GreenPeace.org<\/a>, bees pollinate human food crops that make up about 90% of the world’s nutrition.<\/p>\nGiven their importance in our ecosystem and food supply, I feel it is important to note that growing broccoli rabe is bee-friendly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Broccoli rabe, which are known botanically as Brassica rapa subsp. rapini, are a type of vegetable that can easily be grown at home. Continue reading to learn the basics of growing broccoli rabe as well as common mistakes to avoid along the way. Best Time to Plant Broccoli Rabe This will depend largely on your local climate, but as a rule of thumb, begin to plant the broccoli rabe seeds directly outdoors in early spring or fall. This is the best time to ensure that the seedlings survive the weather. To check when broccoli rabe are most likely to thrive <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,232],"tags":[208,22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1039"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1792,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions\/1792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningeats.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}