Headed cabbage – winter crops

Which vegetables to grow in winter?

There are several different vegetables that are hardy enough to the cold that you can still make the vegetable patch an enchanting place to be. Zoom in on kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, winter lettuce…

Cabbage white butterfly, get rid of Pieris brassicae caterpillars!

Cabbage moth (Pieris brassicae) is a large white butterfly species that reproduces in cabbage leaves. It uses those leaves as food for caterpillars of the next generation. Wings are white with black spots on them.

Saving heirloom vegetables… right in your own garden!

Join in on the fight to secure ancient heirloom vegetables, by planting them in your vegetable patch!

Broccoli, all there is to know about growing broccoli

Broccoli stands out with its distinct green flower head, and is a delicious vegetable that is easy to grow.

Cauliflower health benefits, vitamins without the calories

Cauliflower, with latin name Brassica botrytis, belongs to the brassica (cruciferous) family, just like broccoli and all the other cabbage varieties.

Companion planting in the vegetable patch

Just like humans, vegetables also have friends and foes. Some families stimulate or protect each other. Other families tire each other out and make each other vulnerable. Companion planting is the art of pairing them well!

Cauliflower, everything there is to know about growing it

Cauliflower is a vegetable that has low calorie levels and high fiber, calcium and magnesium content.

White head of cauliflower wrapped in deep blue-green caulilower leaves.

Broccoli health benefits and therapeutic value

Broccoli, or Brassica oleracea, is a cabbage variety native to Southern Italy. It spread through Europe thanks to Catherine de Medicis.

Health benefits of broccoli, a single head laying on a white table with a white background.

Cabbage, how to grow it and different varieties

Cabbage is a vegetable that comes in many varieties and is very easy to grow.

White cabbage, Kale, and Savoy cabbage

Savoy cabbage and white kale are delicious vegetables that make for easy growing.

Head of savoy cabbage with leaves unfurling.

Red cabbage health benefits and therapeutic value

Red cabbage (Brassica oleracea) is a leaf vegetable that belongs to the Brassicacaea or Cruciferae family, just like its more conventional white or green cousins.

Red cabbage heads in a wicker basket with straw

Forgotten heirloom vegetables… rediscover the tastes of old!

In the age before industrial agriculture, there were over 1000 varieties of vegetables in people’s gardens… an incredible heirloom which has now been forgotten!

Parsnip at the market and other heirloom vegetables

Winter planting

As long as it doesn’t freeze, it’s possible to work on flowering the garden or the balcony even in winter. Perennial and spring bulbs are on the planting checklist here!