From summer-sown plants, turned into woody canes for some time now, I’ve been harvesting curly kale and cavolo nero. See here for my brassica manifesto, http://vivekagardens.com/cavolo-nero-and-other-brassicas/. I’m taking the tender little leaves, and where I decapitated one cavolo nero, baby leaves have sprouted which are all the tenderer. Frost sweetens kale, but we’ve maybe had …
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Several matters came together to fire a craze on cabbages and brassicas in general. I now have four different kales, hearting cabbage and a range of chinese leaves in different stages of development ready for stir-fries and steaming through the coming months. You can read my peak oil inspiration here, http://projectdirt.com/group/incredibleediblelambeth/forum/topics/i-have-a-dream-cabbage In addition, I just …
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