Curled Leaf Cress has all the attributes of the plain leaf variety but with a serrated leaf pattern and a slightly more delicate flavour to give variation and texture to a salad. Home grown cress has particularly good flavour and is ridiculously quick and easy to grow in containers.

Cress adds a distinctive peppery taste to a wide range of culinary dishes and is one salad ingredient you can be sure of harvesting all year round. Remember when you were a child - one egg shell, filled with cotton wool, a little warmth and light and bingo! You don't even need a garden.

Pea shoots are simply the young leaves of the pea plant. But that description doesn't do Snow Pea Shoots justice. The leaves are bright green and succulent, with accompanying tendrils that curl up like wavy Mohawks and have a subtle sugary pea flavour that is delicious both raw and cooked.

Adzuki beans are prized in Asian cuisine, used in sweet and savory applications they are are complimented by warm spices and often used for celebratory and festival dishes. They cook quickly, and supply high quality protein, low in calories and fat but high in nutrients.

Micro Leaf and Sprouts represent the point of greatest vitality in the life cycle of a plant, and pound for pound, Alfalfa is one of the most nutritious foods that you can eat. This dainty, mild-flavoured vegetable lends a wispy, almost-crunchy health bite to salads and sandwiches.

Beetroot sprouts have a light earthy taste, just a touch different and neutral in combination with other vegetables. It is the fantastic colour that that makes all the difference on your plate. They can be used to decorate salads, toast dishes and other snacks or stir fries.

Like the other Alliums, leek sprouts taste like leeks, they are delicious as a milder but still flavourful, alternative to onion in all those dishes that require a little ‘bite’. It just takes a little bit of these seeds to round out the flavour of your favorite sprout salad blends.

Mung Bean Sprouts are most commonly seen in your local supermarket and most often used in Indian and Oriental cooking, they add taste and substance to western dishes. Their mild, slightly nutty taste and creamy texture give a distinctive flavour to vegetable dishes and salads.

Onion sprouts have to be a contender for the most elegant sprout competition. These plants look like, and are a tiny onion plant - a miniature scallion. These dainty, long sprouts are also incredibly tasty. Whip them up into an exotic oriental dish or quite simply, pop them on a cheese sandwich.

Daikon Radish Sprouts, have tall, silky crisp white stems and crisp green leaves. Fast growing with a spicy, hot flavour. Use fresh in salads or sandwiches or add to soups, sushi rolls or stir fry. Lovely as a garnish and wonderful mixed with Alfalfa.

Rocket Sprouting Seeds have a sweet, mild, nutty flavour which is delicious added to salads or sandwiches. They are high in nutrients and vitamins, they are excellent antioxidants and enhance the immune system. Sow rocket seeds all year round they are fast growing and ready to eat in 2 to 6 days.