Growing Chia for Sprouts, Microgreens & Seed Chia (Salvia hispanica) is a true sage that pulls triple duty from a single packet of seed: scattered on a damp tray it becomes a mild, nutty sprout in under a week, grown…
Growing Curly Cress for Sprouts, Greens & Soil Curly cress (Lepidium sativum) is one of the fastest edible plants you can grow, and one of the most versatile — a single packet does four different jobs. Scattered on a damp…
Growing Lentils for Sprouts & Seed Lentils (Lens culinaris) are a cool-season annual legume and one of the oldest crops humans ever tamed — and one of the few you can grow three completely different ways from the same bag…
Grow fenugreek from seed for methi greens, maple-scented sprouts, microgreens, and seed — with North American climate timing, harvesting, cooking, and health uses.
Growing Flax for Seed & Fibre Flax (Linum usitatissimum) gives you several different harvests from one packet of seed: omega-3-rich seed you can eat, soak, or grow into microgreens; strong stem fibre for linen; and a cloud of sky-blue flowers…
Grow oats from seed at home — variety choice, when to plant by zone, harvesting at the dough stage, threshing and dehulling by hand, plus sprouts, oat grass, cover crop and oatmeal uses.
A complete guide to growing hollyhocks from seed — choosing varieties, sowing for first-year or biennial bloom, zone timing, controlling rust, companions, seed saving, and the plant's edible and historical uses across the US and Canada.
Growing Borage for Bees & Edible Flowers Borage (Borago officinalis) is one of the few plants that earns a spot in the flower bed, the herb garden, and the vegetable patch all at once. Direct sow it after your last…
