tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157796120640152479.post6712185479186211621..comments2023-03-10T21:22:12.685-08:00Comments on The Veggie Patch Re-imagined: Putting kale through its pacesOttawa Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14486499450332482461noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157796120640152479.post-88735401255004438382011-01-24T00:20:27.182-08:002011-01-24T00:20:27.182-08:00Here in the UK this winter we had -17C at 1pm for ...Here in the UK this winter we had -17C at 1pm for days plus 2ft of snow. My Purple Sprouting Broccoli looked fine at first, but after 2 weeks of thaw, it hasn’t survived. The thick main stems have gone to mush. This is the first winter that I have lost the crop and I was so looking forward to my first taste.<br />On the other hand, the Arucola, whose seeds I brought back from a rainwater harvesting trip to Southern Italy and which is a native species there, has survived magnificently and is growing back vigorously from the base. The Italians told me that it would never survive in the UK!Rainwater Harvesting for gardenershttp://oasis-rainharvesting.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157796120640152479.post-62802512195365795452010-01-17T14:26:27.900-08:002010-01-17T14:26:27.900-08:00Very nice - the Red Cavalier Kale is very interest...Very nice - the Red Cavalier Kale is very interesting - almost like a red couve tronchuda. We'll have to compare notes when spring arrives - I've got a bunch of brassica overwintering trials going on this year, too. We've also got a very large and wily old buck who's made our yard his winter camp, and is chomping the tops off the unprotected brassicas. That in itself is not too bad since, as you mentioned, most of the top growth dies back anyway; but, we don't have very much snow at all this year, and he's starting to dig down thru. I'm wishing for a couple of feet of snow so that he'll retire back into the woods where he belongs and stay there...Leighhttp://www.theextremegardener.com/blognoreply@blogger.com