The Best Collards and Greens for Wisconsin
For most Wisconsin gardens, the best collards are the quick, cold-tolerant types, planted as spring transplants and harvested into fall.
When to Plant Collards in West Virginia
West Virginia gives collards two planting windows: one in spring, built around the April frost dates, and one in late summer for a fall crop that runs…
The Best Collards and Greens for West Virginia
For most West Virginia gardens, the best collards are an open-leaf, non-heading type, grown mainly as a fall crop, with a quick spring planting as a bonus.
Growing Sweet Potatoes: Slips, Heat, and a Careful Cure
Sweet potatoes start from rooted cuttings called slips, not from a tuber. They want a long run of warm soil and warm nights, then about a week of curing…
When to Plant Collards in Washington
Western Washington gets two collard windows: a spring sowing that starts indoors and moves outside once the soil is workable, and a summer sowing that…
The Best Collards and Greens for Washington
For most Washington gardeners west of the Cascades, the best collards are cold-tolerant, steady growers sown for a fall and winter harvest.
Hedge Plants for Michigan: What Holds, and What Only Looks Hardy
Nine of the 12 hedge species documented on this site hold across all of Michigan. Three hold only in part of it, and none fail everywhere.
When to Plant Collards in Virginia
Collards can be sown twice in Virginia: once in early spring around the last freeze, and again in late summer so the crop matures before the first fall…
Hedge Plants for Massachusetts: What Holds, and What Only Looks Hardy
Ten of the twelve hedge species documented on this site hold across all of Massachusetts, from the Berkshires to the coast.
The Best Collards and Greens for Virginia
For most Virginia gardens, the best collard is a standard non-heading type, planted so it matures into fall and stands through the first frosts.