The Ugly Vegetables Book & Seed Assortment

. . . But when harvest time comes, the little girl and her neighbors discover just how beautiful ugly vegetables can be when they are cooked into delicious, aromatic soup. We have carefully selected the exact seeds that this storybook family grows and uses to cook Ugly Vegetable Soup. Follow along with the book and grow your own Ugly Vegetable Garden. A description of each seed and a recipe is included at the end of the book.

Seeds included:

• 🥬 空心菜 kōng xīn cài (water spinach or hollow heart vegetable)
• 🥬 苋菜 xiān cài (green leaf amaranth, also called Chinese spinach)
• 🥬 韭菜 jiǔ cài (Chinese leek)
• 🥬 茼蒿 tóng hào(chrysanthemum greens)
• 🥬 小胡瓜 xiǎo hú guā (Chinese cucumbers)
• 🥬 丝瓜 sī guā (luffa gourd)
• 🥬 苦瓜 kǔ guā (bitter melon)
• 🥬 葫芦瓜 hú lú hú (decorative gourd)

Stories From Our Team

"We'd like to thank Juliet Webb from our Kitazawa Customer Service and Sales Team for coming up with the idea to sell this wonderful children's book with all of the seeds from the story. She did an excellent job at helping with the translations and ensuring we were selecting the right varieties of vegetables. It's been great reading the book to our kids and getting them excited about growing new vegetables this year."

- Tanya Collings, True Leaf Market Product Development Director