Growing Guides

Cabbage has a uniform and compact growth, soft taste. Cabbage greens are used for cooking, canning, and freezing. The leaves are frost-hardy and mature in 75 days.Collard sometimes referred to as wild or non-cabbage, probably comes from Asia Minor and...

Radicchio (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) is a leaf chicory grown for its tight, burgundy-red heads streaked with white veins. It looks like a small red cabbage but belongs to the same family as endive and dandelion, which is where its...

Mache (Valerianella locusta), also called corn salad or lamb's lettuce, is a tiny, remarkably cold-hardy salad green that grows in low rosettes of tender, spoon-shaped leaves. Its mild, nutty, buttery flavor has none of the bitterness of chicories, and it...

Mustard greens (Brassica juncea), like this heirloom Southern Giant Curled, are one of the fastest, most rewarding greens you can grow. Big frilly leaves with a bold peppery bite go from seed to harvest in about 45 days, thrive in...

Learning how to grow Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla) gives you one of the most forgiving greens in the garden. A relative of the beet, chard shrugs off summer heat that makes spinach and lettuce bolt, and its Ruby...

ROMAINE LETTUCE ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Lettuces can generally be placed in one of four categories: looseleaf, butterhead, crisphead, and romaine. This lettuce, Parris Island Cos, is a romaine type. It has medium green, slightly crinkled leaves with crisp ribs,...

Iceberg Lettuce ABOUT THE PLANT Description:  Lettuces can generally be placed in one of four categories: looseleaf, butterhead, crisphead, and romaine. Iceberg is a crisphead type having large uniform crisp leaves that grow in a spherical head resembling cabbage.  A...

Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is one of the fastest, most rewarding cool-season greens you can grow, going from seed to salad bowl in about six weeks. This guide covers how to grow spinach from seed start to finish: when to sow,...

Kale is one of the easiest and most generous vegetables you can grow, and a single planting can hand you tender leaves for months. This guide covers how to grow kale from seed, using the hardy dwarf Siberian type, from...

Arugula (Eruca sativa), also called rocket or roquette, is one of the fastest crops you can grow. Sow it straight into the soil, start cutting peppery, nutty leaves in about three weeks, and harvest the same bed again and again....