How To Grow — category: How to Grow Vegetables

The immature seeds of the edible soya bean are a nutritious snack. Steam or boil the whole pods for 3-5 minutes and set out, salted or unsalted, as a fun finger-food. This treat is called edamame. The small, slightly fuzzy pods hold fat green beans that pop out easily from the cooked soybean pods. They have a smooth rich taste that kids love. Good for freezing also. The plants are big and vigorous but the seeds are delicate, so don’t drop or crush them. Soya beans contain the most protein out of all the beans, and are a healthy addition...

Salad greens are usually picked at an immature size and coaxed into regrowing several times. They are a perfect choice for container gardening, as long as a good soil mixture is in place. Follow along with this handy How to Grow Mescluns and Salad Greens Guide and grow great salad all year long. Difficulty Easy Season & Zone Season: Cool season Exposure: Full sun to partial shade Zone: 2-12 Timing Seed every three weeks from March to September for a continuous harvest. Provide frost protection with a cloche or heavy row cover starting in late October, and many mesclun types and mixes will...

An essential addition to the perennial vegetable bed, rhubarb will produce year after year, and it’s easy to grow from seed. Just be patient for the first year and a half after sowing, as plants need to become established prior to harvest.  Follow along with this handy How to Grow Rhubarb from seeds Guide and grow some pies. Latin Rheum rhabarbarum Family: Polygonaceae Difficulty Easy Season & Zone Season: Cool season Exposure: Full sun Zone: Hardy in zones 2 – 9 Timing Sow indoors in April and transplant or direct sow in mid-May where plants are to grow permanently. Optimal soil temperature: 16-25°C (60-75°F)....

Also known as Finocchio. The wonderful fresh flavour of this easy-to-grow vegetable is prized in European cooking. The swollen leaf bases have a distinctive anise flavour which enlivens salads and sandwiches. Cooked, the flavour stands out in casseroles or simply braised as a unique side dish. The seeds and fronds are also a culinary delight, and beneficial insects love the flower heads. Fennel, as well as anise, star anise, and some other plants, contains the compound anethole, which is widely used as a licorice flavouring. Anethole is thought to be 13 times sweeter than sugar. Follow along with this handy How...

Easy to grow, versatile in the kitchen, and packed with vitamins and minerals, these plants produce edible leaves and stalks and many can be grown year round. It’s worth getting to know these varieties better! Follow along with this handy how to grow mustards guide and grow food. Latin Brassica juncea & Brassica rapa Family: Brassicaceae Difficulty Easy We Recommend: Tokyo Bekana (MU554) is a relatively unknown, but sensational mustard green. It’s mild like spinach or lettuce, so it makes a perfect salad base, and the leaves stay tender even at larger sizes. We recommend this variety with enthusiasm. For Urban Gardeners:...