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In bed 5 I have lacinato and winterbor kale, which survived transplant at a fairly medium size from another bed recently. There are about 6-8 plants of each variety and we just took our first harvest from them this week.
Also in this bed is Red Russian Kale going to seed. This kale survived the winter in the bed from the previous owners and so I'm saving seed. It also was transplanted from Bed 1 recently which helped stress it enough to stop blooming and focus on the seeds. I'll be hanging them up to dry soon and will have plenty to share.
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In bed 8 I have six Broccoli (Oliver) at one end. I am close to harvesting the first head.
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In the middle of the bed I have some badly eaten broccoli rabe.
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2 comments:
Ha ! So now I know those seed pods I spied in the neighbours' patch are kale ! (They're on last year's crop which incidently doesn't look like kale much anymore). Will sneak in and grab a handful then !
Those rows are so pretty and your garden just looks so massively productive. Splendid !
I went back for a closer look. Looks more like a turnip or rutabaga gone to seed. The pods are very similar. Cool !
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