Welcome to jACKrABBIT! Here you can buy seeds for growing your own produce and ingredients for cooking and baking, you can find recipes for everyday and for preserving home-grown food and find activities and ideas for getting you and your children out of doors and enjoying nature. We also sell native wildflower seeds to encourage those important bees and butterflies into your garden.

'Grow Your Own' Herb Garden

Full growing instruction are on the packets.
Herbs are attractive and fragrant in any garden, but are espacially useful in attracting pollinating insects to your allotment or garden vegetable and fruit plants.

ORGANIC BASIL SEEDS, Sweet Genovese
Annual. A half-hardy herb used in much Mediterranean cooking, and the main ingredient of pesto. Basil can grow outside, but is healthier when grown as a windowledge herb. Sprinkle seeds in a pot of compost and propagate till germination. Grow in a warm, sunny spot.
80p per pack (app. 600 seeds)

ORGANIC BASIL SEEDS, Cinnamon Scented
A pretty basil with distinct fragrance. Instructions as with sweet genovese basil.
£1.15 per pack (app. 250 seeds)

CARAWAY SEEDS
Biennial. Caraway can be grown for leaves or seeds. Care must be taken as it will self sow. Flowering and seedind will be every two years. Sow direct to the growing spot in full sun between May and June. Barely cover the seeds with moist soil. Leave 30cm between plants.
45p per pack (app. 300 seeds)
CHIVE SEEDS
Perennial. Chives are part of the onion family and have that distinct flavour. Sow direct outdoors from March to May in fertile soil in full sun. Sow indoors at 10-15 C covering with 1.5cm soil. Propagate till germination (6-21 days), harden off after frosts and plant 10cm apart. Cover with a cloche in autumn to prolong growing time. Divide and replant plants every 2-3 years.
£1.59 per pack (app. 700 seeds)
ORGANIC CORIANDER SEEDS, Santo
Annual. This herb is used in alot of Asian cooking. Sow directly to the growing place in a semi-shaded area. You can harvest leaves, flowers or seed, to grow to collect seed space plants 25cm apart, otherwise 5cm is sufficient. Sow monthly for continuous crops. Alternatively, sow indoors; sprinkle seeds in a pot of compost and propagate till germination. Grow on a warm, sunny windowledge.


60p per pack (app. 100 seeds)

DILL SEEDS
Annual. A hardy herb that is easy to maintain. Use the leaves and seeds. Sow Mar-Jul. Indoors-sow seeds on top of compost and propagate till germination. Harden off for 7-10 days then plant out, or grow on a windowledge. Outdoors-Sow thinly 1cm deep in well prepared soil in full sun in rows 15cm apart. Move to final position 30 cm apart. Keep well watered to inhibit flowering.

45p per pack (app. 300 seeds)

LEMON BALM SEEDS
Perennial. Sometimes known as melissa, lemon balm has a delicate citrus fragrance and can be used in cooking and dried to make a tasty tea. It should be grown in full sun or partial shade. Sow March to April. Indoors, sow and cover with 0.5cm of compost and keep moist and at 10-15 C. Harden off from May to June. Outdoors, sow thinly 1cm deep in rows 30cm apart. Thin plants to 20cm apart.


£1.59 per pack (app. 300 seeds)

SWEET MARJORAM SEEDS
Perennial, but not a good winter survivor, so treat as annual. A plant native to the Mediterranean areas, and used in alot of cooking from those countries. The plants can cope with poorer soil conditions but prefer lots of sun. Sow seeds indoors March to April, propogate, preferably with heat (e.g. on a windowledge above a radiator). Germination can be irratic, so be patient. Plant out after hardening off in May. You can also sow outside from April to July.

75p per pack (app. 1000 seeds)

MINT SEEDS, Hybrid
Perennial.
89p per pack (app. 1200 seeds)

PARSLEY SEEDS, Plain Leaved
Biennial, but can be sensitive to winter so grow as an annual. Parsley is being rediscovered for its use in cooking other than as a garnish. Indoor sowings are the most reliable. Sow March to July and propogate. Germination can be slow so be patient. Keep plants on a sunny windowledge. Sow directly outdoors from late April.
85p per pack (app. 550 seeds)

SAGE SEEDS, English
Perennial. Sage is an attractive plant that is easy to grow from seed. Sow indoors from March to May, propogate, with heat (e.g. on a windowledge above a radiator) if possible, but not essential. Harden off when the threat of frost has passed and plant out 45-60cm apart. Sow outdoors direct to the growing spot once the threat of frosts has passed. Lots of sunlight helps to develop the flavour of the herb.


£1.39 per pack (app. 70 seeds)

Outdoor plantings should be protected in the winter of their first year.