Sep 28th
![Boost your Immune System Naturally with Broccoli 1 Broccoli sprouts](https://growingveggies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Broccoli-sprouts-300x232.jpg)
Broccoli is one of the best vegetables you can eat to promote good health, and help prevent many often devastating health problems including hypertension, diabetes, cancer, osteoarthritis and allergies. And the good news for people who struggle to grow broccoli in their own kitchen gardens (because it does have a tendency to bolt before the ...
Tags: broccoli, broccoli sprouts, cancer, chemoprotection, glucoraphanin, immune system, kill cancer stem cells, sulforaphane
Aug 1st
![Top 10 Trend-setting Vegetables 2 Portobello mushroom stuffed with yellow onion, red pepper, spinach and cheese.](https://growingveggies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Portobello_mushroom-150x150.jpg)
It’s not just fashion, hairstyles and interior design that have changing trends, even vegetables can be trend setters.
The online Canadian foodie magazine, bon appétit traced vegetable trends over a period of more than four decades, and published there top ten list of trend-setting vegetables this week.
Top Ten Trend-Setting Vegetables
Avocado Pears were the greatest trend setters ...
Tags: arugula, asparagus, avocado pears, beets, brussels sprouts, cabbage, celery root, chard, Flavors of the Future, heirloom carrots, heirloom tomatoes, kale, kohlrabi, Lima beans, parsley, Portobello mushrooms, rocket, romanesco broccoli, rutabaga, squash, sun-dried tomatoes, top 10 vegetables
Jun 30th
![Recent Study: The Life of a Vegetable Continues After Harvest 3 Small red and large green cabbages](https://growingveggies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/06Cabbage-150x150.jpg)
A recent scientific study published in Current Biology reveals that vegetables continue to “live” for some time after they have been harvested, showing that the life of a vegetable does not end when it is picked.
Two of the benefits of this for cabbages and other brassicas are that:
anti-cancer properties form after the brassica has been ...
Tags: anti-cancer properties, brassicas, Current Biology, life of a vegetable, pest resistance
May 18th
![Are you Growing Easy, Nutritious and Delicious Kale? 4 kale](https://growingveggies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/04kale-150x150.jpg)
Currently regarded as one of the most healthy vegetables on Planet Earth, kale is packed full of nutrients, has incredible health benefits, and when well prepared, has a delicious flavour. It is easy to grow, needs minimal care, and will reward you with an awesome harvest for much longer than most of the other veggies ...
Tags: brassicas, growing kale, kale
Apr 22nd
![Romanesco721Pen romanesco broccoli](https://growingveggies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Romanesco721Pen-150x150.jpg)
Romanesco demands as much interest from photographers as it does from chefs. In fact there are some who say they use it as a centrepiece at dinner parties to generate conversation!
This intriguing vegetable is brightly coloured, absolutely beautiful and even a little bizarre, with sculptured lime-green conical buds on its spiral head that look like ...
Tags: brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, farmer's market, Jamie Oliver, kohlrabi, romanesco, romanesco broccoli, selective breeding
Aug 18th
![Bronwens_rocket Bronwens rocket](https://growingveggies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Bronwens_rocket-150x150.jpg)
True rocket
Rocket has become an immensely popular salad ingredient in recent years. Also known as arugula, it is has a delicious slightly peppery taste that is guaranteed to add that little bit of extra zing to any salad or sandwich.
Rocket, like Asian greens, belong to the brassica family, and as such is an edible annual ...
Tags: Asian greens, Complete Herbal, Nicholas Culpepper, rocket, rocket cress, salad
Aug 16th
![pak_choi pak choi](https://growingveggies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pak_choi-150x150.jpg)
Asian food has become incredibly popular worldwide, so it is no surprise to find that an increasing number of people are keen to grow their own Asian greens.
But what are Asian greens?
To give a short answer, they include a range of quickly grown brassica species, ranging from quite large Chinese cabbage to baby bok choy. ...
Tags: Asian greens, bok choy, Chinese cabbage, pak choi
Aug 10th
![Pennys_broccoli Young broccoli](https://growingveggies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Pennys_broccoli2-150x150.jpg)
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People who loathe eating cabbage sometimes find it difficult to believe that both broccoli and cauliflower are closely related to the common cabbage! All are members of the brassica family that also includes Brussels sprouts, Chinese cabbage, kale, and perhaps surprisingly, turnips as well.
The best known type of broccoli is the sprouting type that produces ...
Tags: brassicas, growing broccoli