Thursday, February 9, 2012

Our 2012 Seed Line



You can currently purchase Kenyon Organics seed directly on www.Etsy.com or if you are local, every Saturday at our place from 10am-4pm thru mid-March. After that, we will sell on location only with our heirloom veggie plants. You can call me directly for address. 801-699-7540 Please be patient. If I am experiencing a large volume of calls it may take 24-48 hours for a call back.


Beans:Pole: Asparagus Yard Long Pole Bean, Envy Soybeans, Rattlesnake Pole, Garden of Eden Italian flat-podded Pole, Marvel of Venice Italian flat-podded Pole, Purple Podded Pole Bean, Tavera French Filet Bean, Kentucky Wonder Pole, Red Noodle Pole, Fortex Pole. Bush: Fresh Pick Bush Bean, Roma II bush bean, Envy Soybean.

Dry beans: Light Red Kidney, Black Turtle Beans.


Beets: Chioggia, Bull’s Blood, Golden Beet.


Carrots: Amarillo Yellow Carrot, Atomic Red Carrot, Berlicum 2 Carrot, Cosmic Purple Carrot, Nantes Carrot, St. Valery Carrot, Tonda di Parigi (round carrots), snow white carrot.


Cucumbers: Armenian Cucumber, Armenian Metki Dark, Marketmore 76 Cucumber, Long China, Japanese Long, Lemon Cucumber, Persian, Paris Pickling Cucumber, National Pickling.


Spinach: Bloomsdale Long Standing, New Zealand(summer), Red Malabar (Summer) Spinach, Red Orach.

Lettuces: Leaf: Black-Seeded Simpson, Lollo Rosso, Quatra de Merveille Saisons (flame). Butterhead: May Queen, Tom Thumb. Romaine: Forrelenschluss (speckled trout), Little Gem.

Gourmet Salad Blends/Mixes: Heirloom All Stars Lettuce Mix, Rainbow Mesclun Mix. (both mine exclusively), Gourmet Greens & Herbs Mix

Kale: Nero (Tuscan, Dinosaur, Lacinato), Red Russian, Blue Curled Scotch.

Mustards: Mizuna, Garnet Giant

Other Greens: Rainbow Swiss Chard, Arugula,Extra Dwarf Bok Choy, Italian Red Rib Dandelion, Red Orach, Red Amaranth, Radicchio Pallo Rossa.


Eggplant: Diamond, Antigua, Louisiana Long Green, Rosa Bianca, Fengyuan. More TBA mid-February, still testing.


Melons: Charentais, Crane, Petit Gris De Rennes, Green Nutmeg Honeydew. Watermelons: Sugar Baby, Crimson Sweet, Moon & Stars Long Red, Ali Baba, Orange-glo.


Onions/Chives/Leeks: Common Chives, Garlic Chives, Red of Florence (Red Torpedo) Onions, Green bunching onions, He Shi Ko bunching onions, Carentan Leeks.


Peas: Sugar Snap Pea, Oregon Sugar Pod II, Tall Telephone, Golden Sugar Pod.


Peppers: Hot: Anaheim Pepper, Habanero, Tam Mild Jalapeno, Cayenne Long Thin Pepper. Sweet: Emerald Green, California Wonder, Quadrato D’Asti Giallo, Corno Di Toro, Golden Marconi, Red Marconi. Possibly more coming mid-February.


Pumpkins: Big Max (carving), Jack Be Little (mini), Jarrahdale (blue), Rouge Vif D’Etampes, Long Island Cheese, Galeux, Musquee de Provence, Marina di Chioggia.


Radishes: French Breakfast, White Hailstone, Purple Plum, Watermelon.


Summer Squash: Black Beauty Zucchini, Romanesco Zucchini, Golden Zucchini, Trombicino, Early Crookneck, Early Straightneck, Lemon, White Scallop, Benning’s Green Tint Scallop, Tonda Scuro, Yugoslavian Finger Fruit.


Winter Squash: Spaghetti, Delicata, Honey Boat Delicata, Sweet Dumpling, Butternut Waltham, Acorn Table Queen, Acorn Table Queen Bush, Baby Blue Hubbard, Chirimen, Orange Mini Hubbard, Queensland Blue, Tennessee Sweet Potato Squash, Sweet Meat, Blue Hubbard.


Tomatoes: Red: Brandywine, Neves Azorean Red, Henderson's Wins All, Thessaloniki, Beefsteak Heirloom, Red Zebra. Black: Cherokee Purple, Japanese Black Trifle, Violet Jasper, Indigo Rose, Paul Robeson, Black Prince. Ora/Ylw: Amana Orange, Dagma's Perfection, Juane Flame. Bi-Color: Ananas Noir, Mortgage Lifter Bi-Color, Big Rainbow. Green: Green Zebra. Cherry: Peacevine, Blondkopfchen, Black Cherry, Spoon Currant. Paste: Principe Borghese, San Marzano Redorta, Roma.

Also, Verde tomatillo, Purple Tomatillo.



Others: Purple Top White Globe Turnip, Purple Kohlrabi, Catskill Improved Brussel Sprouts, Mary Washington Asparagus. (seed only)

Herbs Basil: Sweet Classic, Cinnamon, Lemon, Genovese, Thai, Sweet Thai, Fino Verde, Opal.

Annual: Cilantro Slo-bolt, Cilantro Calypso,Bronze Fennel, Giant of Naples Parsley, Mammoth Dill, Summer Savory, Chives, Garlic Chives, Cutting Celery.

Perennial: Marjoram, Bergarten Sage.

Flowers: Edible Marigolds: Red Gem, Lemon Gem, Tangerine Gem. Zinnias: Benary's Giant; all colors available plus mixed.


Most seeds listed here are currently available. There are a few of the later season direct sow crops that may not be available until early spring. We're aiming for March 1st to have those ready for purchase.

Our plants we sell in spring will include the varieties listed above X3 . Our 2012 color catalog is posted here, on FB, or thru SCRIBD. It is available online only. (we do not print a catalog at this time) If the winter blahs are getting to you, there are many gorgeous photos of our veggies on our Facebook Page to drool over while you plan your garden!

Sunday, April 17, 2011


Our 2011 Catalog is now available online, click here.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Our 2011 line of Heirloom plants for the home gardener is listed here. The color catalog will be available soon here on our blog, on our Facebook page, and also through email by request.
Tomatoes:1884, Amana Orange, Amish Paste, Ananas Noir, Beam's Yellow Pear, Beefsteak Heirloom, Black Cherry, Black from Tula, Black Krim, Blondkopfchen, Bradley, Brandwine, Black Brandywine, Red Brandywine, Bush Beefsteak, Carmello, Cherokee Chocolate, Cherokee Purple, Chianti Rose, Chocolate Stripes, Costoluto Genovese, Grape, Dagma's Perfection, Dona, Dr. Wyche's, Earl of Edgecombe, German Red Strawberry, Green Grape, Green Zebra, Green Pineapple, Ildi, Isis Candy, Italian Tree, Japanese Black Trifle, Juane Flame, Hawaiian Pineapple, Henderson's Wins All, Marianna's Peace, Moonglow, Mortgage Lifter Bi-Color, Neves Azorean Red, Pantano Romanesco, Paul Robeson, Peacevine Cherry, Plum Lemon, Riesentraube, Roma Heirloom, Rutger's Improved Heirloom, Red Zebra, Reif's Red Heart, San Marzano Redorta, Sprite, Sunset's Red Horizon, Sungold Select, Super Snow White, Spoon currant, Tommy Toe, Thessaloniki, Violet Jasper, White Tomesol, Wapsipinicon Peach. In very short supply and not listed in the color descriptive portion of our catalog we will also have: Arkansas Traveler, Aunt Ginny's Purple, Anna Russian, Black Prince, Big Italian Plum, Black Zebra, Big Rainbow, Baselbeiter Roeteli, Chocolate Cherry OP, Cream Sausage, Homer Fike's Yellow Oxheart, Henderson's Pink Ponderosa, Holland, Great White, God Love, Italian Heirloom, Nyagous, Pruden's Purple, Persimmon, Red Pear, Sara Black, Tangella, Tidwell German, Yellow Brandywine.
Carrots: Amarillo, Atomic Red, Berlicum 2, Cosmic Purple, Lil Finger, Nantes, Snow White, St. Valery, Tonda di Parigi (round).
Brassicas: Broccoli Raab Del Trasimeno, Broccoli Raab Spigarello, Early Purple Sprouting Broccoli, Purple of Sicily Cauliflower, Romanesco Italia Broccoli(veronica), Brussels Sprouts Catskill Improved Heirloom.
Beets: Bull's Blood, Chioggia, Crosby's Egyptian Turnip, Detroit Dark, Early Wonder,Golden.
Cucumbers: Armenian, Armenian Metki Dark, Dragon's Egg, Japanese Long, Lemon, Long China, Marketmore 76, Mexican Sour Gherkin, Paris Pickling, Poona Kheera, Persian, Richmond Green Apple, Suyo Long.
Eggplant: Antigua, Applegreen, Diamond, Casper, Florida, Fenguan Purple, Lao Purple Stripe, Lao Green Stripe, Listada de Gandia, Louisianna Long Green, Ping Tung, Rosa Bianca, Round Mauve, Thai Purple Egg, Thai White Rib, Turkish Orange.
Lettuces: Black Seeded Simpson, Bon Vivant Mix, Bon Jardin Mix, European Mesclun Mix, Forellenschluss, Insalata Odorosa Mix, Italian Salad Mix, Lollo Rossa, Lil Gem Romaine, May Queen, Merveille de Quatro Saisons, Rocky Top Mix, Tom Thumb.
Other greens: Bloomsdale Spinach, Merlo Nero Spinach, New Zealand Spinach, Red Malabar Summer Spinach, Arugula, Braising Mix, Gourmet Herbs & Greens Mix, Italian Dandelion Red Rib, Mizuna(mustard greens), Red Russian Kale, Nero Toscana Kale, Georgia Collard Greens, Ching Chang Bok Choy, Extra Dwarf Bok Choy, Hon Tsai Tai Asian Greens, Garnet Giant Red Mustard, Red Orach, Escarole Curly, Escarole full-hearted, Red Amaranth, Curly Cress.
Melons: Charentais, Cream of Saskatchewan, Moon & Stars Red, Moon & Stars Yellow, Tigger, Sugar Baby Watermelon. A few more will be added.
Peas: Alaska(shelling), Golden Sweet Sugar Pod, Lincoln(shelling), Oregon Sugar Pod II, Tall Telephone, Sugar Snap.
Peppers: Anaheim, Cayenne Long Thin, California Wonder Bell, Corno di Toro, Chocolate Mini Bells, Emerald Giant Bell, Hungarian Hot Wax, Jimmy Nardello, Craig's Giant Jalapeno, Chocolate Habanero?, Habanero Orange, Golden Marconi, Jalapeno Tam Mild, Orange Bell, Poblano, Pasilla, Peter, Pepperoncini, Quadrato d'Asti Giallo(yellow bell), Quadrato d'Asti Rosso(red bell), Red Cheese Pimiento, Unknown Red Pimineto (bullnose), Red Mini Bells, Red Marconi, , Serrano, Sweet Chocolate Bell, Yellow Mini Bells.
Pumpkins:all deliciously edible except the minis: Big Max, Baby Boo, Jarrahdale, Jack Be Little(mini), Long Island Cheese, Musquee de Provence, New England Pie, Rouge Vif D'Etampes, White Pumpkins.
Radishes: Cherry Belle, French Breakfast, Purple Plum, Saxa 2, Sparkler, Sparkler/Saxa 2 Mix, White Hailstone, Watermelon(Chinese Red Meat).
Summer Squash: Black Beauty Zucchini, Benning's Green Tint Scallop, Early Crookneck, Early Straightneck, Golden Zucchini, Lemon, Pattison Strie Melange, Romanesco Italian Striped Zucchini, Rampicante Zucchini?, Ronde de Nice(round zucchini), Tonda Scuro(dark round zucchini), Tromboncino Zucchini, White Scallop, Yellow Scallop, Yugoslavian Finger Fruit.
Winter Squash: Acorn Table Queen, Acorn Table Queen Bush, Baby Blue Hubbard, Blue Hubbard, Buttercup Bush, Chioggia, Chirimen Japanese, Delicata, Galeux, Kabocha, Piacentina Italian, Queensland Blue, Rugosa Italian Butternut, Spaghetti, Sweet Dumpling, Sweet Meat, Tennessee Sweet Potato, Triamble, Thai Kang Kob, Waltham Butternut.
Misc: Tomatillo Verde, Purple Tomatillo, Purple Top White Globe Turnip, Purple Kohlrabi, Flat of Italy(red Cipollini) onions, Bianca di Maggio(white Cippolini) onions, Red of Florence(torpedo) onions, deep purple bunching onions, white bunching onions, Cutting Celery.
Herbs: Cinnamon Basil, Sweet Basil, Opal Basil, Thai Basil, Lemon Basil, Lime Basil, Fino Verde Basil(mini), Lettuce Leaf Basil, Large Leaf Basil, Genovese Basil, Slo-bolt Cilantro, Cutting Celery, Chervil, Chives, Garlic Chives, Purple Dugeirhong Chives, Tai Jui Garlic Chives, Mammoth Dill, Fernleaf Dill, Lemon Balm, Lemon Grass, Lemon Verbena, Sweet Marjoram, Variegated Marjoram, Italian Oregano, Greek Oregano, Hot & Spicy Oregano, Spearmint, Peppermint, Chocolate Mint, Orange Mint, Apple Mint, Pineapple Mint, Lady Lavender, Munstead Lavender, Hidcote Lavender, Bronze Fennel, Burnett, Borage, Rosemary Arp, Rosemary BBQ, English Thyme, Lemon Thyme, Lime Thyme, Orange Balsam Thyme, Silver Thyme, Bergarten Sage, Tri-color Sage, Purple Sage, Golden Sage, Curly Parsley, Italian Flat-leaf Parsley(Giant of Naples).

Spring crops are usually ready late March to late April. Summer crops are usually ready anytime from late April to mid-May. It all depends on the weather for us as we operate out of a non-climatized greenhouse. We will update availability dates as they become available through this blog, our Facebook page, and through email as well.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011




Our 2012 Seed Line

You can currently purchase Kenyon Organics seed directly on www.Etsy.com or if you are local, every Saturday at our place from 10am-4pm thru mid-March. After that, we will sell on location only with our heirloom veggie plants. You can call me directly for address. 801-699-7540 Please be patient. If I am experiencing a large volume of calls it may take 24-48 hours for a call back.


Beans:Pole: Asparagus Yard Long Pole Bean, Envy Soybeans, Rattlesnake Pole, Garden of Eden Italian flat-podded Pole, Marvel of Venice Italian flat-podded Pole, Purple Podded Pole Bean, Tavera French Filet Bean, Kentucky Wonder Pole, Red Noodle Pole, Fortex Pole. Bush: Fresh Pick Bush Bean, Roma II bush bean, Envy Soybean.

Dry beans: Light Red Kidney, Black Turtle Beans.

Beets: Chioggia, Bull’s Blood, Golden Beet.

Carrots: Amarillo Yellow Carrot, Atomic Red Carrot, Berlicum 2 Carrot, Cosmic Purple Carrot, Nantes Carrot, St. Valery Carrot, Tonda di Parigi (round carrots), snow white carrot.

Cucumbers: Armenian Cucumber, Armenian Metki Dark, Marketmore 76 Cucumber, Long China, Japanese Long, Lemon Cucumber, Persian, Paris Pickling Cucumber, National Pickling.

Spinach: Bloomsdale Long Standing, New Zealand(summer), Red Malabar (Summer) Spinach, Red Orach.

Lettuces: Leaf: Black-Seeded Simpson, Lollo Rosso, Quatra de Merveille Saisons (flame). Butterhead: May Queen, Tom Thumb. Romaine: Forrelenschluss (speckled trout), Little Gem.

Gourmet Salad Blends/Mixes: Heirloom All Stars Lettuce Mix, Rainbow Mesclun Mix. (both mine exclusively), Gourmet Greens & Herbs Mix

Kale: Nero (Tuscan, Dinosaur, Lacinato), Red Russian, Blue Curled Scotch.

Mustards: Mizuna, Garnet Giant

Other Greens: Rainbow Swiss Chard, Arugula,Extra Dwarf Bok Choy, Italian Red Rib Dandelion, Red Orach, Red Amaranth, Radicchio Pallo Rossa.

Eggplant: Diamond, Antigua, Louisiana Long Green, Rosa Bianca, Fengyuan. More TBA mid-February, still testing.

Melons: Charentais, Crane, Petit Gris De Rennes, Green Nutmeg Honeydew. Watermelons: Sugar Baby, Crimson Sweet, Moon & Stars Long Red, Ali Baba, Orange-glo.

Onions/Chives/Leeks: Common Chives, Garlic Chives, Red of Florence (Red Torpedo) Onions, Green bunching onions, He Shi Ko bunching onions, Carentan Leeks.

Peas: Sugar Snap Pea, Oregon Sugar Pod II, Tall Telephone, Golden Sugar Pod.

Peppers: Hot: Anaheim Pepper, Habanero, Tam Mild Jalapeno, Cayenne Long Thin Pepper. Sweet: Emerald Green, California Wonder, Quadrato D’Asti Giallo, Corno Di Toro, Golden Marconi, Red Marconi. Possibly more coming mid-February.

Pumpkins: Big Max (carving), Jack Be Little (mini), Jarrahdale (blue), Rouge Vif D’Etampes, Long Island Cheese, Galeux, Musquee de Provence, Marina di Chioggia.

Radishes: French Breakfast, White Hailstone, Purple Plum, Watermelon.

Summer Squash: Black Beauty Zucchini, Romanesco Zucchini, Golden Zucchini, Trombicino, Early Crookneck, Early Straightneck, Lemon, White Scallop, Benning’s Green Tint Scallop, Tonda Scuro, Yugoslavian Finger Fruit.

Winter Squash: Spaghetti, Delicata, Honey Boat Delicata, Sweet Dumpling, Butternut Waltham, Acorn Table Queen, Acorn Table Queen Bush, Baby Blue Hubbard, Chirimen, Orange Mini Hubbard, Queensland Blue, Tennessee Sweet Potato Squash, Sweet Meat, Blue Hubbard.

Tomatoes: Red: Brandywine, Neves Azorean Red, Henderson's Wins All, Thessaloniki, Beefsteak Heirloom, Red Zebra. Black: Cherokee Purple, Japanese Black Trifle, Violet Jasper, Indigo Rose, Paul Robeson, Black Prince. Ora/Ylw: Amana Orange, Dagma's Perfection, Juane Flame. Bi-Color: Ananas Noir, Mortgage Lifter Bi-Color, Big Rainbow. Green: Green Zebra. Cherry: Peacevine, Blondkopfchen, Black Cherry, Spoon Currant. Paste: Principe Borghese, San Marzano Redorta, Roma.

Also, Verde tomatillo, Purple Tomatillo.

Others: Purple Top White Globe Turnip, Purple Kohlrabi, Catskill Improved Brussel Sprouts, Mary Washington Asparagus. (seed only)

Herbs Basil: Sweet Classic, Cinnamon, Lemon, Genovese, Thai, Sweet Thai, Fino Verde, Opal.

Annual: Cilantro Slo-bolt, Cilantro Calypso,Bronze Fennel, Giant of Naples Parsley, Mammoth Dill, Summer Savory, Chives, Garlic Chives, Cutting Celery.

Perennial: Marjoram, Bergarten Sage.

Flowers: Edible Marigolds: Red Gem, Lemon Gem, Tangerine Gem. Zinnias: Benary's Giant; all colors available plus mixed.


Most seeds listed here are currently available. There are a few of the later season direct sow crops that may not be available until early spring. We're aiming for March 1st to have those ready for purchase.

Our plants we sell in spring will include the varieties listed above X3 . Our 2012 color catalog is posted here, on FB, or thru SCRIBD. It is available online only. (we do not print a catalog at this time) If the winter blahs are getting to you, there are many gorgeous photos of our veggies on our Facebook Page to drool over while you plan your garden!



We will be offering our heirloom seed line this Saturday at The People's Market Seed Swap, located at Mountain Valley Seed Company, 1700 South 455 West from 6-8pm. Bring your leftover seeds from last season to swap with other gardeners. Other local companies will be on hand offering their wares as well. Refreshments will be served and there's ever square dancing afterward! This is a fun event for gardeners and growers of all kinds so be sure not to miss it. Also, I am offering a Seed Starting Workshop for anyone wanting to learn the best methods for successful, healthy garden plants from seed. The workshop will be held on February 3rd from 7-8:30pm at our place, unless otherwise notified upon registration. Class includes instruction, informational handouts, hands on experience, Q & A period, local resources for affordable seed starting supplies, as well as one on one gardening advice. RSVP and pre-payment is required for this class, we only have a few open slots left. Also, your reservation helps me in planning materials and refreshments needed. Cost is $20 per person. Call Carolyn to reserve your spot today at 801-699-7540.

Link to Seed Swap event:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124721594259564



Gearing up for spring










Snowy days like today are made for dreaming about your spring garden. When the weather is cold and dreary, nothing perks up a gardener like looking through gardening catalogs and planning your best garden ever. While our catalog is still two weeks from completion, here are some photos of our endeavors from 2010 to enjoy.