The striking foliage of collards is a decorative choice to fill containers. Group pots to keep plenty of fresh greens at hand. Depending on where you live in the South, you can plant collards in early ...

Find out how to grow collard greens, a classic Southern vegetable that thrives in cool weather. Collard greens do best when grown in an area that receives full to partial sun. These leafy greens are ...

Ira Wallace ambles around the butcher block countertop in the kitchen she shares with a community of farmers in central Virginia. She has separated a single leaf from the large baskets of unusual, ...

Tuck some seeds into the sun-warmed soil in late summer for an unforgettable fall vegetable garden. A few packets of seeds will deliver a high return on investment of time and will keep the salads and ...

You may think the best time to start your garden is spring, sometime around the last frost, but there are a surprising number of plants that can be started or grown during winter. You can plant ...

These aren't commercially produced collard greens typically sold in supermarkets or restaurants. Many of the heirloom varieties Wallace and her friends grow are rare, some once teetering on extinction ...

Collards were once as diverse as the Southern families they fed, but countless varieties have vanished. The race is on to preserve and propagate.... A community of seed savers has a recipe to revive ...

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