Climate, Endangered & Survival Kits

By using heritage and endangered varieties that our grandparents once grew instead of mass produced corporate varities, you are supporting Biodiversity whilst rediscovering lost flavours. But our vegetables also need pollinators like bees, butterflies and ladybirds, and so these 2 survival kits were born.

Everything you need to help feed your family for a year with varieties that are straightforward or easy to grow. Can be grown in containers or in the ground, for sowing and harvesting all year, grow quickly or have good storing properties, have good nutritional values, can be eaten raw or cooked, can be sown in succession for continuous crops or can be grown without special equipment. Franchi seed packs can contain up to 10 times more seed than any other seed brand on sale in the UK so are ideal for preppers.

CEPSK1 7 Pollinating Insects Varieties £18

Specially selected varieties to encourage pollinating insects back into the garden. Our mix contains varieties for ladybirds, bees and butterflies as well as other pollinating insects and includes borage, basil and lavender. 7 packs of flowers and herbs which are essential for some of our main pollinators.

CEPSK2 8 Endangered Varieties £18

There is a climate emergency, of this there can be no doubt. Franchi are producers of 200+ varieties that are biodiverse, varieties left over from the 94% of heirloom vegetables that have been lost in the last century alone, unique varieties. Once they are gone they are gone forever. Contents will be selected from the varieties pictured on page 3, according to availablility

BVGSK Vegetable Growing Survival Kit12 essential varieties with instructions for just £28.99

Spring - SOW Carrot, Lambs Lettuce, Lettuce, French bean, Tomato, Spinach, Pumpkin, Pea, Broad Bean, Borlotto bean.

Summer - SOW Carrot, Lettuce, Kale, French bean, Broccoli, Borlotto bean.

Autumn/Winter - SOW Lambs Lettuce, Spinach, Pea, Broad Bean. Bottling has for generations been a good way to extend the life of your vegetables through into the winter when there is not much left in the garden. See pages 52 and 53 for more information on our range of preserving equipement.