Kale is wonderful - really!

Sorry I missed my posting last week, I was out of town visiting friends in Washington DC and have been sick with a rotten head cold. That's what you get for sitting next to people with colds on airplanes!!

For all of you out there who have an aversion to kale I think you should try it in the Spring, you may just change your mind. Late last summer I planted Red Russian kale. It was very prolific in the early Winter and there was enough that I let some overwinter. Now they are growing like crazy and have delicious tender, sweet leaves that can be used for salad greens or just steamed very lightly - yummy and very good for you too!!! Another plant that I started last year and is now bountiful is the purple sprouting broccoli. It is full of small shoots that are delicious. Unfortunately I don't have enough to sell but I am planning on having an abundance of them for next year.

This week Steve, who owns the farmland I will be using, ploughed it for me. He is going to turn it over a couple more times so that all I will have to do is start planting. What a great guy! He lets me use his land and gets it ready for me too - I am so fortunate - as you can imagine this saves me a huge amount of labour!

The cold nights are still lingering! It has to change soon right?!! My greenhouse is full to overflowing with plants ready to go out. Soon! I can't complain though, I regularly communicate with farmers on the SPIN farming forum who still have 3ft of snow!

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