I'm Kaye, and I'm a late bloomer.
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One of the most rewarding things to grow in an
urban garden is kale. It's hearty, its nutritious, can be delicious, and it comes
in different colors and it's what I've had the most luck with. Come check out my
kale story. The parkway got a makeover the end of November, and I planted almost
half of it with 11 kale plants, which I started from seed in diatomaceous earth
on October the ninth.
Look at those roots in D.E.
I used a lot of biodynamic compost in the planting hole, which got the kale off
to a great start.
I covered the parkway in red voile, to keep off cabbage moths and sat back and
watched them grow. Wow, this is Lacinato kale. This looks awesome.
I'm going to juice this today.
There's probably enough servings of kale right here to feed a
whole school classroom. I could probably make do with two plants but, no, I have
three red bore, big purple one, I have three winter bore, I have two lacinato,
and I have three white Russian, over here. Winter bore and red bore are basically
the same kale, same leaf structure, but red bore is this deep red purple color
and winter bore is beautiful green. That is the healthiest color of green, really, when
you think about it. It's Easter, and every gardener I know has already planted
tomatoes, so I'm going to be giving a lot of his kale away today, so I can clear
the space for tomatoes. Just cut from the bottom up. That should be enough to start.
Ryan, you just happened to walk along and you got some free kale. That's
right, look at this, the whole bundle worth! This is amazing. I've walked by a
few times and admire your garden and I really appreciate that you... You like kale?
I love kale. What do you like best about kale? Just the taste and the
healthiness of it, being able to eat healthy. There's nothing like it.
Just before I gave away the kale, I was featured in a spring home and garden
section of the local paper.
Kale is so versatile. You can eat it raw in salads, you can make chips out of it,
you can stir fry it, saute it, braise it, put it in soups and stews, but today I'm
going to make kale mallung or mallum, which is Sri Lankan kale with coconut. So,
let's see how that goes.
Okay, here goes.
That's pretty good! The coconut makes it. I tried chips made
out of this lacinato kale. I'm cutting all of the leaves today. It's unfortunate
I could probably keep this year all year. It's such a monster healthy plant. So I
made my first kale chips yesterday and I thought I'd try one for breakfast.
Let me try different one. That one wasn't particularly crispy. You know what? They
lost their crispiness overnight. Wait. No, no it's got to be, ah! This one looks crispy.
Okay, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Kale has so many attributes. I
have to read them, I can't even remember them all.
Kale is low in calorie, high in fiber, and zero fat. It's high in iron, high in
vitamin K, it's filled with powerful antioxidants, it's a great
anti-inflammatory food, it's great for cardiovascular support, high in vitamin A,
vitamin C, calcium, and it's a great detox food. What are you waiting for?
You've got to grow kale.
I hope you enjoyed this episode and please share
with friends. Everyone needs to be growing and eating kale. Please come back
for the wrap-up of my third winter garden. I'm Kaye, I'm a late bloomer,
thanks for watching, see you next time.
(bloopers) It's Easter, and every gardener I know is
already planted it's Easter it's Easter and every gardener I know has already
planted there it's Easter in every guard it's Easter the parrots are right
over there. They're so mad I didn't plant
sunflowers. They just come around to remind me why didn't you plant sunflowers
and I have three white Russian oops, kind of breaks, kind of easily
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