May 6, 2026

The Best Seeds for Garden-to-Taco Night

The Best Seeds for Garden-to-Taco Night

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Taco night is one of the best ways to use a diverse garden harvest. You need salsa tomatoes, aromatic peppers, herbs, scallions, acid, and something roasted or charred.

Salsa Tomatoes

Midnight Roma Tomato and San Marzano Fire give you meaty texture and concentrated sauce flavour.

Peppers for Sauce and Fire

Aji Amarillo, Habanada, and Poblano Pepper cover sauce, aroma, stuffing, and roasting.

Herbs and Alliums

Culantro and Red Beard Scallions make salsas, marinades, and garnishes feel complete.

Casa Verde takeaways

  • Grow sauce tomatoes and fresh-eating tomatoes separately.
  • Use mild aromatic peppers as often as hot peppers.
  • Culantro is a serious upgrade for cooked sauces and sofrito-style bases.

Continue this topic: What Are Culinary Seeds? A Seed-to-Table Garden Guide and Best Culinary Seeds for Canadian Gardens. Browse the culinary seed collection.

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Founder and operator of Casa Verde Microfarm and Casa Verde Seeds in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Québec. Michael writes practical seed and growing guides for Canadian gardeners.