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Welcome to Southern Harvest. 

We are a family-run business that is all about growing - growing healthy, interesting food to share with family and friends, as well as native and cottage plants (flower seed) that bring colour, fragrance and habitat to the garden. Southern Harvest supplies you with quality cottage garden, native and vegetable and herb packet seed, with speedy service and advice.

Starting in 2008 and nestled on 5 acres at the foothills of Mt Wellington in southern Tasmania, our winters are cold with regular frosts, so we value (and specialise in) plants for cool climates. We know the pleasure and reward of growing a bit of colour for the winter-bare garden, as well as having something to take straight from the garden to the kitchen on those dark winter nights. Our children, Poppy and Bea, who inspired our logo, are a constant reminder of the joy and good health that gardens can bring to the young, the old and everyone between. We stock a wide range of seeds both old and new varieties, we especially love heirloom (or heritage) seeds and the history associated with them. So check out our range of tomatoes, lettuce, beans, peas .......

Order your seeds through our online store or see one of the many nurseries and botanical gardens stocking our seed to purchase/buy locally.

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We send our seed to all states of Australia. WA customers please see the Quarantine page.

 

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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Allium Cepa

These large, light-brown, globe-shaped onions are an excellent winter crop, best suited to cooler climates. Plant lots because these are the longest keeping onions (up to 12 months) available and have great flavour. Onions are high in vitamin C, iron, sulphur and fibre. 1 Packet = 350 seeds. Bulk seed available (230 seeds/gram).

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A$3.75
Botanical Name
Pastinaca sativa

An old variety with pointy roots and a delicate, sweet flavour. A very hardy and vigorous vegetable, which is especially tasty when harvested after the first frost. Great roasted, in pies or soups. 200 seeds.

Organic
Hierloom
Sunlight
Full
Climate
Cold
Temperate
Hot Arid
Tropics/SubTropics
Sowing Periods
Cool Climate Periods
Sep 1st to Feb 27th
Temperate Climate Periods
Jul 1st to Mar 31st
Tropical & Sub-Tropical Climate Periods
Feb 1st to Aug 31st
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A$3.75
Botanical Name
Zea mays

A bi-coloured variety of super sweet corn. Produces super sweet cobs with yellow and white kernals. Cobs are 20-22 cm long and the plant can grow upto 2m in height. Eat freshly picked (steamed, boiled or BBQ’d) or freeze to eat over an extended period. 40 seeds.

Sowing Periods
Cool Climate Periods
Sep 1st to Dec 31st
Temperate Climate Periods
Sep 1st to Jan 31st
Tropical & Sub-Tropical Climate Periods
Jan 1st to Dec 31st
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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Brassica napus

A productive swede with a fine grained, firm flesh. A mighty fine eating variety with a creamy root and bright purple top. Easy to grow provided plants are thinned to a spacing of at least 20 cm. A rich flavour that is ideal in soups, stews and roasted. Best sown in late summer or early autumn as frost sweetens up the roots and enhances the flavour. Roots mature in about 90 days, they can be harvested earlier. Stores well in the ground through winter, so just harvest when needed. 500 seeds.

Sowing Periods
Cool Climate Periods
Sep 1st to Feb 27th
Temperate Climate Periods
Jan 1st to Apr 30th
Tropical & Sub-Tropical Climate Periods
Mar 1st to May 31st
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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Lycopersicon esculentem

A very early and cold-resistant staking variety with medium-sized, round, red, fruit. A Czech heirloom variety that is indeterminate, so requires staking. Richly flavoured, it slices well and is an ideal size for a couple of sandwiches. It even produced large numbers of fruit thorough the cold summer of 2008-09 when many other varieties failed! A very early and cold resistant, one-meter tall staking variety from Eastern Europe with medium sized, round red, fruit. Rich flavour and good slicing type. 40 seeds

Organic
Sowing Periods
Cool Climate Periods
Sep 1st to Nov 30th
Temperate Climate Periods
Aug 1st to Dec 31st
Tropical & Sub-Tropical Climate Periods
Jan 1st to Dec 31st
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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Lycopersicon esculentum

A prolific producer of cherry tomatoes. This German heirloom produces a cluster of 20-30 sweet red fruit (Riesentraube translates as ‘giant bunch of grapes’) that are pear shaped with a sharp pointed end. An indeterminate variety that requires staking. 80 seeds.

Sowing Periods
Cool Climate Periods
Sep 1st to Nov 30th
Temperate Climate Periods
Aug 1st to Dec 31st
Tropical & Sub-Tropical Climate Periods
Jan 1st to Dec 31st
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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Allium fistulosum

This is your classic great tasting spring/bunching onion with a red twist! The foot of this spring onion has a red tinge, helping add some colour and interest to salads, stir fries and omelettes. Very hardy & easily grown in fertile, limy soils in full sun. 1 Pkt = 300 seeds.

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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Allium fistulosum

This is your classic great tasting spring/bunching onion with a red twist! The foot of this spring onion has a red tinge, helping add some colour and interest to salads, stir fries and omelettes. Very hardy & easily grown in fertile, limy soils in full sun. 1 Pkt = 300 seeds.

Sowing Periods
Cool Climate Periods
Sep 1st to Mar 31st
Temperate Climate Periods
Sep 1st to Apr 30th
Tropical & Sub-Tropical Climate Periods
Jan 1st to Dec 31st
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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Lactuca sativa

A butterhead variety that has green and bronze leaves with a creamy coloured (blanched) heart. Forms a head to 20cm with crisp, wavy leaves. This variety has been around for 100 years and grows particularly well in hot climates (both humid and dry), where it is slow to bolt. 400 seeds.

Sowing Periods
Cool Climate Periods
Aug 1st to Mar 31st
Temperate Climate Periods
Aug 1st to May 31st
Tropical & Sub-Tropical Climate Periods
Jan 1st to Dec 31st
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1 pkt
A$3.75
Botanical Name
Indigofera australis

A 1-2 metre tall, fast growing shrub with attractive feathery, blue/green foliage and sprays of mauve/pink, fragrant pea flowers in late winter/spring. Suitable for full sun to semi shade, it grows well in moist well drained soils or under tall trees in the bush garden. Salt tolerant. Not to WA. 30 seeds/No.5/