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.
Headed cabbage
Cabbage is a vast family, and headed cabbage is one of its sub-groups. Learn to care for each species here.
Saving heirloom vegetables… right in your own garden!
Join in on the fight to secure ancient heirloom vegetables: plant them in your vegetable patch!
Savoy cabbage, a frizzly-headed cabbage for winter
Savoy cabbage is a delicious vegetable that make for easy growing.
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…
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 heritage which has now been forgotten!
Cabbage white butterfly, get rid of Pieris brassicae caterpillars!
Cabbage moth (Pieris brassicae) is a large white butterfly species. It uses cabbage leaves as food for caterpillars of the next generation. Wings are white with black spots on them.
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, everything there is to know about growing it
Cauliflower is a vegetable that has low calorie levels and high fiber, calcium and magnesium content.
Cabbage, how to grow it and different varieties
Cabbage is a vegetable that comes in many varieties and is very easy to grow.
Savoy cabbage health benefits, a great regulator for digestion
Savoy cabbage and related headed cabbage (Brassica oleracea) are leaf vegetables that belong to the brassica family.
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!
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.
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!
