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Mustard - Southern Giant Curled
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. 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 can tolerate light frost and actually tastes slightly sweeter after a light frost. 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. Mustard Greens prefer rich, moist, and well drained soil with lots of organic matter. Mustard likes cool roots, so mulching will help keep the roots cool. If allowed to flower, the yellow flowers are also edible. The Southern Giant can also be grown in a container. ... find out more
Lettuce - Butterhead Batavia Blonde The Lettuce Leaf Blonde, 'Lactuca sativa (Batavia Type)', is a Danish variety that has fringed blonde leaves, excellent flavor, and withstands heat without getting bitter. The Europeans consider Batavia lettuces to be one of the best tasting lettuces. They are tasty, sweet, and they have nice texture. Blonde is a very attractive ornamental with fringed, blonde leaves. Lettuce is a cool season annual. Successive plantings can produce lettuce spring through fall. Plant in early spring, 3 to 4 weeks before the average last frost date, and successive plantings thereafter every 3 weeks until 5 weeks before fall frost. Lettuce likes light, fertile, moist, and well drained soils. Lettuce grows well near cabbage, beets, carrots, chives, garlic, and onion. |
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