There's nothing like fresh broccoli from your very own vegetable garden—it's more tender, more flavorful, and just tastes better than store-bought. It's also packed with nutrients and surprisingly ...

Growing broccoli can be challenging because this cool-season vegetable requires just the right conditions: rich soil, consistent moisture, and extended cool weather in spring and fall (or during ...

If you have never grown broccoli (Brassica oleracea) in the garden, you might be surprised to learn that the part of the plant we eat is a flower, or more precisely, a cluster of immature flower buds ...

As we are clear the vegetable patch of spent bean vines, corn stalks and mildewy squash vines these days, it is time to plant a fall crop of broccoli. A trip to the nursery will reveal a bountiful ...

Broccoli can be a finicky crop, but in the right conditions, it can be a pleasure to grow and eat. It, along with other members of the brassica family, offers great nutrition, with lots of vitamin C ...

If you're the gardening type, you might have considered adding broccoli to your lineup. This lovely crop is easy to grow in a home garden -- in USDA Hardiness Zones 2 through 11 -- and it's absolutely ...

Barbara Damrosch is a lifelong vegetable gardener who’s been one of the most prolific writers on that subject for decades, along with her garden-author husband, Eliot Coleman. The two are best known ...

Cabbage family plants usually grow and yield better when planted for a fall harvest. Transplants can be hard to find in midsummer, but they're easy to grow from seeds in the garden. Cabbage and ...

Oh, how I envy the highland gardeners who can dine on freshly picked broccoli from their gardens. What a special taste broccoli adds to a meal, and it’s loaded with nutrition, too. Broccoli is a good ...