Mesclun salad mixes are available in local produce departments, but they can't touch the mixes you can make at home if you plan now. Mesclun at my house is a mixture of astringent, bitter, buttery, ...

It's hard to believe you can get a great salad out of your fall vegetable garden, but it's true - you just need to know which greens thrive in the cool weather.

Many of the greens found in the wild have become legitimized by the popularity of mesclun mixes and intentionally cultivated. Mesclun, comes from a French word meaning “mixture.” Originating in ...

For Nate Appleman, a great salad is a bit of a moving target. And it never includes mesclun mix. Ever. “It is the worst thing ever and I refuse to eat or serve it,” said Appleman, a star of Food ...

Cool-season lettuces, mesclun mixes, and other greens that were planted in early spring can be planted again this month. If the weather is unusually hot, plant these greens in partial shade or wait a ...

UN-FUN FUNGUS: This cucumber is losing the fight against a fungal disease, a common wet-weather problem. Photo courtesy of the University of Maryland Extension What a wet one it’s been! As you scurry ...

Chinese cabbage is the savior of late fall and early winter. I start it from seed in the latter half of July — with soilless mix in individual cells on raised benches — and transplant it into fertile ...

For Nate Appleman, a great salad is a bit of a moving target. And it never includes mesclun mix. Ever. "It is the worst thing ever and I refuse to eat or serve it," said Appleman, a star of Food ...