Flowers bring flavor, beauty, and connection to our gardens in many forms – whether sprinkled onto salads or steeped in tea. A single chive blossom can brighten a simple bowl of greens while calendula petals add splashes of color to rice dishes.
Many leafy greens such as arugula, mizuna and spinach grow well from seed. However, other salad plants like kale, southern mustard greens, and Swiss chard should be started from plant starts found at local nurseries or farmers markets.
Continue readingFastest growing salad plants share several characteristics, including short days to maturity, tolerance of cooler weather conditions and ability to regrow quickly after being cut. For optimal results sow seeds directly in your garden.
Continue readingGrowing salad greens doesn’t require being an experienced gardener – even with a single stock tank (commonly referred to as cattle trough), you could end up with enough lettuce and other leafy veggies to last an entire year!
Continue readingLettuce thrives in cool conditions and can tolerate light frost without suffering damage, while its leaves also offer resistance against powdery mildew and downy mildew.
Continue readingEruca sativa, better known by its scientific name Arugula, is a cool-season green. If the temperature gets too warm for its liking, Arugula will bolt, or produce seeds without further growth of leaves.
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