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Now Harvesting: late November

November 29, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 2 Comments

This cabbageworm-chewed bunch of ‘Lacinato’ (Tuscan) kale may very well be the last thing I eat from my garden for months. It’s been incredibly — record-breakingly — cold here in Vancouver, and even my cool-season edibles have succumbed. But not the kale, bless it. Hardy, and delicious to boot. What are you harvesting now?

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Kale blossoms are just about the greatest thing

April 16, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 7 Comments

yellow kale flower

Kale makes a great crop for overwintering in the veggie garden. But if you’re hoping to harvest an early spring crop of your overwintered kale greens, be warned: it may just bolt (flower and set seed) as soon as the weather starts to warm in late winter or spring. Kale flowers taste like a cross […]

Filed Under: Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: growing kale, kale flowers, lacinato kale

Growing Challenge: First planting of 2008

February 29, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 3 Comments

The Growing Challenge pushes us to grow a little more food than we have before: a minimum of one additional type of fruit or vegetable than we did last year, and to grow it from seed. This here is an update on my progress. After attending Seedy Saturday this past weekend and walking away with more […]

Filed Under: Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: growing challenge, kale, lacinato kale, red russian kale, seedy saturday, shiitake, west coast seeds

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