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Growing Leafy greens in the fall

Organic Kale

Cold weather can keep you from savoring the wholesome taste and nutrition of homegrown leafy greens – but it doesn’t have to just yet! Many of your favorites can be grown well into the fall. There’s an added incentive in that the cold actually sweetens and enhances the vegetables’ flavor. Keen on growing leafy greens Read More

Seed Starting Indoors

Seed Starting in Winter

Starting seed indoors is one way for you to start your gardening and shake those winter blues! And, it’ll really pay off in spring.

Moisture, temperature and ventilation are all very important to good seed germination. Other seed starting essentials are:

Light Containers Growing mediums Seed Light – There are only two types of light Read More

Cold weather kale trials

Kale Leaf

We planted kale at the research farm on the 30th both in containers and in beds. We chose a handful of varieties – Red Russian, Siberian, Lacinto and Dwarf Curly Scotch.

I attended a vegetable trial this summer, and learned that there are two traditional kale planting times; a summer planting and a winter planting. Read More