mustard

Mustard greens are easy to grow and remarkably healthy for you, even containing anti-cancer compounds. Though it’s not as cold-hardy as kale or collards, mustard will stand quite a bit of frost before dying, down into the mid-twenties. In fact, they’ll bolt if planted in warm weather. In central FL, you can plant them around November and harvest…

collard greens

Mustard (top) and collard greens. Greens In Florida, hardy collards thrive under a wide range of conditions and can easily be grown throughout most of the year. They’re one of the few greens that can make it through the hot weather and can be planted in the spring for a summer harvest — but they…

beet

Post is germinating Classification Alternate names Latin name Family Related species Cultivars ‘Detroit Dark Red’ is best dark-red variety. ‘Burpee’s Golden’ is a beautiful deep gold. ‘Chioggia’ is striped red and white when cut across the root. Great for salads but turns solid red when cooked. Other good varieties for FL include ‘Cylindrica,’ ‘Early Wonder’,…

moringa

Post is germinating Branch of a fully grown moringa tree with flowers and leaves in West Bengal By J.M.Garg – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Pruning Moringa 2/9/19 Two years ago, in 2017, a friend gave me a stick. I stuck the stick in the ground and watered it. Now I have a monster…

chard

By Neelix at English Wikipedia – Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Quadell using CommonsHelper., Public Domain, Link (post is sprouting} Classification Family Chenopodiaceae (beet) Cultivars Favorite varieties are `Bright Lights’ and `Fordhook Giant,’ which are green-leaved, and `Rhubarb,’ which has red leaves. Also Bright Yellow, Lucullus, Red Ruby. Source Seeds, Neem Tree Farm (8/1/18)…