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Mustard - Southern Giant Curled
Mustard Greens prefer rich, moist, and well drained soil with lots of organic matter. Southern Giant is known for its desirable flavor when cooked in stir fry and soups or when young leaves are used in fresh salads. Mustard likes cool roots, so mulching will help keep the roots cool. Mustard Greens is an annual cool season vegetable with 10 to 12 inch tall, large, long, oval, bright green leaves that are curled on the edges. Plant in the early spring, 3 to 4 weeks before the last frost or in late summer for fall harvest. The Southern Giant can also be grown in a container. If allowed to flower, the yellow flowers are also edible. Mustard can tolerate light frost and actually tastes slightly sweeter after a light frost. The Mustard Greens Southern Giant Curled, 'Brassica juncea', has a zippy, spicy flavored foliage. The Southern Green Curled Mustard has a very nutritious leafy green that should be in everyone's garden. ... find out more
Swiss Chard - Fordhook Giant It will also tolerate partial shade. instead of growing beets, the plant grows wide, dark green, heavily crumpled leaves that are very tasty. The leaves can be harvested from late spring continuing all the way to the first frost. Chard grows best in in well drained soil with lots of organic matter. Plant in early spring, 2 to 4 weeks before last frost or as late as 2 months before first fall frost. Swiss Chard is actually a beet without the beet. Swiss Chard is a green that many seasoned gardeners claim everyone must grow. The Swiss Chard Fordhook Giant, 'Beta vulgaris', will grow in heat and cold, is nutritious, and has a long harvest period. Fordhook Giant can either be steamed, stir-fried, or eaten fresh. In warm climates, plant in late summer for fall/winter crop. |
