Watercress is a quick-growing, perennial - long-lasting - plant which is native to Europe and Asia. Many people use it in salads, soups and in sandwiches due to its far-ranging health benefits.

SAN ANTONIO – A lesser-known superfood has a perfect 100 score on the CDC’s list of powerhouse fruits and vegetables and it turns out — it’s pretty easy to grow at home. Watercress is an ancient green ...

Learn how to grow watercress, indoors or outdoors, using the same methods gardeners have employed with heirloom watercress varieties since the 1870s. A Brief History of Heirloom Watercress Varieties ...

My first garden wasn't so much a raised bed, as a sunken one. It was a twin set of concrete laundry tubs – those old ones with ribbed slanted sides that doubled as washboards – that Dad had buried in ...

You probably have your winter salad leaves well under way by now, but if you want to bump up your greens, the most nutritious, fastest-growing and delicious crop to try is watercress. I popped over to ...

The “healthiest” veggie is one that you probably don't have in your fridge. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded watercress, a leafy green, a perfect 100% score on ...

NOW that new watercress varieties can be grown in patio pots, sales are soaring. But did you know... WATERCRESS is a member of the brassica family, in the mustard group which includes 3,000 species. A ...

Anna Roberts' watercress, which she has grown from seed.Melissa Adams A runner-up in our recent spring giveaway, Anna Roberts, of Curtin, is growing watercress for the first time. She bought the tiny ...

This is the fourth post in Ian Knauer's Farm to Table series. Ian will be checking in weekly throughout the season with recipes and stories from his family farm in Knauertown, PA. I spent the better ...

1 Nasturtium tastes similar to watercress and the leaves, flowers and seed are edible, the seeds often pickled to form a caper substitute. 2 Landcress Barbarea verna (www.thompson-morgan.com) This ...