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  • Asian Greens

    Brassica rapa varieties Asian greens are a go-to staple at the farm for summer salad mixes, when the cool-loving lettuces are sulking in the heat....

  • Garlic

    The ‘mother’ garlic plant is a composite bulb consisting of many smaller wedgeshaped ‘daughter’ bulbs each of which may be referred to as a ‘clove’....

  • Green Bean

    Green, string, or snap beans are among the easiest and most productive backyard vegetable crops. A gift of the indigenous people of the New World...

  • Maple

    Acer floridanum, Florida maple, southern sugar maple, is a small (to 25 feet in the landscape) tree with a single-trunked, rounded habit. This native of...

  • Apples

    Malus domestica apples are complex selections and hybrids of M. pumila with M. sylvestris and M. mitis. Thus the shape of the fruit varies from...

  • Onion

    Biennial grown as annual for swollen bulbs. Value: small amounts of most vitamins and minerals. A vegetable of antiquity, onions were cultivated by the Egyptians...

  • English Mace

    From the family Asteraceae. Native to Switzerland, English mace is now cultivated in northern temperate countries. This culinary herb is little known and under used....

  • Almond

    Nutritionally speaking, almonds (Prunus dulcis) are one of nature’s superfoods, loaded with vitamin E and antioxidants and linked to lowering LDL cholesterol and the risk...

  • African Mask

    African mask is beloved for dark green, deep V-shaped leaves with ribs and edges marked in bright creamy white. Jaunty and full of attitude, it...

  • Arugula

    This peppery leafy green has become a kitchen staple and an expected menu item at any self-respecting restaurant. The combination of meaty texture, heat, and...