Assorted Kale !!

[Mr Bones]

That looks easy enough, I'll try that.

[Bren In Pots]

I've been meaning to make Kale crisps for ages but haven't got around to it yet.

[Mr Bones]

That looks easy enough, I'll try that.

mmmmmm thanks for that one VC, blummin loveley, made some earlier with Daubentons. Great on their own but I can see them being useful as a garnish much in the same way as sage crisps, maybe topping a risotto, omelette or cheesy mash.

[veggiechicken]

Don't thank me, Mr B, thank the Horticultural Channel I still haven't tried them..........but I will

[VolesAteMyPeas]

Do you think kale crisps would work with chard?

[veggiechicken]

Try it and see, Voles..............and let us know the verdict

[VolesAteMyPeas]

Just tried. Ok. Tastes like crispy seaweed from a Chinese Restaurant. No surprise since that's just fried greens. Anyway, chard is thinner than kale so it stuck to the plate really badly! I'll experiment further with times. I'm guessing a shorter time will yield better results.
Like someone else said, this would be nice on top of a risotto or pasta dish etc.

[kris1960]

I've just sown 13 types of Kale as part of my cunning plan to be self sufficient year-round with pick-a-leaf greens. They've all been sown in NH seed compost, a few seeds to a module and are sitting on the kitchen table until germination.
The varieties are:-
Dwarf green curled
Jersey Walking Stick
Curly Scarlet
Westland Winter
Nero di Toscana
Ragged Jack
Red Russian
Asparagus
Tall
Sutherland
Cottagers
Daubenton
Madeley.

I have Red Ursa and True Siberian on order from Real Seeds but was too late for East Friesian Palm Kale so, if anyone has a couple of spare seeds of this I would be eternally grateful

Is anyone else growing kale - or am I the only kale nutter here?
PS I've also sown Asturian tree cabbage, Portuguese cabbage and various sprouts and broccolis that I intend to treat as pick-a-leaf too

I have some East Friesian and happy to send some- wish I had seen post before. Let me know how to send VC.

[veggiechicken]

That's very kind of you kris - thank you
No need though, as I have some now. I feel another kale sowing fest coming on soon

[veggiechicken]

A couple of photos of some of the Kales sown 2 years ago (at the beginning of this thread). Don't ask me which ones - at a rough guess HSL's Tall and Madeley kale and the Walking Stick kale. There's a white veined one in there too. The bees and insects love the flowers so I'm glad I left them to bolt

[veggiechicken]

Its that kale sowing time again 32 kales and 6 close relatives.

Dwarf green curled
Jersey Walking Stick
Curly Scarlet
Westland Winter
Nero di Toscana
Ragged Jack
Red Russian
Asparagus
Tall
Sutherland
Cottagers
Daubenton
Madeley.
Red Ursa
True Siberian
East Friesian Palm Kale
Laciniato
Winnetou F!
Redbor F1
Starbor F1
Seaweed
Vates
Rossignol
Theyer
Altmarker Braunkohl
Thousand Head
Hungry Gap
Shetland
Sugar loaf
White Russian
Kadet

And some Kales lookalikes:-

Asturian tree cabbage,
Portuguese cabbage (Tronchuda)
Abyssinian Cabbage (Texel greens)
Georgia Southern kale/Collards
Galega Frisada
Delaway cabbage

Sometimes, I hope that all my seeds don't germinate..........

[Bigmallly]

That's a lot o' Kale Sarnies...................

[sparrow100]

Flippin' 'eck VC! Where do you put 'em all?

[bario1]

Wot no Pentland Brig?

[veggiechicken]

Flippin' 'eck VC! Where do you put 'em all?

I've no idea yet Might have to do some guerrilla kale planting in neighbouring gardens

Wot no Pentland Brig?

Don''t have that one, bario Don't encourage me to buy more!