If you’re lucky enough to have plenty of sunshine and room for pots, go for the green — kale, Swiss chard and cilantro. Here’s why: kale and Swiss chard are cruciferous vegetables. Diets rich in ...

As you switch from warm-weather salads to fall soups, stews and pasta dishes, dark, leafy greens will be a welcome addition. Kale, spinach and Swiss chard are more than pretty colors on the plate.

This leafy green may not get the same attention as reliable spinach or trendy kale, but it deserves a spot in produce ...

The new Canal Market District farmers market will likely be offering lots of healthy greens this week, and the kale and Swiss chard in my garden are looking lush and delectable about now. Everyone ...

Q: I’ve heard that greens like Swiss chard, spinach, kale and collards are very rich in vitamins and fairly easy to grow. Can you give some guidelines on how to grow, and when to plant them? A: The ...

Sure, today kale is the glamour-puss of the winter greens crowd. But it wasn’t so long ago that that crown belonged to the chards. And though fashion may have moved on, they do still have a lot to ...

Swiss chard, with stems in a rainbow of colors, has never reached the celebrity status of kale. Yet, it is more versatile, easier to work with, and just as hardy. Long celebrated throughout the ...

Kale is everywhere — in soups, salads, smoothies and baked into chips. I expect to see a recipe for kale ice cream next. I think it’s time for kale to move over and make room for another green ...

Chard is a leafy green vegetable that's part of the Chenopodiaceae family (a subfamily of the Amaranthaceae plant family, but in layman's terms, the beet family). Its large and crinkly leaves are ...