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.
This Course is intended for:
- Market gardeners and farm workers
- Hydroponic growers
- Home Gardeners
- Gardeners, horticulturists
- Anyone interested in sustainability, self sufficiency, permaculture, farming
- Foodies, Cooks, Chefs, Retailers, or anyone else who works with salad vegetables
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 silver beet
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