In most areas, radicchio should be planted in late summer for a fall or early winter harvest before heavy frosts occur.

By growing your own, you can pick the exact quantity ... including loose-leaf types and oak leaf lettuce, radicchio, rocket and endive.

Proper growing practices also mellow out the notorious bitterness of the radicchio plant, making it perfectly palatable. You might have heard that radicchio is bitter, which may have put you off ...