Mustard greens can be eaten raw or cooked. The whole plant can be cut at once or individual outer leaves can be picked for a cut-and-come-again harvest. The young leaves, four to five inches long, are mild-flavored and can be eaten raw in salads. The older leaves taste better when prepared as cooked greens. Avoid yellow, over mature mustards with seeds or yellow flowers attached.

When choosing mustard greens, know that the smaller, more tender leaves of spring will generally be milder in flavor than the mature leaves of summer and fall. If you don't find the flavor of the raw leaves too harsh, try adding a small amount to a salad for a lively, peppery accent. To tame the bitterness, use a combination of heat, salt, and fat. We like mustard greens just lightly wilted, blanched, or sautéed to retain the bright color and texture, but they can also be boiled or braised longer to soften the flavor. Ingredients that help balance the bitterness include salt, soy sauce, bacon, prosciutto, toasted nuts, olive oil, or sesame oil.

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Potatoes are one of the most fun and rewarding vegetables you can grow. Potatoes are started in early spring, using ‘seed potatoes’ which quickly begin growing into vigorous plants. Potato tubers – the part you eat – grow underground. The fun part is digging up the potatoes like buried treasure, usually 3-4 months after you plant.

Potatoes are easy to grow, and planting them yourself will let you choose from many delicious varieties that you can’t get from the store, such as reliable Red Pontiac, gourmet French fingerling or exotic All Blue. Drop in soon for the best selection of seed potatoes and pick up our Gro-Sheet, Growing Potatoes, for more information on how to grow your own potatoes successfully.

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