Ornamental chard and wild garden kale

Window box in commercial building, Charleston, SC, with lovely red-stemmed chard as ornament, April 5.  (I did notice that in the…

Derwood Demo Garden Update

This exciting photo shows the Montgomery County MG Demo Garden: Vegetable Division, as it looked yesterday morning (after we'…

So Far So Good

We were predicted to have a freeze last night after what seemed like weeks of end-of-April weather. It sent those of us, who had …

Leafy greens, new and overwintered

I dropped by the demo garden this morning and found last fall's radicchio growing with spring energy, not to mention consider…

Planting Before St Patrick’s Day

Usually I figure nothing goes in before St Patrick’s Day – peas rot if the soil is too wet and chilly and everything else just ha…

Carroll County Demonstration Garden Springs Forward into the 2012 Gardening Season

One of several raised bed gardens at the Public Demonstration Garden ammended with organic compost Meg Gross plants leafy green…

Pee-wee purple pak choi

The space under my seed-starting lights is already filled up, mostly with little leafy greens.  Pretty soon I will have to move t…

It's Official!- 2012 is The Year of Leafy Greens

Leafy greens - nutritious, easy to grow, and versatile. We love 'em, so University of Maryland Extension's Grow It Eat It…