As the price of food continues to rise there is no better time than right now to start your own produce garden. Delicious home grown vegetables are far healthier and tastier than those bought commercially and with a little effort and imagination, the smallest patio or garden can produce a healthy crop of vegetables and herbs. Many vegetables are suited to container planting so be creative and enjoy the rewards of harvesting your own nutritious produce.
Monthly vegetable fact sheet:
Kale
Kale is a loose leafed form of cabbage that is a valuable food crop suitable for winter planting, as it can withstand frost which kills most other green vegetables.
Sow seeds in a seedling tray and thin out when the proper leaves appear. When seedlings are approximately 15cm high, plant them into a container or garden bed that has been prepared with well rotted compost or manure as well as some pelletised organic fertilizer that is high in nitrogen. Space seedlings 30–40cm apart. High nitrogen organic fertilizer should be applied every 2 or 3 weeks. When they are ready, the plants can be harvested in two ways, either by removing leaves from the plant in the same way as spinach or by cutting the whole plant, discarding the outer leaves and using only the younger heart leaves. When the plants begin to flower they are of no further use and should be pulled out, cut up and placed on the compost heap.
Monthly vegetable fact sheet:
Kale
Kale is a loose leafed form of cabbage that is a valuable food crop suitable for winter planting, as it can withstand frost which kills most other green vegetables.
Sow seeds in a seedling tray and thin out when the proper leaves appear. When seedlings are approximately 15cm high, plant them into a container or garden bed that has been prepared with well rotted compost or manure as well as some pelletised organic fertilizer that is high in nitrogen. Space seedlings 30–40cm apart. High nitrogen organic fertilizer should be applied every 2 or 3 weeks. When they are ready, the plants can be harvested in two ways, either by removing leaves from the plant in the same way as spinach or by cutting the whole plant, discarding the outer leaves and using only the younger heart leaves. When the plants begin to flower they are of no further use and should be pulled out, cut up and placed on the compost heap.
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