Heirloom Plant Treasures

Tuscan Black Palm Kale

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

Growing Tuscan Black Palm Kale is a great idea if you’d like to create an edible garden that also stands out for its ornamental appeal. Tuscan Black Palm Kale is not only attractive, but many gourmet gardeners consider it to be the finest tasting kale around, and I tend to agree with them.
This heirloom variety [...]

New Seed Catalogs

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

Have you noticed the new seed catalogs showing up in your mailbox? If you haven’t now is the time to make your requests and get on the mailing lists of your favorite gourmet and heirloom seed suppliers.
It seems like the vegetable seed catalogs start appearing earlier each year. My first one arrived in November. Not [...]

Dazzling Veggies

Sunday, September 4th, 2005

A dozen of Kenny Point’s favorite gourmet vegetable varieties:

Brussels sprouts ‘Rubine.’ Red sprouts and red-tinged leaves and stems.
Cabbage ‘Early Jersey Wakefield.’ Tender and gets pointed heads.
Kale ‘Lacinato.’ Tall, slender kale with savoy, dark-blue leaves.
Potato ‘Russian Banana.’ Yellow-fleshed fingerling type with excellent flavor.
Bean ‘Royalty Purple Pod.’ Bush bean with purple pods.
Pepper ‘Marconi.’ Produces large, elongated fruits [...]

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