Allotments 4 All

1. Winter White, last year's Cabbage, Primo
2. Cabbage Peter
3. Cauli Romanesco
4. Tundra, Brussels Brilliant & Clodius
5. PSB Claret
6. Kale Pentland Brig
7. Kale Red Russian
8. WSB
8a. Calabrese early
9. WSB

Looks busy.    My OH is going to email me some photos of the stuff I have in the ground.  Guess its just to show me what I am missing on the plot. 

Better than mine Tim i seem to be losing the battle with Mr&Mrs woodpigeon this year. :(

Look good to me. I'm so far behind I'm trying some fast croppers.

Is this your first year with red kale Tim? If not, how does it compare to green curly?

Pigeons?

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Yes, hence the netting on most!

Kale? Grew it last year, Barnie - prefer it to all others. Great in salads. But each has its place. Wife prefers Curly. She thinks!

thanks Tim. My wife isn't so fond of green curly so I'm trying the red as well this year. Glad it's not just cattle feed  :)

 ;D ALL I CAN SAY TIM IS WOW

Same here - you are way ahead  ;D

tim your doing well much better than mine which are just not moving very quickly :(

BUT - as TG said, TOO far ahead!!

I'm having to re-sow PSB & Winter Cabbage.

Hi again Barnowl... what a lot of people forget is that the biggest/oldest leaves on any Brassica are tough, best used for soups and most "old" kales were grown as a winter standby... best to eat the youngest,smallest leaves and it will like all brassicas produce new leaves from the leaf axils... just like cutting a cabbage stump will produce four leafy green bits for catch cropping... the newer varieties here are from Southern Europe where the frost tolerance wasn't the main issue and they aren't as tough... like the black strappy one that is all the rage at the moment.  ;D

That's correct; kale was largely for the 'hungry gap' when you could starve in a bad year, and the important thing about food was that there should be some, never mind the quality.

Two days of rain.......!!

Pics 4 & 6/7 earlier.

Credit to you Tim, i,m eating my cabbage already aswell m8. ide like to post pics of mine but dont no how to get the photos from my pc to this site if anyone can help    cheers Andy

hi, organicandy, welcome to the site..there's something about posting pictures in photo talk  ;D