Father’s Day
June 16, 2019
Give Dad a Container Gardening Kit or Seeds
Sydney’s Green Garden seeds and container gardening kits are now available online and at the Bookstore at Fitger’s.
The Bookstore at Fitger’s is located at 600 E Superior St, Duluth, MN – phone: 218.727.9077
Online: https://www.sydneysgreengarden.com/
When you shop at our online store, your purchases are conveniently delivered to your door!
SGG Containers
SGG containers are made of plastic that is designed to hold up for many years, so it is a gift that is useful and long-lasting. Dad will love a Father’s Day gift of planting containers.
SGG 2019 seeds
Beans
We offer Blue Lake, Carminat, Kentucky Blue, Kentucky Wonder in pole beans. If you prefer bush bean plants, try our Purple Queen Bush – they’re fun to grow and easy to see on the plants – and yes, they turn green when you cook them. Carminat (pole) is new this year and features slightly sweet purple beans!
Beets
This year we have Bull’s Blood and Chioggia Beets. The growth habit of these root vegetables make them ideal for container gardening.
Carrots
Containers are a great place to grow carrots as well. We have: Bolero, Danver, Nantes Scarlet, Rainbow Blend and Tendersweet.
Since carrots can vary in taste, try a few varieties – you’re sure to find one or two family favorites!
Swiss Chard
Sydney’s Swiss Chard Blend is easy to grow and adds some nice color to your container garden. These colorful leaves will spruce up your salad and other dishes.
Cucumbers
Cucumbers are so delicious when they’re fresh from the garden – try our Speedway and Turbo slicing cukes. Bush Pickle cukes make great pickles.
Herbs
Sweet Basil, Cilantro and Dill are staple herbs every gardener should grow. Grow enough basil to add to fresh salads throughout the summer and to make pesto – nothing beats fresh pesto!! Cilantro is a great addition to salads and salsa – you can actually add it to many dishes. At the end of its growing season you may get seed pods – now you have coriander – it’s the plant that keeps on giving and what a great time to give it – for Father’s Day!
Lettuce
Our lettuces are picked with care, and therefore grow very well in containers in the Northland. Black-seeded Simpson is a great heirloom variety. We also have Salad Bowl Green, Parris Island Romaine, Super Red Romaine, and Sydney’s Loose Leaf Gourmet Salad Blend. Sydney’s Loose Leaf Gourmet Salad Blend has a delightful combination of flavors and colors and textures – mm, mm!
Peas
We have found that these peas do well in containers: Mammoth Melting Snow, Oregon Giant Snow, Sugar Ann, Sugar Bon and Super Sugar Snap. Mammoth Melting, Oregon Giant and Sugar Bon are great in stir-fry and delicious eaten fresh or cooked. With Sugar Bon you will enjoy a delicious sweet crunch in your stir-fry.
Pumpkin
Caspers are fun pumpkins to grow with kids. Grow Caspers for carving or a painting canvas for the kiddos to make scary creations!
Radish
New this year – we’re offering Cherry Belle radish. The snow white middle makes this a favorite for summer salads.
Spinach
Space is the newest addition to our spinach lineup – we think you’ll enjoy it. Bolero and Olympia are some of our all-time favs in our climate.
Squash
Two favorites, Sebring Yellow and Spineless Beauty Summer squashes are a great addition to your container gardening fun. Did you know squash blossoms are edible? They are – but if you eat a blossom that’s one less squash you’ll have at harvest (oh, it’s so worth it, though).
