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How To Grow — category: How to Grow Vegetables

How to Grow Cabbage

category: How to Grow Vegetables

How to Grow Cabbage

Cabbage is another member of the Brassica family that is full of nutrients, including vitamins A, B1, B2, and C, as well as various antioxidants. The American Cancer Society strongly urges an increased intake of cabbage and other Brassicas in the diets of North Americans. Eating lots of cabbage may also protect the eyes from macular degeneration. To preserve its vitamins and mineral content, do not overcook cabbage. Store cut cabbage in the refrigerator in a plastic bag with holes in it and use as soon as possible. Cabbages are also highly ornamental in the garden -choose varieties for colour,...

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How to Grow Beets

category: How to Grow Vegetables

How to Grow Beets

Beets are incredibly healthy eating. Both the roots and the leaves are an excellent source of antioxidants, minerals, and vitamin C. They also contain betaine, a compound that is essential for cardiovascular health. Eat them raw, cooked, pickled – you can even make beet chips! Most important, it is very easy to grow beets from seed. Latin Beta vulgaris Family: Amaranthaceae Difficulty Easy Season & Zone Season: Cool Season Exposure: Full-sun or partial-shade Zone: Hardy to Zone 5 Timing Direct sow late April to mid-July. Beets will not produce roots if planted when the soil is too cold. Seeds will...

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How to Grow Kale and Collards

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How to Grow Kale and Collards

Kale contains higher levels of beta-carotene than any other green vegetable, and is also high in vitamin C and calcium. Collards are not far behind. All are easy to grow, vigorous, nutritious, resistant to cold, and easy to harvest and prepare. And the greens even get sweeter after frost.  Follow along with this handy How to Grow Kale and Collards from Seeds Guide and grow healthy food! Perfect for juicing and long lasting green that stores well, delicious in crunchy salads. Latin Brassica oleracea var. acephala Family: Brassicaceae Difficulty Easy Season & Zone Season: Cool season Exposure: Full sun Zone: Winter...

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How to Grow Cover Crops

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How to Grow Cover Crops

[description action="start"] Cover cropping is a seasonal process in every well-managed sustainable garden or farm. Planting cover crop seeds is easy.  Useful in weed suppression, they are important in building soil structure and add nutrients and organic matter to soils. Many of the cover crops we sell not only perform all those useful functions within your growing space but also serve to support beneficial insect populations and provide a secondary harvest of grain, if you choose to allow the crops to go to seed. Just follow this handy How to Grow Cover Crops from seed guide below. [description action="end"] First time...

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How to Grow Microgreens

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How to Grow Microgreens

Learn how to grow microgreens from seed, and you’ll have an unlimited supply of fresh, nutritious, and tender salad greens. Microgreens can be pulled from the soil and rinsed until all the soil particles have washed away. They can be enjoyed whole, roots and all. Or simply trim them with scissors and dispose of the used soil in your compost. Microgreens are intended to be harvested when the first leaf pair (the cotyledon, or seed leaf) opens fully and turns green. This is the point at which your microgreens will be richest in nutrients. However, you can also let the...

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