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Arugula - Wild
The Wild Arugula is also a good container plant. The Arugula Wild Rocket Salad, Roquette, 'Eruca vesicaaria sativa', is one of the most popular new greens. Nothing adds such an exciting, interesting flavor and texture to salads as this green. It is most often eaten raw in salads but it is also steamed or added to many other dishes like pizza. Descriptions such as hot with a hint of nut flavor, tart, and spicy are used to describe Arugula. The interesting flavor of arugula will add spunk to any boring salad. Wild Rocket Salad Arugula prefers light, fertile, moist, and well drained soil. Arugula, when mature, grow to 2 to 3 feet tall, but the leaves are tastiest and less bitter when harvested 2 to 6 inches long. Plant in early spring, 3 to 4 weeks before the last average frost date and plant successive plantings thereafter every 3 weeks until first fall frost approaches. The flowers are also edible. In warmer climates, delay planting during the heat of the summer. ... get more information
Celery - Chinese - Kin-Tsai In 1972, bamboo slips, used to record recipes, were excavated from the Han dynasty tombs. It can be sown every 6 weeks through the summer for continual crops. Plant 5 weeks before last frost date. The Celery Chinese Kin-Tsai (Qin cai, Kun choi), 'Apium graveolens', is one of the most widely grown vegetables in China. It is also used in soups, stews, and rice dishes. The flavor is more robust than American celery. The leaves have a strong celery flavor that is essential for Chinese cuisine. The soil should be well drained and very fertile with lots of organic matter. |
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