Brassicas cover a family of greens including broccoli, cabbage, and kale, known for their health benefits. Learn the best practices for growing these hearty vegetables.
A few months back, on a warm, sunny evening, I was taking a stroll through my garden while chatting with a friend on the phone. The vibrant colors around me were very soothing, but when I glanced over to my kale planted in the rightmost corner of the garden, something didn’t feel right. The lush…
When I was young – though I still consider myself fairly young – my mom grew a lush, vibrant garden in our backyard. I would help her pick vegetables once or twice a year, but arugula harvests were a completely different story; we gathered those greens much more frequently. I was curious why this…
I remember back in my younger days, I first got the taste of how difficult it is to grow cabbages. Fungal issues, pest damage, and poor head formation were constant hurdles. Those difficult experiences taught me that cultivating cabbages requires a lot of patience and resilience, shaping my journey as a gardener. Now that I…
Growing up, my mom had the most thriving garden in the entire neighborhood, and broccoli was her favorite. I still remember that day when she excitedly told me about little green broccoli heads forming in the garden, only to find them bolting a few days later. The look of disappointment and sadness on my mom’s…
Cauliflower can be one of the more tricky brassicas to grow in the garden and this is what makes it all the more rewarding when it’s finally ready for harvest. But, you’re probably wondering if you can harvest cauliflower more than once. Unfortunately, cauliflower is a one-and-done plant meaning that it won’t form a new…
A lot of plants that we grow in the garden are plants that will continue to produce even after we harvest from them. But broccoli is a little bit different. You might be wondering if broccoli will regrow after cutting, and that’s exactly what we plan to answer in this article. Although broccoli will not form…