Find out how to grow collard greens, a classic Southern vegetable that thrives in cool weather. Collard greens are a staple in the South, but these hardy, leafy plants are easy and fun to grow in ...

DeZha Smith, at 21-year-old farmer from north St. Louis, surveys dozens of collard green plants at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in East St. Louis, Ill. The plants are part of a study examining ...

Collards take up only about two of the 445 acres on the Pendleton-area farm. Nonetheless, the hearty, leafy green plant is a nice sideline – especially this time of year. “It’s just one ...

Brazelton puts a paper label on a collard. (SOUNDBITE OF PAPER RUSTLING) GRUMKE: After years dreaming up this project, in just a couple days, he'll unearth the plant to learn what's going on ...

The Healthy Community Partnership’s Healthy Food Action Team is launching Plant Power! A Food Sovereignty Initiative this ...

Don’t worry about mowing, leave fallen leaves where they lay (or use them for mulch), and save heavy cutbacks and pruning for most plants until the early spring. Be grateful for the bounty your ...

In warmer climates, collards are best planted in the fall, so they grow in cooler weather. When exposed to warm or hot weather, they tend to bolt, especially in the hotter months of the summer.