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.
As surprising as it may seem, I was never interested in growing turnips and didn’t plan to include them in my vegetable garden. However, after my mom’s persistent requests and gentle nudges, I decided to give them a shot just as a curious experiment. What started as a reluctant task soon turned into an unexpected…
Turnip is a vegetable I’ve experimented with a lot in my backyard garden. Even when I was young, turnips were a staple in my mom’s garden back home. However, to be honest with you, I always struggled with harvesting and storing turnips, particularly because they tend to lose their freshness so quickly. But, I’ve now…
Seedling transplantation is almost like second nature to me, but timing the transplant? That’s a challenge I think many gardeners can relate to. Many years ago, as a beginner gardener, I once transplanted my cauliflower seedlings too early, only to watch them struggle and eventually die out. However, after many years of trial and error,…
One morning, I woke up to find my newly planted broccoli seedlings looking shockingly thin, awkwardly leaning to one side as if they were shyly trying to hide from something. It didn’t seem natural, so I turned to the internet for answers. That day, I stumbled upon a new gardening term: “leggy”. Yes, that’s exactly…
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…