Leafy greens encompass a variety of garden plants with edible leaves. This category guides you through growing and caring for these nutritious garden staples.
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…
Last summer, I spotted unsettling yellow discoloration on the cabbages in my backyard and felt a wave of anxiety wash over me. Frankly, it was more than just a pang of worry; it felt like the culmination of my hard work was slipping away into nothingness. Here’s the fun part though: this year’s harvest emerged…
Although I personally never experimented with spinach in my vegetable garden due to the warm climate of the area I reside in, my mom, who actually lives in a different, cooler region, has had many conversations with me regarding this leafy green. She has a love-hate relationship with spinach. She loves it because it’s…well…spinach: the…