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Arugula
Arugula- Bellezia

Elegant leaves with a striking dark green color and favorable uniformity. This beautiful arugula is tender with a lovely spice. The highly serrated leaves give this variety its elevated charm and grows with outstanding uniformity. Plants have a strong field tolerance to downy mildew and excellent storage life.

Bok Choy
Bok Choy- Prize Choy

Elegant vase-like shape, medium thick white stems and smooth, mild flavor. Prefers cool weather, but is slow to bolt in heat. We have hand-selected our strain for uniformity, vigor and bolt resistance. For early spring or fall planting.

Rainbow Chard
Chard- Improved Rainbow Blend

Striking improved blend of red, pink, white, yellow and gold stems. Upright habit makes for clean production and easy harvesting. Color intensity is not as well defined early on; mostly pink, red and white at baby stage. Grow to full size for a dazzling display! Narrow to broad stems, Upright, easy to harvest.

Collards
Collards- Champion

Selected to hold in the field up to two weeks longer than other varieties for an extended harvest. Rich blue-green cabbage-like leaves. Plants are bolt resistant, productive and hardy. Waxy leaf surface provides some natural protection from cabbage worms. Improved Vates-type. 24-36" tall, Compact habit, Open-Pollinated.

Kale- Curly Roja
Kale- Curly Roja

Densely frilled leaf edges, stunning purple-sage color, deep purple stems and cold-hardiness are all elements of an exquisite kale bunch that holds well after harvest. Does especially well under fertile conditions.

Kale- Darkibor
Kale- Darkibor (F1)

Dark green with excellent flavor, this hybrid kale produces best in spring and fall. Similar to Winterbor F1, these tall plants provide high yields of densely curled greens. Vigorous plants hold well into cold weather and are suited to overwintering production in Southern climates.

Kale- Lacinato
Kale- Lacinato

Unique blue-green savoyed leaves on extremely vigorous plants. One of our most tender kale varieties; ideal for raw kale salads and soups. Leaves are very dark blue-green and heavily savoyed, sweetening with each frost. Also known as Dinosaur or Tuscan kale.

Kale, Lacinato - Dazzling Blue
Kale, Lacinato - Dazzling Blue

Dazzling Blue is a lacinato (aka dinosaur) type heirloom kale with blue-green savoyed leaves and a bright pink stem in the middle. Great classic dino kale tenderness and taste, but more cold hardy than the standard lacinato varieties. Grown from seed in high quality soil.

Kale, Lacinato - Mamba
Kale, Lacinato - Mamba

Vigorous, hybrid Lacinato (also known as “Dino” kale) type. Mamba is a robust variety with high yields of upright, exceptionally uniform plants. The attractive dark green leaves are deeply savoyed and have good flavor. Strong seedling emergence for vigorous, productive plants. Lacinato or "dinosaur" type kale.

Kale - Redbor
Kale - Redbor

Extremely uniform hybrid plants. Similar to Winterbor in everything but color. Flavor, color, and curling are enhanced by cold weather.

Kale- Red Russian
Kale- Red Russian

Leaves are tender, smooth and very sweet compared to other kales. An incredibly cold tolerant variety that improves in flavor with cold weather. Popular ingredient in baby leaf salad mixes or as full size bunches.

Kale - Winterbor
Kale - Winterbor

Our favorite frilly green kale in any season, this hybrid really produces. Grown from seed in high quality soil.

Salanova
Lettuce, Butterhead- Salanova Green

Dense rosette heads with attractive, thin, supple leaves. Heads have a round base with open leaves. Delicate, buttery flavor. Great for selling as a whole head or in salad mix. Pair with either a red, core-type oak or red, core-type butter. Very good bolt tolerance.

Babyleaf Mix
Lettuce, Encore Babyleaf Mix

A stunning mix of different colors, shapes, and textures. Includes green oakleaf, red oakleaf, green romaine, red romaine, lollo rossa, red leaf, and bibb lettuces. Suitable for outdoor production or in low-light conditions present in hoophouses and greenhouses. Excellent for babyleaf “cut-and-come-again” garden growing.

Lettuce, Green Leaf- Bergams
Lettuce, Green Leaf- Bergams

Dependable green leaf lettuce for full-size heads. Bergam's Green has dark green savoyed leaves with a wavy leaf margin. Uniform, dense heads are high yielding with good flavor. For spring, summer, and fall harvest. Widely adapted. Intermediate resistance to corky root.

Lettuce, Red Leaf- Vulcan
Lettuce, Red Leaf- Vulcan

A highly prolific, ruffled, red leaf lettuce with colorful crisp heads and excellent V-shape. Early maturing with heat and disease tolerance. Leaves are bright red with an apple-green interior and are slow to tip burn. Open-pollinated.

Lettuce, Romaine- Rainier
Lettuce, Romaine- Rainier

Large romaine lettuce for full sized heads. Plants are vigorous with a strong disease package. The dense interior is packed with crispy, sweet leaves that are very uniform. Plants are dark green, upright and clean, making for efficient harvesting. Excellent candidate for spring and fall plantings.

Spinach- Space
Spinach- Space

Vigorous, all season spinach with thick, glossy leaves that are smooth to slightly savoyed. A favorite variety of commercial growers, the plants are highly resistant to downy mildew and perform well in variable weather for all season production. Resistant to bolting with deep green leaves that maintain excellent flavor. A high yielder due to the long harvest window and exceptional field holding quality.





  • Earth Day
    Online Store

    To shop for your plants click on Shop Online. That takes you to the Open Food Network, which hosts our online farmers market. Plant order cycles open on Earth Day, April 22nd. Order early to make sure you get what you want when you want! After in-person plant sales begin, inventory levels may fluctuate more.

  • In-Person Plant Sales 2025

    Opening Day of the Bellaire Farmers Market, Friday May 16th 8-12

    Bellaire Farmers Market, Friday May 23rd, 8-12

    Sara Hardy Farmers Market in Traverse City, Saturday May 24th 7:30-12

    Alden Lumber & Hardware, Sunday May 25th 10-3

    Memorial Day Garden Festival at Hydro45 in Williamsburg, Monday May 26th 11-6

  • Torch Lake Co-op Delivers
    Deliveries

    Plant Deliveries are available on Fridays for $7.00. Choose this shipping option during checkout! If you have any questions please email us at grow@torchlakecoop.com

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