Episode 130: Favorite Spring Greens

Episode 130: Favorite Spring Greens

Rising greens is a simple and satisfying challenge that takes little or no time and little or no backyard house – you may even develop greens in containers! The homegrown greens can be brisker than something you may discover on the grocery retailer or farmer’s market, and you’ll attempt varieties that are not generally out there, like ‘Pink Streaked’ arugula or ‘Tokyo Bekana’ Chinese language cabbage. If this episode conjures up you to start out your personal seedlings, take a look at this text by Ira Wallace on choices that may develop your choices past primary greens and this text on find out how to develop your personal salad combine.

Knowledgeable Visitor: Lucas Holman is director and lead horticulturist for the Wilson County Agriculture Extension workplace on the College of Tennessee in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Danielle’s Crops

Pink ‘Danyelle’ Lettuce (credit score: New England Seed)

Pink Lettuce ‘Danyelle’

pea shoots
pea shoots

pea shoots

Arugula 'Red Streaked' (credit: courtesy of Sandy Merrill)
Arugula ‘Pink Streaked’ (credit score: courtesy of Sandy Merrill)

Arugula ‘Pink Streaked’

Puntarelle of 'Catalonia' chicory (i.e. inner stalks)
Puntarelle of ‘Catalonia’ chicory (i.e. interior stalks)

Chicory ‘Catalonia’

carol vegetation

Chinese cabbage 'Tokyo Bekana'
Chinese language cabbage ‘Tokyo Bekana’

Chinese language cabbage ‘Tokyo Bekana’ (brassica shave var. Chinese language ‘Tokyo Bekana’)

Hyperlink to Ira Wallace’s article on greens.

Swiss chard: 'Ruby Red', 'Bright Yellow', 'Peppermint', 'Oriole'
Swiss chard: ‘Ruby Pink’, ‘Shiny Yellow’, ‘Peppermint’, ‘Oriole’

chard (beta vulgaris ‘Ruby Pink’, ‘Shiny Yellow’, ‘Peppermint’ and ‘Oriole’)

Spinach
Spinach

Spinach

tatsoi
tatsoi

tatsoi

specialist’s blueprints

Chives, photo: Sydney Powell
Chives, picture: Sydney Powell

inexperienced onions

Lettuce
Lettuce
lettuce seedlings
lettuce seedlings

Lettuce

Turnips, photo: Sydney Powell
Turnips, picture: Sydney Powell

turnips

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