Mudketeers diary -15th Dec 2017

Long lived kale

In autumn 2016 I sowed a new kale called ‘Emerald Ice’. I put three in a large pot but only one survived. I ignored the plant and did nothing with it and it got hidden by other crops. Now over a year later, it is still growing and producing some very attractive growth. I ought to harvest some leaves and taste it really.

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Steve Ott

Steve Ott is editor of Kitchen Garden magazine and started his career as a professional grower, producing everything from cut flowers to vegetables. He has been growing fruit and veg all his life and spends most of his spare time in his garden in the East Midlands. He loves to experiment with crops and varieties he has never grown before and when he isn’t gardening is to be found out in the countryside bird watching and walking his dog Ted.