• Article About Kale and Collards Collards (Brassica oleracea Acephala group) Kale (Brassica oleracea Acephala group) Russian or Napa Kale (Brassica rapus ssp. pabularia syn. B. napus) Learn about kale and collards here. As...
• Article How to Grow Kale and Collards Kale contains higher levels of beta-carotene than any other green vegetable, and is also high in vitamin C and calcium. Collards are not far behind. All are easy...
• Article Brassicas: Cabbage, Kale, Broccoli, and More The Brassica family contains the highest number of food bearing plants in all of the plant families, including Brussels sprouts, cabbage, kale, collards, cauliflower, and broccoli. All of...
• Article Commit to Grow Day 16: Grow Kale If you ever find yourself tempted to purchase kale from a supermarket, you really ought to try growing it. By its nature, kale is one of the easiest,...
• Article FED Urban Agriculture Society Expanding Pollinator Spaces & Cultural Food through Community Connection & Engagement FED Urban Farm is a mixed vegetable container farm in the heart of Victoria, BC. The farm...
• Article Brassica Brassica refers to members of the Mustard genus, Brassicaceae. Sometimes called Cole Crops, these include smaller plants like radishes, kohlrabi, turnips, and arugula, as well as the larger group...
• Article Seeds to Start in August Here's our list of seeds to start in August for fall and winter harvests. These fast-growing seeds are cold hardy, and will thrive as the nights get cooler...
• Article Seeds to Start in March As the frost recedes, the possibilities in our gardens expand. Around March 28, gardeners along the south coastal regions of British Columbia witness the last average frost date....
• Article Clubroot Clubroot is the thickening and distortion of the roots of Brassicas by the soil fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae. Roots are distended and swollen and may appear to be shaped...
• Article Community Garden at The Greater Vancouver Food Bank The Greater Vancouver Food Bank (GVFB) has embarked on a new, fresh project that provides supplemental greens to our Community Agency Partners (CAPs): we’ve started a community garden! ...
• Article Seeds to Start in April This is a list of seeds to start in April for south coastal British Columbia and the US Pacific Northwest. Finally it’s April and we are past the...
• Article About Kohlrabi Kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea Gongylodes group — gongylodes, meaning knob-like or swollen) Often called the German turnip, kohlrabi takes its name from the German words Kohl, meaning cabbage and...
• Article Best Winter Gardening Varieties Some vegetable varieties thrive in the cool conditions of fall and early winter, and offered a bit of protection from extreme cold, they can be harvested right through...
• Article About Cabbage Known since ancient Greece and Rome, the modern cabbage is a descendant of wild mustard. The Roman statesman Cato the Elder wrote of its medicinal properties, “It is...
• Article Companion Planting These guidelines to companion planting are just suggestions to keep in mind. Each garden is unique and many factors should be considered during the planning stage. These factors...
• Article How to Store Seeds One of the factors that most influences the germination rate of seeds is how they are stored. Like the plants that produce them, seeds come in all sorts...
• Article Seeds to Start in July Who says your garden's bounty has to be a summer-only affair? There's a cornucopia of seeds just waiting to burst into life in July, especially in areas that...
• Article About Broccoli Broccoli (Brassica oleracea — Italica group, literally meaning “from Italy”) Another very healthy vegetable to eat, broccoli takes its name from the Italian words piccoli bracci, meaning “little...
• Article Latin for Gardeners Prior to the 18th century, scientists struggled to find conventions with which to categorize organisms. In the 1730s, the visionary Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus developed a system of...
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• Article How to Grow Tomatoes Summer-ripened tomatoes are a good source of vitamin C and beta-carotene. The lycopene in the tomatoes is an anti-oxidant, but is only released when the tomatoes are cooked....
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