 2lb, sweet, 60 days

Sangria Watermelon- Very sweet flesh with excellent quality 85 days

Sugar Baby Watermelon- classic heirloom icebox type melon, 85 days

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Onions

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Ailsa Craig - Sweet 8" giant, firm, short storage but better than walla, 95days

Kelsae - Sweet enormous, world record is over 16 lbs, 110 days

Patterson - yellow firm round, strong skin for longest storage, 104 days

Red Wing - ultimate red skin storage (as long as copra), 110 days

White Wing - round medium pungent, storage onion, 105 days

Walla Walla (starts brought in) famous large sweet, mild flavour and crisp, juicy flesh 150 (300 days overwintered)

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Bell + Sweet Peppers

3.5" Pot 

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Ace Bell - Extra-early, highly productive 50-70 days depending on colour

Aruba Sweet Cubanelle- good flavour and sweetness. Excellent for grilling, 65 days

Bright Star Orange Bell - pleasant, sweet, crisp flavour, 75 days 

California Wonder Bell- fleshy walls and mild flavour matures green to crimson, 76 days

Chocolate Bell- unique flesh is cola-red colour, very sweet and delicious 75 days

Golden Star Bell- thick walls and sweet flavour. Excellent leaf coverage protects sun scalding, 75 days

Gypsy Sweet- Very sweet, fresh floral flavour and thick walls. Favourite for salads and frying, 60 days

Purple Beauty Bell- mildly sweet with a fine, crisp texture. Peppers will turn green when cooked. 75 days

King of the North Bell- good sized sweet, red bell peppers in short, cool seasons.60 days

​Sweet Salsa Organic- Very sweet flavour when mature red. Greatfor salads, grilling, salsa and pickling. 72 days

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Hot + Flavour Peppers

3.5" Pot 

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Campeon XL Jalapeno- High-yielding, almost twice the size of OP varieties, resists cracking 70 days

Flame Thai Hot- Authentic Thai pepper, traditional, long, slim peppers for fresh and dry use 73 days

Hungarian Wax hot- Medium hot and excellent for pickling, 65 days​

Mucho Nacho Jalapeno-  fruit is fatter, heavier, thicker and somewhat hotter than regular Jalapeños (68 days)

La Bomba Jalapeño-  perfect for container gardens! Great fresh and used for “poppers" 56 days

Cayenne Long Slim-  Fiery hot standard, curled and twisted fruit. 75 days

Paprika Sweet- Preferred pepper for dried sweet paprika. 72 days

Pepperoncini- yields prodigious quantities of thin-walled pickling peppers on compact, vigorous plants. 70 days

Raam Jalapeno- Early jalapeno producing 5-7 days earlier, 65 days

Tabasco-  used to make the famous hot sauce , 80 days

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Hot peppers from a Supplier 

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Basket of Fire

Carolina Reaper

Ghost/Bhut Jolokia

Hot Burrito

Hot Fajita

Hot Tamale

Poblano

 Ring of Fire

Shishito

Trinidad Scorpion

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Pumpkins

3.5" Pot 

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Blanco Hybrid- Brilliant white pumpkin with dark green handles. Powdery Mildew tolerant, 100 days

Small Sugar-  the classic (if not original) pie pumpkin of excellent quality, 110 days

Spellcast - Beautiful edible ornamental pumpkin.Butternut cross which adds to its eating quality. 100 days

Rouge Vif D'etamps- 'Cinderella' pumpkin is red and flat with deep ridges. First to colour 105 days

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Shallot

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Ambition - round 2" brown/red, high yield, excellent storage 100 days

Innovator - tear shaped pink, firm, good skin stores well 110 days

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Summer Squash + Zucchini

3.5" Pot 

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Black Beauty Zucchini- Grow semi-upright, fine flavour, very early, and productive over a long period 60 days

Early Summer Crookneck- When picked young (4”), it has a smooth, creamy yellow, skin and a tender interior. If allowed to mature, it develops a warty golden exterior and can be used as anornamental. 45 days

Eight Ball Hybrid- round, dark green zucchini can be picked at 3-4” size and used for stuffing 48 days

Golden Delight Zucchini- Dark yellow colour. Improved semi-spineless for ease of harvest 52 days

Spineless Beauty  Zucchini- Heaviest yielding, large, open plants with no spines 43 days

Sunburst - Attractive, bright yellow, scallop squash.Compact, open habit plants produce heavy yields. 50 days

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Winter Squash

3.5" Pot 

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Autumn Delight hybrid- acorn with resistance to powdery mildew, semi-bush plants.  71 days

Avalon Butternut- Market quality, blocky, main season butternut 85 days

Burgess Buttercup- Thick, orange, dry flesh has a sweet, rich flavour, 90 days

Butterbaby Butternut- produce an abundance of sweet personal-size 1 lb, can be trellised 105 days

Butternut Early Remix- well suited to short growing seasons, 90 days

Delicata - Very sweet; excellent for stuffing and baking, even right after harvest. 100 days

Early Butternut- Best selling very early, productive and uniform. Compact, semi-bush vines 75 days
Galeux D'Eysines-  best smooth texture of all the pumpkins for pies. It has a delicious flavour and very high sugar. Salmon pink coloured skin covered in peanut-like warts caused by sugar swelling in the skins 105 days

Golden Hubbard- Good keeper, deep orange dry fine-grained flesh. 90 days

Green Hubbard​- large, winter squash with a hard, bumpy, dark green rind and sweet orange flesh 105 days

Honeybear Acorn​- semi-bush plant producing heart shaped 3 lb fruit with green and white mottled striping. The sweet tasting flesh is thick, orange and fine grained. 90 days

Spaghetti​- fruits that actually appear to be stuffed with cooked spaghetti. 100 days

Table Queen - an acorn squash, reliable old heirloom  85 days

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Swiss Chard

Deep 6-Pack 

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Bright Lights- savoyed and glossy green of many colours 55 days

Eldorado - Bright orange,  also great as baby leaves in salads and braising mixes.  59 days

Fire Fresh red- Fiery red stems and bright green leaves light up salads with a slight crunch. 30 days baby leaf 60 days bunching

Tomatoes

3.5" Pot 

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Ananas- Indeterminate, Pineapple tomato. An old-fashioned variety with fruit that is large, ribbed, and fleshy with few seeds. 85 days

Beefmaster- Indeterminate, standard extremely large 20 oz/560 g, Italian beefsteak with outstanding taste. 81 days

Better Boy - Indeterminate, delicious meaty flavor, these deep red, smooth firm fruits 45-55 days

Big Beef-   Indeterminate, Has the size, taste, and earliness for an unsurpassed fresh beefsteak. 70 days.

Black Krim-  Indeterminate, juicy with incredibly complex sweet, smoky flavours and a hint of saltiness, 80 days

Blush-  Indeterminate, beautiful yellow-red marbled colour. Strong plants and good yields, 75 days

Brandywine Red - Indeterminate, potato leaf, this beefsteak tomato is an heirloom classic. 75-80 days.

Bush Beefsteak- Determinate, compact, early-season beefsteak variety 65 to 80 days

Carolina Gold Hybrid- Determinate, Extra large, low acid, golden tomato, 72 days

Celebrity- Determinate, AAS Winner for yield and garden performance, 75 days

Evans Extra Early- Determinate, Well flavoured firm, red mid-sized tomatoes are carried in large clusters. In Alberta garden trials it regularly ripens some 10-15 days earlier than others. 57 days.

Genuwine- Indeterminate, exceptional taste and slicing quality. A cross between two heirlooms:

European Costoluto Genovese. 72 days.

Lemon Boy-  Indeterminate,  lemon-yellow tomato produces globe shaped. Mild, low acid flavour. 65-75 days

New Girl- Indeterminate, early variety for outstanding flavour and disease resistance, 62 days

San Marzano Roma- Determinate, Roma/Saladette , great to eat fresh, make sauces or for canning 75-90 days

Supremo Roma- Determinate,  perfect for canning or making sauce. Sets fruit early and performs well in mid-summer heat, 68 days

Ultra Girl- Semi-Determinate, Perfect for salads, juice, canning, relishes and cooking. 62 days.

Ultra Sonic- Determinate, Heavy yields of firm, medium sized fruit, Excellent in salads, slicing for sandwiches 65 days

Ultra Sweet- Indeterminate, outstanding balance of sugar/acid, 62 Days

Jaune Flame yellow- Indeterminate, French heirloom variety, medium sized orange fruits

that are sweet and refreshing, 70 days

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Cherry Tomato

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Red Robin compact

Rosita Brandywine Cherry

Sugar Rush yellow

Sun Sugar yellow

Super Sweet 100 red

Sweet Gold yellow

Sweet Million red

Tumbling Tomato red

Tumbling Tom Yellow

Blush Saladette elongated

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