permaculture

[Thomas Allen <thallen@nwlink.com>]

Throughout last winter I ate from two varieties: Dinosaur kale and  
Russian red kale. It was the coldest Seattle winter in 19 years;  
thirteen degrees F (about -10 C )on several mornings with snow in  
between. The snow broke off branches from the Russian but it was  
otherwise OK. The dinosaur kale wasn't even fazed. As far as it and  
the collards were concerned it might as well have been raining. The  
dinosaur kale was the last to get bitter in the spring. It's an all  
around great plant: tasty once it freezes, nice to look at, hardy as  
can be. I don't know about perennial, I've never let it grow beyond  
second year seed stage.

On Aug 13, 2009, at 7:07 AM, Keith D Johnson wrote:

> I brought cuttings with me from Ca to NC but it croaked there. Now  
> I'm in So IN and would like to try it in my greenhouse.
>
> > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:14 PM, <yarrow@sfo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > A friend in Portland, Oregon, was wondering if perennial kale would
> > > grow there. I was also wondering how far its range extends.
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