Summary: This delicious and nutritious leafy vegetable is easy to grow and an excellent source of vitamins and minerals. Plants are cold tolerant and produce attractive, upright, bright green leaves with a mild, spicy flavor. Enjoy raw, steamed or cooked and serve alone or mixed with other greens.
When and where to plant: Select sunny location and sow seeds as soon as the ground can be worked. Repeat at 3 week intervals, timing last sowing to mature before onset of hot weather. For best results, loosen soil with spade or fork, fertilize and smooth with rake. Firm soil over seed and keep moist. In mild winter areas, plant again in late summer or early fall.
Care: Keep soil moist, weed free and feed every 4-6 weeks.
Harvesting: Pick individual tender leaves before fully grown. Harvest before onset of hot weather. Cool weather and frost sweeten flavor.
Health Note: A very rich source of calcium, iron and vitamins A and C.