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Sea Kale?
Anyone grown (and eaten) this? Books and catalogues suggest it's
good-looking, delicious and not too difficult? Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com |
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In article , Steve
Harris writes Anyone grown (and eaten) this? Books and catalogues suggest it's good-looking, delicious and not too difficult? There are a number of vegetables in this range. They are all in the brassica family and they are relatively easy to grow and very good to eat. We often use young leaves chopped raw in salads. Some seakales can be grown as perennials, some are more akin to chards, spinach beets and perpetual spinach. Whichever one you try, don't start seeding them too early, a late April or early May sowing will help to prevent later bolting. Leaves can be taken on a cut-and-come-again basis, making cropping available for up to 12 months in some cases. -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
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from (Steve Harris) contains these words: Anyone grown (and eaten) this? Books and catalogues suggest it's good-looking, delicious and not too difficult? I've picked it on the margins of the sea, but not grown it. It is good-looking, it is delicious and it is very nutritious. I wouldn't think it is too difficult on a slightly alkaline soil. -- Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano, iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03) |
Sea Kale?
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from (Steve Harris) contains these words: Anyone grown (and eaten) this? Books and catalogues suggest it's good-looking, delicious and not too difficult? I've picked it on the margins of the sea, but not grown it. It is good-looking, it is delicious and it is very nutritious. I wouldn't think it is too difficult on a slightly alkaline soil. -- Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano, iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03) |
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In article , Steve
Harris writes In article , (Alan Gould) wrote: Some seakales can be grown as perennials, some are more akin to chards, spinach beets and perpetual spinach Thanks. I'm looking particularly at Crambe maritima 'Lily White' A very good choice, well worth trying. Crambe can be grown and cropped as a perennial, the risk being that brassicas grown in the same place for several years can encourage club root. It can be forced outdoors by covering with pots in November, or indoors by keeping covered roots in temperatures of around 55F/15C overwinter. Forced roots are disposed of after cropping. -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
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from (Steve Harris) contains these words: In article , (Jaques d'Alltrades) wrote: I've picked it on the margins of the sea, but not grown it. It is good-looking, it is delicious and it is very nutritious. Did you pick and eat it from the wild (IE without forcing) and it was delicious? Picked it on the Sussex coast and the Essex coast, and yes, it was an experience I want to repeat. Also picked sea beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima); hastate orache (Atriplex hastata); glasswort (Salicornia several species); samphire (Crithmum maritimum) - all delicious all in Essex. Oh, and wild asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) during the war when I was rather small, somewhere near Seaford: might have been Cuckmere Haven. -- Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano, iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03) |
Sea Kale?
The message
from (Steve Harris) contains these words: In article , (Jaques d'Alltrades) wrote: I've picked it on the margins of the sea, but not grown it. It is good-looking, it is delicious and it is very nutritious. Did you pick and eat it from the wild (IE without forcing) and it was delicious? Picked it on the Sussex coast and the Essex coast, and yes, it was an experience I want to repeat. Also picked sea beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima); hastate orache (Atriplex hastata); glasswort (Salicornia several species); samphire (Crithmum maritimum) - all delicious all in Essex. Oh, and wild asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) during the war when I was rather small, somewhere near Seaford: might have been Cuckmere Haven. -- Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano, iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03) |
Sea Kale?
On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 16:55:50 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote: The message from (Steve Harris) contains these words: In article , (Jaques d'Alltrades) wrote: I've picked it on the margins of the sea, but not grown it. It is good-looking, it is delicious and it is very nutritious. Did you pick and eat it from the wild (IE without forcing) and it was delicious? Picked it on the Sussex coast and the Essex coast, and yes, it was an experience I want to repeat. It grows amongst Chesil Bank like stones in Cote d'Amor, Brittany. I never thought to pick or eat it. We were bloated with Fruits de Mer. -- Martin |
Sea Kale?
On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 16:55:50 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote: The message from (Steve Harris) contains these words: In article , (Jaques d'Alltrades) wrote: I've picked it on the margins of the sea, but not grown it. It is good-looking, it is delicious and it is very nutritious. Did you pick and eat it from the wild (IE without forcing) and it was delicious? Picked it on the Sussex coast and the Essex coast, and yes, it was an experience I want to repeat. It grows amongst Chesil Bank like stones in Cote d'Amor, Brittany. I never thought to pick or eat it. We were bloated with Fruits de Mer. -- Martin |
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