Mississippi Moon Naturals

Heirloom Black Krim Tomato Seed

This tomato variety actually hails from the Isle of Krim in the Black Sea off the coast of the Crimean peninsula in Russia. A rare heirloom variety of the black tomato.

This tomato variety ( Black Krim) is a medium large sized ( 10-12 ounce),maroon beefsteak with green shoulders and an intense, unique taste! Ideal for slicing, salads and more. Due to their natural salty taste, sliced Black Krims do not require salting and only a hint of pepper, which makes them an ideal tomato variety for your tomato patch if you can not have salt in your diet.

The production of this variety is intense and it will do quite well in containers, but if not watered evenly during the summer, this variety is subject to splitting. About 70-75 days to maturity.

Black Krim Tomato:

$2.49

Heirloom Black Turtle Bean Seed

This old heirloom variety was first introduced in the late 1700's, and has beautiful, jet black seeds. The hardy bush plants are disease and heat resistant, and are wonderful in soup!

The black turtle bean is a small, black, oval shaped bean. They turn a dark brown color when cooked. This is a common bean in South and Central American and is also popular in China where it is fermented for many uses.

High in iron, the black turtle bean has an earthy, sweet flavor with a hint of mushrooms. They cook up in 1 to 1-1/2 hours, expanding three times their dry size and are often served in thick soups with rice. This bean is a basic staple for many Mexican, Caribbean and Latin American soups and side dishes.

Black Turtle Bean:

$2.49

Heirloom Black-eyed Pea Seed

Black-eyed Pea Seed grown here on our farm and hand harvested last fall. Black-eyed peas are a favorite in our family in soups, dips and stir-fry. Black-eyed peas are actually a small, almost white bean with a black spot along their side. Originally brought to the United States by slave traders, this bean has been a popular food in the Southern US for hundreds of years. These beans, sometimes referred to as cowpeas, are also popular in Africa in different fermented dishes. In India they are often eaten like lentils.

This member of the legume family, which is actually a bean and not a pea, produces a very nutritious crop of seeds that can be shelled and eaten fresh, processed in the green stage or allowed to dry on the vine for a dried product.

Thin skinned black-eyed peas cook up in only 30 to 60 minutes and require no presoaking. Traditionally served with rice or corn bread, they remain a popular Southern cuisine. On New Year's Day

Black-eyed Pea:

$2.49

Heirloom Gourmet Lettuce Blend Seed

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) has been cultivated for ages, possibly longer than any other common vegetable crop. Pictures of a pointed-leaved lettuce have been found in Egyptian tombs dating back to 4500 B.C. Lettuce is a popular vegetable throughout the world.

Our delicious and crisp heirloom gourmet lettuce blend (40-70 DAYS) is a very colorful mix is equal parts of lRuby Red Leaf, Royal Oakleaf, Black Seeded Simpson, Red Salad Bowl, Amish Deer Tounge, Grand Rapids, & Lollo Rossol ettuce. Grow your own baby gourmet greens or let mature to have full size lettuce plants.

Why pay high supermarket prices for gourmet lettuce when you can grow your own?

Cool weather is the perfect time for planting lettuce. Lettuce seedlings are hardy and can withstand light frosts. Seeds sprout quickly in cool soil and plants grow rapidly.

Gourmet Lettuce Blend:

$2.59

Heirloom Long Green Ridge Cucumber Seed

heirloom Long Green Ridge Cucumber is the perfect size for slicing, salads, dips and can be ground to make dill or sweet relish. This is a rare heirloom variety that is well worth growing for it's wonderful crisp taste.

Produces a heavy crop of medium-length fruits (6-8 inch).

Cucumbers are native to Africa and Asia and has been cultivated for 3000 years. Cucumbers must be grown in warm temperatures and full sunlight, and will not stand frost.

Cucumbers mature quickly and are very easy to grow.

They are great producers and you will be rewarded with lots of cucumbers at harvest time. To keep cucumbers to continue producing, keep the vines picked.

65 Days.

Long Green Ridge Cucumber:

$2.49

Heirloom Mortgage Lifter Tomato Seed

Introduced in the 1930's. This tomato is worth growing for its legend alone. Rumor has it that a gentleman known as Radiator Charlie because of his radiator business at the foot of a steep hill in which trucks would often overheat.

He crossed 4 of the biggest tomatoes he could find. Charlie was able to sell plants of this large tasty tomatoes for $1.00 each (1930's). People would drive up to 200 miles each spring to buy Charlie's tomatoes. In six years he had saved enough money to pay off his mortgage.

Fruits can weigh up to 4 pounds each, and continue to bear fruit till frost. Large, slightly flattened pin-red fruits are meaty and flavorful.

Wonderful for fresh eating, salads, or salsa.

Indeterminate.

80 days.

Mortgage Lifter Tomato:

$2.49

Heirloom Pinto Bean Seed

A member of the kidney bean family, is an oval shaped, tan colored bean that's mottled with a light brown pattern on its shell. Here on our farm we like to mix the pinto, navy, and black turtle bean together to make a hearty bean soup.

Pinto beans are a high protein source, they have a earthy flavor and powdery texture that blends with many other foods. They are popular for making chili, soups and baked beans and can be substituted for recipes calling for kidney or red beans. After soaking, pinto beans require about 1-1/2 to 2 hours to cook, increasing 3 times their dry volume during which time they lose their mottling and turn a nice brown color. Pinto beans are a favorite when making refried beans and are great in Tex-Mex and Mexican bean dishes. You can safely substitute pinto beans when your recipe calls for kidney, anasazi, Roman or borlotti beans.

Pinto Bean:

$2.49

Heirloom Royal Burgundy Bush Bean

Royal Burgundy bush bean are a stunning deep purple, 5 inch stringless pods with green interiors. Entire bean turns green upon blanching in boiling water.

Green beans can be eaten fresh, stir-fried , canned, pickled, or try adding a few of these beautiful beans chopped in your favorite summer or pasta salad to add a interesting color.

People have cultivated beans for thousands of years. Beans are low in calories, about 31 calories to a cup (cooked), and contain vitamins A, B, C, calcium, phosphorus and some iron, in addition to protein and fiber.

High yield, low maintenance. Bush beans grow upright and do not require staking. If picked on a daily basis, they yield about 7 lbs. in 2-3 weeks from a 15 ft. row. They are very easy to grow and will keep producing if kept picked. For shelly beans allow bean pods to mature and dry on the plant.

55 days.

Burgundy Bush Bean:

$2.49

Italian Borlotti Bean Seed

In Italy, cranberry beans are called Borlotti. Also called shell beans or shellouts, these beautiful beans have large, knobby beige pods splotched with red. The beans inside are cream-colored with red streaks and have a delicious nutlike flavor. Cranberry beans must be shelled before cooking. They're available fresh in the summer and dried throughout the year.

The classic bean variety for pasta e fagioli is the Borlotti bean is brightly marbled in white and pink or even deep red hues.

When cooked, its flavor is unlike that of any other bean, subtly recalling that of chestnuts. Beans have a nutty flavor and creamy texture.

Every year we grow several types of heirloom beans, the Borlotti is definately one of our families favorite dry bean.

Italian Borlotti Bean:

$2.49

Jalapeno Pepper Plants

The Jalapeno is a small to medium-sized chile pepper that is prized for the hot, burning sensation that it produces in the mouth when eaten. Ripe, the jalapeno can be 2 to 3 inches and are green and red when fully mature. The taste is unique, hot and spicy.

It is named after the city of Xalapa, Veracruz where it was traditionally produced. Many acres of Jalapenoes are grown in Mexico, primarily in the Paloapan river basin in the north of the state of Veracruz and in the Delicias, Chihuahua area.

Be sure to wear latex or vinyl gloves while cutting, skinning, or seeding jalapenoes.

Can be used fresh, in salsa, pickled, canned, dried and made into jelly at both red and green stage. Can be added to chili and soups to add a spicy flavor. They taste great stuffed and baked.

70 days

Jalapeno Pepper:

$5.99

Big Bertha Bell Pepper Plants

Butternut Squash Seed

Cayenne Long Red Pepper Plants

Chamomile - Calendula Soap

Discovery Cabbage Plants

Dried Basil

Dried Chives

Dried Cilantro Leaf

Dried Dill Weed

Dried Marjoram Leaf

Dried Oregano Leaf

Dried Parsley Leaf

Dried Peppermint Leaf

Dried Rosemary Leaf

Dried Sage Leaf

Dried Tarragon

Dried Thyme Leaf

Frankincense & Myrrh Soap

Garden Salsa Pepper Plants

Heirloom Black Krim Tomato Seed

Heirloom Black Turtle Bean Seed

Heirloom Black-eyed Pea Seed

Heirloom California Wonder Pepper Plants

Heirloom Early Snowball Cauliflower Plants

Heirloom Early Summer Crookneck Squash Seed

Heirloom Gourmet Lettuce Blend Seed

Heirloom Green Zebra Tomato Seed

Heirloom Kentucky Wonder Pole Bean

Heirloom Lemon Cucumber Seed

Heirloom Long Green Ridge Cucumber Seed

Heirloom Mortgage Lifter Tomato Seed

Heirloom Pinto Bean Seed

Heirloom Rattlesnake Pole Bean

Heirloom Red Brandywine Tomato Seed

Heirloom Roma Tomato Seed

Heirloom Royal Burgundy Bush Bean

Heirloom Straight Eight Cucumber Seed

Heirloom Table Queen Acorn Squash Seed

Heirloom Tiny Tim Tomato Seed

Hungarian Yellow Wax Pepper Plants

Italian Borlotti Bean Seed

Jade Bush Bean

Jalapeno Pepper Plants

Lavender Flower Soap

Lilac Bell Pepper Plants

Nag Champa Soap

Oatmeal & Honey Soap

Orange Habanero Pepper Plants

Premium Crop Broccoli Plants

Sweet Banana Pepper Plants

Tea Tree & Sage Soap