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Salad greens

There are quite a few plants which can fill in for lettuce. Collectively, these are called salad greens, and sometimes mesclun for certain combinations.

Purslane and Bulgur Bowl with Garlic Yogurt and Walnuts

 Wide shallow bowl of swirled garlic yogurt topped with green purslane leaves, golden bulgur, diced red tomato, cucumber, chopped walnuts, mint and ruby sumac, outdoors on weathered wood

25 Vegetables that resist drought and dry spells

 Drought-resistant vegetables

Lettuce, tips on growing it

 Lettuce

Celery, a delicious vegetable

 celery

Nasturtium, a cute annual climbing vine

 Nasturtium vine

Chives, a delicious herb

 Chives

Mizuna cabbage, japanese greens

 Three greens: lettuce, mizuna cabbage and coriander

Weeds that are full of benefits

 Weeds with health benefits include dandelion

Corn salad, how to grow corn salad

 A few leaves of corn salad in the growing bed.

Sea kale, Crambe maritima – a seaside cabbage both cute and tasty

 Clump of sea kale with gravel mulch.

Basil, very tasty leaves: how to grow and harvest Ocimum basilicum

 Basil

A garden for all the senses

 sensory garden

Moringa, dried leaves loaded with vitamins

 Moringa health benefits

Perennial vegetables: plant once, harvest for years!

 Perennial vegetables

Arugula, easy-growing greens for mixed salads

 arugula

Goosefoot, more than a weed: a leaf vegetable!

 Goosefoot leaves, young ones are purple

Growing vegetables & ‘shrooms with ready-made kits

 Grow kits for vegetables

Spinach, all tips on how to grow it

 spinach

Oakleaf, a delicious lettuce

 Oakleaf lettuce

Radish: from sowing to harvest, how to grow it

 Radish

Curly endive, a salad with a subtle taste

 Curly endive

Escarole, a lettuce that resists cold weather well

 Escarole, chicory

Grow flowers for food!

 Edible plants

Root parsley, the double-decker parsley

 Root parsley

Greens and lettuce for every season

 Four seasons greens in crates

Perennial leek, delicious, tasty… and self-caring, too!

 Perennial leek

Watercress usage and medicinal properties

 Cress in a bowl with bread for a healthy treat full of benefits

Purslane, an uncommon green: growing from seed to harvest

 Purslane

Chervil, a delicious herb

 Chervil in a patch

Dandelion, people actually grow it!

 Dandelion in field

Indoor vegetable patch, straightforward and effective

 Starting an indoor vegetable garden

Set up an outdoor kitchen for friendly summer barbecues

 Ideas for outdoor kitchens

Edible plants, become a neo-hunter-gatherer!

 A few edible wild plants harvested from a walk

Sea orache, the saltbush for seaside gardens… with edible leaves!

 Sea orache, or salbush, leaves

Savory, an herb for even tastier grilling and cooking

 Savory, a herb that's delicious and easy to grow

Chayote, a run-around vine that’s edible all around

 Chayote vine with fruits

Medicinal angelica, a delicious garden spice

 Medicinal angelica flower head