Salad greens

Green, red or gold oakleaf lettuce is an easy lettuce. On your marks, get set, SOW!

This isn’t your typical veggie patch, but keen gardeners will definitely give perennial vegetables a try. From the many species and kinds of vegetables, several can live, two, three years and more while still yielding a crop for months on end.

Perennial leek sprouts anew from its bulbs year after year. Perennial leek key facts: Botanical name – Allium polyanthum Common names – Wild leek, perennial leek, many-flowered garlic Family – Alliaceae Type – Perennial vegetable Height – 1 foot (30cm) Exposure – Sun to part shade Soil – any type, cool but well-draining Planting distance […]

Arugula is one of the most famous greens for tasty meals.

Wild or cultivated purslane is a crawling plant that has leaves that are appreciated for their light lemony taste.

A sprig of basil here, a couple oyster mushrooms or cherry tomatoes there… It’s possible to taste home-grown versions of these delicacies even if you live in an apartment!

Spinach is a vegetable that is both easy to grow and has the advantage of being planted early in the season.

Mizuna looks like lettuce, it is very similar to arugula, but it’s actually a type of cabbage. A crunchy texture and peppery taste are what make it much sought after.

Radish is a root vegetable that is absolutely delicious. It is famous for both its taste and the ease with which it grow.

Curly endive is a salad green that is appreciated for its crispy fresh leaves, for the ease of its growing and its hardiness.

Dandelion is a plant that grows in the wild in most fields, pastures, and gardens of course.

Lettuce is an easy salad plant to grow, which needs little space and is open to all, even if all you have is a terrace or balcony.

Sea kale, or Crambe maritima, comes as quite a surprise: both in the garden and in the vegetable patch, it’ll trigger questions by curious onlookers! Sea kale, a summary Botanical name – Crambe maritima Common name – Sea kale Family – Cruciferae, Brassicaceae Type – perennial Bearing – clump Height – 12 to to 28 inches (30 to 70 cm) Planting density […]

You live in an apartment, and your consumption of vegetables is minimal… what if you opted for an indoor vegetable patch? Easy and eye-catching, it is becoming a true trend.

Root parsley isn’t as famous as regular parsley. However, for a gardener, it’s much more interesting! Root parsley key facts : Botanical name – Petroselinum crispum var. tuberosum Common name – root parsley, Hamburg parsley Family – Apiaceae Type – root vegetable, biennial herb (but grown as an annual) Height – 4 to 20 inches (10 to 50 cm) Planting distance – […]

At the start of every meal or as a finishing touch, a few crisp, fresh greens always bring a touch of delight to your meal menus.

Escarole is a salad green that is appreciated for its delicious leaves and for the ease of its growing and its hardiness.

Corn salad is an easy type of salad green that is easy to grow, requires little space and is open to all, even if all you’ve got is a balcony or terrace.

Goosefoot key facts: Botanical name – Chenopodium Common name – goosefoot Family – Amaranthaceae Type: leaf vegetable

Chayote is an exotic vine that produces large pear-shaped fruits that are very nutritious.

“Climate change”. Hard to have a day go by when this phrase isn’t heard in a conversation. And, like it or not, seasons are changing: frost dates are shifting, winters get milder, summer heat waves strike stronger, drought becomes a thing where it previously never was…

Celery is a vegetable where the entire plant is edible: root, stalks and leaves.