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Summer Greens: Leafy Crops That Take the Heat When Spinach Bolts - Happy Valley Seeds

Summer Greens: Leafy Crops That Take the Heat When Spinach Bolts

Leafy greens
When spinach and lettuce bolt in spring, a different set of leafy greens takes over. How to sow, pick and safely cook seven heat-loving greens, plus sweet potato leaves, zone by zone.
How to grow silverbeet from seed in Australia - Happy Valley Seeds

How to grow silverbeet from seed in Australia

Cool Season
Silverbeet keeps making leaves long after spinach has run to seed. Here is how to sow it, thin the clumps, feed it for leaf and pick it for months, zone by zone.
A Comprehensive Guide on Growing Egyptian Spinach - Happy Valley Seeds

A Comprehensive Guide on Growing Egyptian Spinach

Growing from Seed
What Egyptian spinach is Corchorus olitorius answers to many names: Egyptian spinach, molokhia, mulukhiyah, jute mallow, saluyot and nalta jute. It...
Asian Greens: A stir fry lover's paradise! - Happy Valley Seeds

Asian Greens: A stir fry lover's paradise!

Asian Greens
Asian greens in the cool season patch A stir fry lover can keep a garden productive right through the cool months with a bed of Asian greens. Pak c...
Growing Witloof (Belgian Endive) and Chicory in the Australian Garden - Happy Valley Seeds

Growing Witloof (Belgian Endive) and Chicory in the Australian Garden

Cool Season
Witloof, sold as Belgian endive, is really forced chicory. Learn the two-stage method, why it is bitter, and when to sow by Australian climate zone.
Asian Greens from Seed: Fast, Forgiving Leaves for Every Australian Garden - Happy Valley Seeds

Asian Greens from Seed: Fast, Forgiving Leaves for Every Australian Garden

Asian Greens
Asian greens are some of the fastest, most forgiving crops you can grow from seed. Here is how to grow them across Australia, zone by zone, and keep the harvest coming.