I love how you do things so differently than anyone else I've watched. It's brilliant to grow your seedlings for transplanting in the ground, so much more sustainable than in pots with purchased starting mix under lights!!! And I agree, maybe I got the idea from you, but the flower shoots from kale are delicious and my new favorite food! We saute it in olive oil with garlic. Super yummy!
I have a kale plant that I started off as micro greens. It became cut and come again as the other greens died off. Then it and several other kale plants just kept chugging along through the winter. Then summer came and I replanted them in the ground. The others got a little bigger but this one just kept growing and growing. It survived the summer without bolting much, then overwintered again, surviving a really brutal three day ice storm that took off more than half of my elm trees oldest branches. It went to seed hard this year after a nasty historic heat wave and I collected all the seeds and cut off the stalks they came from. It has just thrown a bunch of new leaves. It’s survived two winters here, an ice storm that knocked out the power in the entire area of miles for three days, an apocalyptic wildfire season that almost made us evacuate, a heat wave in the hundred-teens, and started growing leaves again. We’ve decided to call it Methos the Immortal kale plant and I will be using his seeds to grow a new generation of eternal greens.
You inspired me to continue gardening... im retiring november this year and the more that i watch your videos and apply whatever ideas applicable to my garden here in toronto... truly a genius at such a very young age...
Best time of the year to plant out young Kale plants, just planted four varieties myself, loads more brassicas to final plant yet and I am still sowing seeds for them too. Great Vid Huw...Steve...😃
Brilliant information as usual! How do you avoid butterflies, slugs etc. demolating the seedlings when sowing outside? I went away on holiday for a few days and came home to brassica seedling skeletons...
Great im just starting my journey of self sufficient growing and glad you say kale is a good starter as ive set my sights on growing some as i love it.. I was alarmed when i realised it could grow so large but after seeing your garden im feeling more relaxed about things... Excellent video thanks..
Can’t believe Huw still makes videos... used to watch your videos way back... found u again after searching for something and ur video came up. Great to see you’re doing well
Very timely. Last evening I harvested a bunch of kale from my greens bed. The kale is remaining because it is NOT my favorite. So I decided to dry it in the oven then ground the dried kale to a powder in a food processor. This worked well, however I still don't care for the taste. The positive is that it only takes one teaspoon of Kale Powder to be equivalent to a full serving of raw kale. This powder can be added to recipes or smoothies without having the taste of Kale. Cheers!
Wow never heard of kale powder very fascinating! Have you tried making kale chips? They're delicious and you can get creative with toppings such as a honey/teriyaki glaze or smoked paprika 😊
@@HuwRichards Kale Powder is just one step away from kale chips, simply grind to a powder in the food processor then sift out any stems. It'll store a long time in a jar, longer in vacuum packed bags. Plus it's very compact. Give it a go...
Great, thank you! We have looots of cale in the garden... We‘re in Tuscany on the appennin mountains in 700m altitude with lots of rain and really cold weather until the beginning of june this year. So everything is really late... yesterday we had pasta with a kale pesto with the top leafs of the last overstanding „cavolo nero di toscana“ plant from last year (to get the seeds): Get a big hand full of nice leafs, sunflower seeds, fresh grounded parmesan cheese, lots if garlic, olive oil and some salt, blend it to a pesto and mix it with the hot pasta. If it’s too much to eat on one day, you can cover it completly with olive oil in a closed jar and keep it in the fridge easily up to one-two weeks or even longer... Buon appetito!
Just want to mention that the Red Russian was the only brassica that survived a brutal cold snap last winter (minus 12 several nights), everything else got hosed. It's also doing really well at almost +40c! (I live in the Balkans) It's pretty amazing!
Great video. There's also perennial kales which will keep on producing for years. They don't give much in the way of flower spikes so you'd be down a crop there but are productive, low maintenance and easy to propagate. One thing I found out a couple of years ago is that Brassicas don't use the mycorrhizal fungus network. I found this out just after a mass plant out and treating all my brassicas with the fungi. Ah well, it would help the following plants - and the weeds.
In the northeast US, cabbage butterflies are a huge nuisance. My ducks and bunnies got all of the kale I harvested from May until the end of July. Now that the butterflies are no longer in season, the kale has turned bitter! Next year, I will be netting.
@@HuwRichards I’ve no experience. Just started my own compost, growing sprouts in my kitchen window, capturing seeds and start volunteering at a no dig local farm on Sunday. I cannot wait. They have tomatoes and cucumber growing in the poly tunnel just like you’ve shown in your video. I have much planned with this farm including hoping to start teaching to home Ed families 😁🙏🏻 Please keep doing what you’re doing. Going to have to try the coffee too❤️
My sprouts did in the second year too. I've since found out that rapeseed is a brassica and that's why all our brassica flowers look like rapeseed! Even broccoli if you forget to harvest them and let the florets flower!!!!...... Might have been working too many days and that happened...doh....but my goodness the bees loved them! 🐝 💖
I planted Kale the first time as I normally don't like the bought one and now looking forward harvesting during Winter. I'm curious about the taste and if it differs when you get it out of your own garden. Let's see.
This was brilliant Hew, and perfectly timed. You mentioned sewing seeds but can't remember hearing if you would sew at this time of year for a crafty younger crop before the end of summer. Worth doing? We're uk Oxford area. Thanks so much for your weekly videos, always an inspiration!
We're in Cheshire and my batch of Kale has just sprung their true leaves. Go for it. I'm going to start succession growing them now. My cabbages and sprouts are separated into a batch that I use the cut and come again method with their leaves and ones I'm leaving for winter heads and 'standard' sprouts too. Been an experimental year for me. Good luck, have fun, stay safe. Sammi
@@melissasullivan1658 thanks. I'm going to do an experimental batch this year. With our crazy weather, I don't think we can say anything with certainty any more.
@@Munchkinzi hi Sammi, thanks for your reply. I'm very interested in your cut and come again batch, what a great idea! I'm going to magpie that for next year 🙂. Our weather has been so crazy changeable this year, we haven't had any stable temps so I'm thinking that experimental veg growing may be the way forward. My family just love greens, so succession sowing is such a good idea. Take care, stay safe, keep growing 🙂
I've grown kale for years and my favourite was always Cottagers' Kale, especially for its abundance of flowering shoots in spring, but more recently I have been growing Russian red as an early winter sown crop in the greenhouse to harvest lots of fresh leaves then. I find the older leaves of the Italian Cavalo Nero types rather tough, but was interested in what you said about growing microgreens with kales. I just decided, today in fact, as I had loads of small Cavalo Nero plants left over in modules (I tend to prick things on that I don't really need) to plant then at a tight spacing of five to a square foot in the hope that I can harvest a lot of young leaves from them as they grow later this spring. I know harvest leaves from the Russian red one works well as it keeps making more from its growing point but will Cavalo Nero disappoint me? What happens if I cut them down; will they start regrowing from the stem or doesn't it work like that? Which types did you have most success with in growing them as micro greens? Thank you for your informative video.
Do you never get bothered by cabbage root fly on kales? They keep getting my perennial daubenton panache plants. Experimenting now with deep mulch around them hoping the eggs die on the top of the dry mulch. Kale is my favourite veggie I think! Great vid!
I envy you being able to pick Kale all winter long. It is difficult for us when the Kale is under a foot of snow. :-( But, if I had a Polycrub the snow wouldn't be a problem.
I take 7 mushrooms every day and it's been life changing unfortunately I don't like the taste so I make my own capsules 😍 so happy to hear you talk about them.
My dreadful soil seems to like Kale. It’s one thing that thrives along with chard. I’m not a huge fan but it’s perfect for the chickens and I do love kale soup. I live in a rural area but the wood pigeons are a menace. Everything here has to be netted, which I don’t like, but they eat everything.
How do you deal with pests organically? What do you use? Eg..slugs, mice and red spider mites in green house/ tunnel. I'm growing cucumbers for first time in tunnel and discovered today red spider mite so sprayed with liquid garlic. Hoping it will work! Many Thanks 😊
Couldn't find the answer on their faq or website but was just wondering as you've got some, does Four Sigmatic come in a plastic coffee bag/what is the material used to package it?
Interesting video - I’d love to hear about how you deal with the cabbage whites and their eggs though. I fell foul last year of thinking that netting would be the answer - it wasn’t! So this year I didn’t cover them but my whole crop is being completely obliterated by the critters - I’m trying to keep on top of it by checking for eggs but it’s a constant battle and one that I appear to be losing - any suggestions most welcome
Have you looked into companion planting? Kale can be protected by planting near it or among it aromatics like marigolds, thyme, rosemary, peppermint, wormwood, tomatoes and tansy: they are strongly scented and mask the scent of the kale. Cabbage white butterflies are drawn to brassicas by their scent. One excellent resource on companion planting is Louise Riotte's "Carrots Love Tomatoes." Getting a bit pricey these days, but in my opinion worth every penny.
@@bhalliwell2191 Interestingly yes, it’s been growing with marigolds and tomatoes, with rosemary & thyme close by - maybe just not close enough. Thanks for the tip, I’ll check that book out👍🙂
@@jennyk8830 I seem to recall also that Ms. Riotte talks about avoiding certain pests by planting at times of the year when there is less pressure from them, and, again if I recall correctly, one of those she talked about were cabbages or kale/s or brassicas in general, and said that if she plants *later,* I believe it is, she has almost no problems with cabbage white butterflies. I'd like to find a time other than winter that I don't have to deal with white cabbage moths/butterflies, here. Good success to you!
Another great video. Could you possibly do a video on how to produce onion sets, ie from seed to set or do people just use the small onions from last years harvest?
Onion sets are commercially produced and you purchase them from garden centres etc. There are sets for planting in Spring and harvesting when fully grown in the Autumn. There are also sets which you can plant in Autumn and harvest in early summer the following year. You can grow onions from seed starting them indoors and planting the seedlings outdoors after the last frost date and they will grow to full sized onions to be harvested later in the same season.
Small amount of cav Nero decimated by caterpillars, plus swede leaves and turnip , am picking them off and hoping that they will survive but continual battle even the seedlings i had in the green house ended up as stalks 🤷♀️
yes, I have bok choi flowering now and I keep picking the whole flower heads, they are great raw or cooked. The hover flies and bees love it too, and it's pretty!
@@HuwRichards you should make some to share on your channel Huw, they're so easy. You usually toss the peices of kale leaves in liquid to make the seasoning stick, I use lemon juice or maple syrup (never oil personally) sprinkle with seasoning and toss well then lay on pan and heat in oven. I forget the temperature but low like Joy said. I have some stored in a jar that I can also crumble on top of dinner as a seasoning itself!
I make tons of kale crisps, without seasoning. My grandson loves them. His school mates are in disbelief when he has them for packed lunch and the actually taste nice! - they all want them now!
@@hilarywarner7962 I use a dehydrate on 55 degrees C. I rub a little olive or coconut oil on them and unfortunately can only say I leave them until they are done. My family always moan that is my timing for everything! You really couldn't know they are kale. Tend to use Cavalo Nero but will try others.Well worth a try. Certainly gets greens into my grandchildren.
Hi Huw, you said this was good for stemmed brassicas, so will it work for brussel sprouts and Kalettes? I've never grown either so I don't know how sensative they are to being moved. Also will it work with cabbages? You've really inspired me to get busy tomorrow in the garden!
sa sobrang susyal ng accent ni koya pogi nganga nalang ako habang pinapanuod to😅 basta sure ako sing pogi at sing healthy ni koya ang plants nya. sarap kumain no? 😁💕🌸
How long will kale grow for? ....... have some in my garden 2 years now. Just cut them back after flowering and a month later there growing again! Not sure how long they will keep doing this!
I've put leaf kale in my garden this year and got a BIG problem with Euridema ventrale i Euridema oleracea. Unfortunately Neem oil doesn't affect them and I don't know how to save my winter crop! Please help me!
Really surprised that you transplant such big plants. I thought it would be very difficult for them to establish but my goodness they look like healthy specimens.
I keep trying to grow kale at work in caged plots. Something keeps eating it all though. Possibly mice. I have no clue what to do and it is probably too late to grow more
Huw, any idea why my kale leaves have gone purple? It's Red Russian kale and the same variety is in a raised bed and is fine with green leaves and a purple stem, however the one out in a container has gone fully bright purple all over. Any ideas?
Never knew that about the seed stems. I can remember thinking that they looked a bit like a "sad" broccoli but never tried harvesting and eating them. Looking forward to trying that out. Cheers
Treat Kale flowers like broccoli.... Because it is broccoli. Kale, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage, and kohlerabi are all the same plant. "Brassica oleacea". They are simply different cultivars
Have you tried it chopped up in a stirfry? Try a slightly sweet stirfry sauce. Kale grown in part shade seems sweeter and more tender than full sun kale. Kale chips are my favourite! Some varieties are sweeter than others.
Est ce qu’il y aurai traduction française svp Je suis vos vidéo qui sont de très bon conseils J’ai commencé mon potager depuis février 2021 J’aime beaucoup votre potager Merci Bonne journée
I've got to say, pretty dissapointed about the Four Sigmatic Advertising. I understand you need to make money but that's why we support you by buying your books.
Sorry about that Tommy but I also have many other projects happening that aren't making any income and have full-time staff to support :) If this advert for what I believe is a great company helps to allow me to provide employment opportunities to people in my area then so long I'm 100% behind the product I have no shame in doing it.
I was also thinking about the ad, I have been trying to grow my own Mushrooms with variable success, finding logs at the correct time can be a problem for me to put the wood dowels I have in, so next time I plan to by them ready impregnated. Very pleased to be informed of this dried product though. Fungi are so important to soil health and organic break down. It would be nice to know if there are any UK companies providing similar products of the same quality, just from the point of view of air miles and sustainability. Will try harder to grow my own now both kale and mushrooms.
I sure wish we could grow kale here year-round. We are running about 100°F with heat index is between 106 and 109 Fahrenheit so it’s a no go for us. What do your temperatures run through the summer?
You can always grow chard in our hot weather! It’s really a year round plant, I find. I’m in California 9b (it’s 106 today 😣) and have rainbow chard growing just fine.
I think that may be spinach and swiss chard, at least I know you're only supposed to eat 1c per day because they have oxalic acid in them and can limit calcium absorption.
I had a family of pigeons living under the solar panels on my roof, and I never saw any evidence of their touching my brassicas. Slugs, on the other hand...
Where did you buy your small hoe thanks for the video really informative ivev got cottagers that need planting out had really bad issues with slugs eating my seedlings
This is always a difficult one for us as we adore the birds, however, all our brassica get eaten by pigeons if not netted. We've tried all sorts of supposed deterrents but nothing works so netting is a last resort. 🙄
@@marianneeckertjensen4723 thanks. I never thought about bright coloured netting. I'll have to look out for that. I've only ever seen green. Thanks for getting back to me 🙂
Promoting a product endorsed by Goop, with coffee beans not coming from Fair Trade, affordable only by the very rich... And here I am trying to do the best I can to grow veg so we can eat well. Thanks for the advice over the years, but I'll stop watching now.
I love how you do things so differently than anyone else I've watched. It's brilliant to grow your seedlings for transplanting in the ground, so much more sustainable than in pots with purchased starting mix under lights!!! And I agree, maybe I got the idea from you, but the flower shoots from kale are delicious and my new favorite food! We saute it in olive oil with garlic. Super yummy!
Kale is my main crop, because I grow it to feed my giant tortoise over winter. Thanks for this Huw 🙏 much appreciated 🐢
I have a kale plant that I started off as micro greens. It became cut and come again as the other greens died off. Then it and several other kale plants just kept chugging along through the winter.
Then summer came and I replanted them in the ground. The others got a little bigger but this one just kept growing and growing. It survived the summer without bolting much, then overwintered again, surviving a really brutal three day ice storm that took off more than half of my elm trees oldest branches.
It went to seed hard this year after a nasty historic heat wave and I collected all the seeds and cut off the stalks they came from. It has just thrown a bunch of new leaves.
It’s survived two winters here, an ice storm that knocked out the power in the entire area of miles for three days, an apocalyptic wildfire season that almost made us evacuate, a heat wave in the hundred-teens, and started growing leaves again.
We’ve decided to call it Methos the Immortal kale plant and I will be using his seeds to grow a new generation of eternal greens.
I love your description!
That's awesome!
Will be interesting to see what those offspring do.
Thinking of selling any of the seed? I'd be interested.
It was like reading a novel!! Our kales are very hardy
Such a great way of eating green
You inspired me to continue gardening... im retiring november this year and the more that i watch your videos and apply whatever ideas applicable to my garden here in toronto... truly a genius at such a very young age...
Huw, thanks for giving me paradigm-changing ideas with the seed starting bed….also showing me how deep I can plant the kale was helpful
Ooooh you're most welcome!!😊
Best time of the year to plant out young Kale plants, just planted four varieties myself, loads more brassicas to final plant yet and I am still sowing seeds for them too. Great Vid Huw...Steve...😃
Awh thank you so much Steve! I too have plenty still to plant out haha
Brilliant information as usual! How do you avoid butterflies, slugs etc. demolating the seedlings when sowing outside? I went away on holiday for a few days and came home to brassica seedling skeletons...
Great im just starting my journey of self sufficient growing and glad you say kale is a good starter as ive set my sights on growing some as i love it.. I was alarmed when i realised it could grow so large but after seeing your garden im feeling more relaxed about things... Excellent video thanks..
Can’t believe Huw still makes videos... used to watch your videos way back... found u again after searching for something and ur video came up. Great to see you’re doing well
Very timely. Last evening I harvested a bunch of kale from my greens bed. The kale is remaining because it is NOT my favorite. So I decided to dry it in the oven then ground the dried kale to a powder in a food processor. This worked well, however I still don't care for the taste. The positive is that it only takes one teaspoon of Kale Powder to be equivalent to a full serving of raw kale. This powder can be added to recipes or smoothies without having the taste of Kale. Cheers!
Wow never heard of kale powder very fascinating! Have you tried making kale chips? They're delicious and you can get creative with toppings such as a honey/teriyaki glaze or smoked paprika 😊
Wow, kale powder, I must try this! Luckily I and my family all love kale so this is a great tip for us 😋
@@HuwRichards Kale Powder is just one step away from kale chips, simply grind to a powder in the food processor then sift out any stems. It'll store a long time in a jar, longer in vacuum packed bags. Plus it's very compact. Give it a go...
I grow lots of kale, we love it, usually lasts nine months but summertime is our hungry gap here in Queensland Australia just too hot 🥵
Great, thank you! We have looots of cale in the garden...
We‘re in Tuscany on the appennin mountains in 700m altitude with lots of rain and really cold weather until the beginning of june this year. So everything is really late... yesterday we had pasta with a kale pesto with the top leafs of the last overstanding „cavolo nero di toscana“ plant from last year (to get the seeds):
Get a big hand full of nice leafs, sunflower seeds, fresh grounded parmesan cheese, lots if garlic, olive oil and some salt, blend it to a pesto and mix it with the hot pasta. If it’s too much to eat on one day, you can cover it completly with olive oil in a closed jar and keep it in the fridge easily up to one-two weeks or even longer...
Buon appetito!
Just want to mention that the Red Russian was the only brassica that survived a brutal cold snap last winter (minus 12 several nights), everything else got hosed. It's also doing really well at almost +40c! (I live in the Balkans) It's pretty amazing!
Thank you Huw. You are my inspiration. I'II start my no dig garden in next year.
Great video Huw! Never knew you could bury brassica stems in the ground. Thanks for the tips
What a productive garden!! You are an inspiration!!
Thank you for your kind words😊
I LOVE THIS!!!!! Common kids, time to go plant some KALE! Thanks Huw!!
dude, I just found out about your channel. Love it.
Thanks Huw again for another class video! I tried your kale chips with garlic and really enjoyed them!
What a beautiful orchard! Thanks for the advice on kales. Greetings from Buenos Aires Argentina 🇦🇷☺️
Awh thank you!!:)
Nice trick to know about planting Kale transplants nice and deep.
Reminds me of what we do with Tomatoes : )
Great video. There's also perennial kales which will keep on producing for years. They don't give much in the way of flower spikes so you'd be down a crop there but are productive, low maintenance and easy to propagate.
One thing I found out a couple of years ago is that Brassicas don't use the mycorrhizal fungus network. I found this out just after a mass plant out and treating all my brassicas with the fungi. Ah well, it would help the following plants - and the weeds.
Avidly follow you and what you do and I learn so much, but hate product placements. We all need to earn but not good in my book!
In the northeast US, cabbage butterflies are a huge nuisance. My ducks and bunnies got all of the kale I harvested from May until the end of July. Now that the butterflies are no longer in season, the kale has turned bitter! Next year, I will be netting.
Thank you Huw! Love you and love your videos! Blessed to have you putting this fantastic content out there❤️🙏🏻❤️
Thank you so much, this comment is so lovely🙈
@@HuwRichards I’ve no experience. Just started my own compost, growing sprouts in my kitchen window, capturing seeds and start volunteering at a no dig local farm on Sunday. I cannot wait. They have tomatoes and cucumber growing in the poly tunnel just like you’ve shown in your video. I have much planned with this farm including hoping to start teaching to home Ed families 😁🙏🏻 Please keep doing what you’re doing. Going to have to try the coffee too❤️
Goos Morning from Massachusetts! Thank you for your garden Inspiration!
Good morning from New York!
Good morning both!!:)
Thanks for the tip about the flowering shoots, Huw. I never knew they were edible...
So much valuable information about this superfood! 💚
Lovely does all the varieties of kale make those great looking flower shoots? Thank you for sharing ✌️🇨🇦🐝 safe
Thanks Ali! From my experience yes! :)
My sprouts did in the second year too. I've since found out that rapeseed is a brassica and that's why all our brassica flowers look like rapeseed! Even broccoli if you forget to harvest them and let the florets flower!!!!...... Might have been working too many days and that happened...doh....but my goodness the bees loved them! 🐝 💖
Nice to know that kale can be transplanted when it is that big👍👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Glad to help!!:)
Hew, EXCELLENT presentation. Thank you so much! 😁🙏🏼❤️
You're very welcome!!:)
Thanks for such a informative and interesting video Huw Richards and Kale is among my favourite greens. Stay safe and well.
I planted Kale the first time as I normally don't like the bought one and now looking forward harvesting during Winter. I'm curious about the taste and if it differs when you get it out of your own garden. Let's see.
This was brilliant Hew, and perfectly timed. You mentioned sewing seeds but can't remember hearing if you would sew at this time of year for a crafty younger crop before the end of summer. Worth doing? We're uk Oxford area. Thanks so much for your weekly videos, always an inspiration!
Kale grows well in all sorts of climates, so I say go for it. :)
We're in Cheshire and my batch of Kale has just sprung their true leaves. Go for it. I'm going to start succession growing them now. My cabbages and sprouts are separated into a batch that I use the cut and come again method with their leaves and ones I'm leaving for winter heads and 'standard' sprouts too. Been an experimental year for me. Good luck, have fun, stay safe. Sammi
@@melissasullivan1658 thanks. I'm going to do an experimental batch this year. With our crazy weather, I don't think we can say anything with certainty any more.
@@Munchkinzi hi Sammi, thanks for your reply. I'm very interested in your cut and come again batch, what a great idea! I'm going to magpie that for next year 🙂. Our weather has been so crazy changeable this year, we haven't had any stable temps so I'm thinking that experimental veg growing may be the way forward. My family just love greens, so succession sowing is such a good idea. Take care, stay safe, keep growing 🙂
I've grown kale for years and my favourite was always Cottagers' Kale, especially for its abundance of flowering shoots in spring, but more recently I have been growing Russian red as an early winter sown crop in the greenhouse to harvest lots of fresh leaves then. I find the older leaves of the Italian Cavalo Nero types rather tough, but was interested in what you said about growing microgreens with kales.
I just decided, today in fact, as I had loads of small Cavalo Nero plants left over in modules (I tend to prick things on that I don't really need) to plant then at a tight spacing of five to a square foot in the hope that I can harvest a lot of young leaves from them as they grow later this spring.
I know harvest leaves from the Russian red one works well as it keeps making more from its growing point but will Cavalo Nero disappoint me? What happens if I cut them down; will they start regrowing from the stem or doesn't it work like that?
Which types did you have most success with in growing them as micro greens?
Thank you for your informative video.
Do you never get bothered by cabbage root fly on kales? They keep getting my perennial daubenton panache plants. Experimenting now with deep mulch around them hoping the eggs die on the top of the dry mulch. Kale is my favourite veggie I think! Great vid!
Brassicas are my big nemesis. Time to get brave and get at it, though. Great video, Huw!
The caterpillars will thank you!
I envy you being able to pick Kale all winter long. It is difficult for us when the Kale is under a foot of snow. :-( But, if I had a Polycrub the snow wouldn't be a problem.
I take 7 mushrooms every day and it's been life changing unfortunately I don't like the taste so I make my own capsules 😍 so happy to hear you talk about them.
Get yourself some psilocybin mushrooms and really change your perspective 💚✌️
@@unicorntelecoms4387 lol these just keep coming up 🤣 gonna have to try them. 😍
My dreadful soil seems to like Kale. It’s one thing that thrives along with chard. I’m not a huge fan but it’s perfect for the chickens and I do love kale soup.
I live in a rural area but the wood pigeons are a menace. Everything here has to be netted, which I don’t like, but they eat everything.
Wow those sweet peas were stunning! 😍
Awh thanks!
Great episode. Thank you so much
Kale is an amazing plant, here in Brazil is presente in the dish Feijoada, is delicious to eat with rice and beans. Great video =D
That sounds great! I just looked it up, I love black bean stews, I'll look for a vegan recipe.
How do you deal with pests organically? What do you use? Eg..slugs, mice and red spider mites in green house/ tunnel.
I'm growing cucumbers for first time in tunnel and discovered today red spider mite so sprayed with liquid garlic. Hoping it will work! Many Thanks 😊
Always naturally well watered in Wales x
What time of year do I need to sow please?
So amazing!!
Couldn't find the answer on their faq or website but was just wondering as you've got some, does Four Sigmatic come in a plastic coffee bag/what is the material used to package it?
That's a lot of brassicas you've got there. Did you take some precautions to avoid club root or is it because there are no neighbouring gardens?
Interesting video - I’d love to hear about how you deal with the cabbage whites and their eggs though. I fell foul last year of thinking that netting would be the answer - it wasn’t! So this year I didn’t cover them but my whole crop is being completely obliterated by the critters - I’m trying to keep on top of it by checking for eggs but it’s a constant battle and one that I appear to be losing - any suggestions most welcome
Have you looked into companion planting? Kale can be protected by planting near it or among it aromatics like marigolds, thyme, rosemary, peppermint, wormwood, tomatoes and tansy: they are strongly scented and mask the scent of the kale. Cabbage white butterflies are drawn to brassicas by their scent. One excellent resource on companion planting is Louise Riotte's "Carrots Love Tomatoes." Getting a bit pricey these days, but in my opinion worth every penny.
@@bhalliwell2191 Interestingly yes, it’s been growing with marigolds and tomatoes, with rosemary & thyme close by - maybe just not close enough. Thanks for the tip, I’ll check that book out👍🙂
@@jennyk8830 I seem to recall also that Ms. Riotte talks about avoiding certain pests by planting at times of the year when there is less pressure from them, and, again if I recall correctly, one of those she talked about were cabbages or kale/s or brassicas in general, and said that if she plants *later,* I believe it is, she has almost no problems with cabbage white butterflies.
I'd like to find a time other than winter that I don't have to deal with white cabbage moths/butterflies, here.
Good success to you!
Another great video. Could you possibly do a video on how to produce onion sets, ie from seed to set or do people just use the small onions from last years harvest?
Onion sets are commercially produced and you purchase them from garden centres etc. There are sets for planting in Spring and harvesting when fully grown in the Autumn. There are also sets which you can plant in Autumn and harvest in early summer the following year. You can grow onions from seed starting them indoors and planting the seedlings outdoors after the last frost date and they will grow to full sized onions to be harvested later in the same season.
Great advice! Thank you!
Small amount of cav Nero decimated by caterpillars, plus swede leaves and turnip , am picking them off and hoping that they will survive but continual battle even the seedlings i had in the green house ended up as stalks 🤷♀️
you should let them flower and eat the flowers, that is what we do, as a result we really look forward to summer. great content
yes, I have bok choi flowering now and I keep picking the whole flower heads, they are great raw or cooked. The hover flies and bees love it too, and it's pretty!
My friends makes kale chips from leaves sprinkled w/ garlic powder @ a low heat in her oven. We devour it.
Oh that sounds lovely!!:)
@@HuwRichards you should make some to share on your channel Huw, they're so easy. You usually toss the peices of kale leaves in liquid to make the seasoning stick, I use lemon juice or maple syrup (never oil personally) sprinkle with seasoning and toss well then lay on pan and heat in oven. I forget the temperature but low like Joy said. I have some stored in a jar that I can also crumble on top of dinner as a seasoning itself!
I make tons of kale crisps, without seasoning. My grandson loves them. His school mates are in disbelief when he has them for packed lunch and the actually taste nice! - they all want them now!
These sound like fun to make how long in a low heat and any idea on the Temp. Sounds like this is different from drying?
@@hilarywarner7962 I use a dehydrate on 55 degrees C. I rub a little olive or coconut oil on them and unfortunately can only say I leave them until they are done. My family always moan that is my timing for everything! You really couldn't know they are kale. Tend to use Cavalo Nero but will try others.Well worth a try. Certainly gets greens into my grandchildren.
Hi Huw, you said this was good for stemmed brassicas, so will it work for brussel sprouts and Kalettes? I've never grown either so I don't know how sensative they are to being moved. Also will it work with cabbages? You've really inspired me to get busy tomorrow in the garden!
sa sobrang susyal ng accent ni koya pogi nganga nalang ako habang pinapanuod to😅
basta sure ako sing pogi at sing healthy ni koya ang plants nya. sarap kumain no? 😁💕🌸
Hi Huw, do you have a video on chard? I’m in the uk 🇬🇧 thanks
lovely video huw coffee sounds good
Thanks Steven, it sure is!
How long will kale grow for?
....... have some in my garden 2 years now. Just cut them back after flowering and a month later there growing again! Not sure how long they will keep doing this!
I've put leaf kale in my garden this year and got a BIG problem with Euridema ventrale i Euridema oleracea. Unfortunately Neem oil doesn't affect them and I don't know how to save my winter crop! Please help me!
Your kale looks so picture perfect. Here in zone 6B in the States, the cabbage moths destroy my kale.
Make a cage of mosquito net. Easy to sew together combined with clips.
Really surprised that you transplant such big plants. I thought it would be very difficult for them to establish but my goodness they look like healthy specimens.
Love your videos
Thank you so much!
Thank you for your sharing
My pleasure 😊
I keep trying to grow kale at work in caged plots. Something keeps eating it all though. Possibly mice. I have no clue what to do and it is probably too late to grow more
Nice.
Huw, any idea why my kale leaves have gone purple? It's Red Russian kale and the same variety is in a raised bed and is fine with green leaves and a purple stem, however the one out in a container has gone fully bright purple all over. Any ideas?
So what if you hate kale? Is there anything else I can grow instead?
sounds like I would have to eat alot more kale.
In how many different ways do you eat kale?
Oh I love the idea of kale... But in the PNW of the US - kale equals aphids BIG TIME. Basically it's stems with aphids 😂
Never knew that about the seed stems. I can remember thinking that they looked a bit like a "sad" broccoli but never tried harvesting and eating them. Looking forward to trying that out. Cheers
Hello from South Wales! Is there a variety of Kale (or several) are you would particularly recommend? 🙂
Absolutely, red russian, dwarf green curled and calvoro nero😊
Hi Liza, he mentioned Dwarf green curled Kale as a favorite.
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Kale plants can survive snow?
What do I enjoy eating the most? Beef and Pork… yeah not too big on the kale…
I had never considered eating the flowers! 😳
Oh do, they're 100x tastier than the leaves😍
Same with many veggie flowers. Arugula flowers are awesome in a salad.
Treat Kale flowers like broccoli.... Because it is broccoli. Kale, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage, and kohlerabi are all the same plant. "Brassica oleacea". They are simply different cultivars
What type of Kale is that dark green, ruffly looking kale?
I think you mean Toscana Kale, they look fantastic even if you don't want to eat them.
I wish there liked Kale ☹️ I grow it, it's pretty, but do bitter to me & I can't eat smoothies.
Have you tried it chopped up in a stirfry? Try a slightly sweet stirfry sauce. Kale grown in part shade seems sweeter and more tender than full sun kale. Kale chips are my favourite! Some varieties are sweeter than others.
Est ce qu’il y aurai traduction française svp
Je suis vos vidéo qui sont de très bon conseils
J’ai commencé mon potager depuis février 2021
J’aime beaucoup votre potager
Merci
Bonne journée
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I've got to say, pretty dissapointed about the Four Sigmatic Advertising. I understand you need to make money but that's why we support you by buying your books.
Sorry about that Tommy but I also have many other projects happening that aren't making any income and have full-time staff to support :) If this advert for what I believe is a great company helps to allow me to provide employment opportunities to people in my area then so long I'm 100% behind the product I have no shame in doing it.
How many people are you feeding?
Around 7 during harvest season, plus any extra goes to a local restaurant :)
That is what I was wondering how many are you feeding, I will have produce to share next year 😁
I was also thinking about the ad, I have been trying to grow my own Mushrooms with variable success, finding logs at the correct time can be a problem for me to put the wood dowels I have in, so next time I plan to by them ready impregnated. Very pleased to be informed of this dried product though.
Fungi are so important to soil health and organic break down. It would be nice to know if there are any UK companies providing similar products of the same quality, just from the point of view of air miles and sustainability. Will try harder to grow my own now both kale and mushrooms.
I sure wish we could grow kale here year-round. We are running about 100°F with heat index is between 106 and 109 Fahrenheit so it’s a no go for us. What do your temperatures run through the summer?
You can always grow chard in our hot weather! It’s really a year round plant, I find. I’m in California 9b (it’s 106 today 😣) and have rainbow chard growing just fine.
@@melissasullivan1658 I have it growing in several places right now. I just miss my kale! Kale soup is not the same without it!
Lost all my kale to butterflies, even my baby nursery showings ☹️
I know some Kale is good for you but I thought eating too much kale could have negative impacts on your body?
I think that may be spinach and swiss chard, at least I know you're only supposed to eat 1c per day because they have oxalic acid in them and can limit calcium absorption.
I had a family of pigeons living under the solar panels on my roof, and I never saw any evidence of their touching my brassicas. Slugs, on the other hand...
Where did you buy your small hoe thanks for the video really informative ivev got cottagers that need planting out had really bad issues with slugs eating my seedlings
Hi Elaine, I think I just got it from some garden center. It's called an oscillating hoe😊
@@HuwRichards thanks
I get no kale because the groundhog eats it first.
Doing ads now! No, thanks. You needs to have sponsors but it can be done without inserting long, overt ads for them.
I'm self-sufficient in kale too! Because I don't like it...
Hahahahha😉😉
I am so done with kale! So tired of it altogether.
This title is misleading. I can grow one plant poorly, and still have more kale than I need for a year. 😆 I just have to keep forcing it down.
Nets are dangerous to the small birds, tits etc. And the little birds keep the level of insects low. :)
This is always a difficult one for us as we adore the birds, however, all our brassica get eaten by pigeons if not netted. We've tried all sorts of supposed deterrents but nothing works so netting is a last resort. 🙄
@@lynnb1941 I also net my kale very shortly, but only in nets with bright colours that the birds can see. : )
@@marianneeckertjensen4723 thanks. I never thought about bright coloured netting. I'll have to look out for that. I've only ever seen green. Thanks for getting back to me 🙂
Promoting a product endorsed by Goop, with coffee beans not coming from Fair Trade, affordable only by the very rich... And here I am trying to do the best I can to grow veg so we can eat well. Thanks for the advice over the years, but I'll stop watching now.
get a grip