1.   Spinach, chard, and other leafy greens are excellent in salads.

2.   At the end of the evening, tip the leafy greens and bowl of parboiled noodles into the broth, heat through, and finish with soup.

3.   Benjamin is one of the people who discovered that most of the nitrate in our bodies is extracted from leafy greens.

4.   A leafy green such as lettuce or Swiss chard can be eaten almost in its entirety, little lost or wasted.

5.   A leafy green that looks like flat-leaf spinach, sorrel is also known as sour grass but actually has a delicate flavor.

6.   During drought, bears in search of grubs in downed logs, yellow-jacket nests, ants, termites or leafy greens will keep moving until they die.

7.   Drink plenty of milk, or eat dairy products, sardines with bones, dried figs, tofu or leafy greens.

8.   For terrace gardeners, Burpee has a new leafy green, Zen Oriental.

9.   GROWING GREAT GREENS Start direct-seeding leafy greens in early spring, or pick up young plants at a garden center or farm outlet.

10.   I also grow tatsoi, an Oriental leafy green with a spoon-shaped dark-green leaf.