The essentials for living your best life.
The essentials for living your best life.
Discover the best salad greens for thriving in part shade and low-light gardens. From crisp lettuce, arugula, and bok choy to spinach, kale, and Swiss chard, these easy-to-grow vegetables love cooler conditions and can keep your harvest going longer.
Keep leafy greens crisp, flavorful, and fresh all week with a few simple postharvest steps. Learn how to harvest, wash, dry, cool, and store greens properly—no special equipment required.
Grow crisp, tender lettuce and flavorful salad greens with the right balance of nutrients. Discover how to choose a gentle lettuce fertilizer, feed at the ideal times, and avoid overfertilizing for fast, healthy growth.
Grow lush salad greens nonstop with a clever wicking bed setup that waters itself from below, saving time, reducing evaporation, and keeping plants thriving. With the right materials and a simple build, it’s an easy way to enjoy healthier container crops with less daily watering.
Keep lettuce and salad greens thriving without harsh chemicals! Discover natural strategies—from beneficial flowers and row covers to hand-picking, organic soaps, and wildlife-friendly solutions—for managing aphids, caterpillars, leaf miners, slugs, and snails.
Keep your salad bowl full from spring through fall with simple succession planting! Stagger quick-growing lettuces, radishes, spinach, and other greens every few weeks—and switch to heat-tolerant varieties as the seasons change—for a steady harvest in any garden.
Turn your sunny windowsill into a fresh winter harvest with easy-to-grow herbs and salad greens like chives, parsley, cilantro, and arugula. With a little light and care, you can enjoy flavorful leaves all season long—even in the coldest months.
The healthiest leafy greens do more than fill a salad bowl. Turnip greens, arugula, kale, bok choy, and watercress supply key vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants that support heart health, bone strength, and healthy blood sugar.
Essential Concepts
Leafy greens: vitamin-rich, low-calorie, high-fiber
Top picks: turnip greens, kale, arugula, bok choy, watercress
Benefits: heart, bones, blood sugar, immunity
Loose leaf lettuce is a fast, easy, and rewarding crop that delivers crisp, tender greens for salads, sandwiches, and wraps with very little effort. This simple growing guide shows you how to plant, care for, and harvest it for a steady supply all season long.