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Spring and summer bring a bounty of wonderful fresh vegetables to enjoy and for many, salad greens become a staple. But in the fall and winter, you might feel like you’re missing out if you can no longer enjoy fresh ...

  If you are looking to become more self-sufficient while boosting your nutrition at the same time, there is no better choice than with a home vegetable garden. Homegrown veggies are superior to store-bought veggies in terms of freshness, taste ...

After a winter of eating frozen canned vegetables and supermarket produce, aren’t you ready to get outside and eat some fresh, wild vegetables? There is only a narrow window of opportunity to harvest nature’s first offerings. Fresh greens and wild ...

Before we get into a discussion about why you should eat more greens, it is important to define just what greens really are. Things like chard, lettuce, mustard, parsley, spinach, beet greens, arugula, endive, baby greens, beet greens and collards ...

If the sight of your barren winter garden makes you melancholy, take heart. Even when six inches of snow covers your yard, you can grow food indoors with almost no effort at all. Sprouting isn’t technically gardening because no soil ...

When I was a child, late summer and fall meant two things: harvesting and canning the food in our family’s garden and scouring the hills around our country home for other good things to eat. In particular, we were fond ...

Old Man Winter generally arrives pretty late in my neck of the woods. Although the nights are starting to get a bit chilly here in North Carolina, I’m still growing some healthy root vegetables and a variety of greens in ...

In response to Southern California Girl’s letter to the editor (7/18/2011), several of our generous readers have sent their favorite greens recipes to share! We hope you enjoy! ——————- I love to sauté greens (any kind or mix of them).  ...