Growing Edible Greens and Flowers

Sneak Peek

Learn to grow not only lettuce, but an amazingly diverse range of vegetables that can be eaten raw in salads.

Salads can be anything but boring; and the commercial opportunities for growers and cooks can be vastly expanded after doing this course.

John Mason and his team of horticulturists have spent decades growing, researching and using all sorts of edible leaves and flowers for salads. We’ve collected an amazing array of reference books to support this course; many which are now difficult to find; nevertheless rich, valuable references to support our students.

CONTENTS OF THE COURSE

LESSON 1 DECIDING HOW TO GROW 
What leaves are edible? 
How to grow leaf vegetables 
Review what you have been learning 

LESSON 2 PROPAGATING LEAF VEGETABLES
Sourcing seed 
Seed propagation
Review what you have been learning

LESSON 3 HARVESTING, STORING & USING
Harvesting vegetables 
Extending the shelf life 
Creating a salad 
Review what you have been learning 
PART 2 THE LEAF VEGETABLES

LESSON 4 LETTUCE & ITS RELATIVES (Asteraceae) 
Lettuce 
Types of lettuce 
Lettuce relatives 
Chicory 
Radicchio 
Endive 
Dandelion 
Review what you have been learning 

LESSON 5 SPINACH & ITS RELATIVES (Amaranthaceae) 
Spinach and chard
Spinach
Chard or silverbeet
Amaranth 
Orach
Review what you have been learning

LESSON 6 CELERY & ITS RELATIVES (Apiaceae)
Celery 
Coriander 
Parsley 
Review what you have been learning

LESSON 7 BRASSICAS 
Growing conditions
Cabbage 
Watercress 
Garden cress 
Land cress 
Wasabi 
Rocket 
Review what you have been learning

LESSON 8 MICROGREENS (Sprouts)
What they are
Types of sprouts
Review what you have been learning 

LESSON 9 EDIBLE FLOWERS
Flowers as food
How to use edible flowers
Some edible flowers to grow 
Review what you have been learning 

LESSON 10 OTHER LEAF SALAD VEGETABLES 
Chenopods 
Salad burnet 
Summer purslane 
Warrigal greens 
Pigface 
Corn salad 
Ice plant 
Malabar spinach
Sorrel
Review what you have been learning
Final Assessment