Seeds for the Chinese Market Garden

In preparation for our partnership with the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of B.C. and their Saltwater City for Youth Camp (potentially July 23 & August 17), our team is planting a Chinese Market Garden.  These veggies will be a living reminder of 1930's Chinese gardens in Vancouver.  My task (initially a bit daunting) was to find the somewhat obscure seeds, which were not available from the larger seed companies.

Luckily a trip to the Richmond supermarket, Yaohan, proved successful (along with an amazing lunch of Dim Sum), and we now have seeds for planting next week. They include greens such as:  Pok choy, leaf mustard, Siu Choy, and Gai Lan, as well as melons such as Jeet Gua & Foo Gua, and some really cool long beans, red amaranth, and Chinese chives.We will direct seed the greens and start the others in the greenhouse to be planted in mid-June.

Now to do some archival research and hopefully discover special growing techniques...