Most of us gardeners know that all the brassicas we grow are at least kissing cousins. Now two of them, with a little human assist, have been doing more than kissing. And if you haven't had enough kale, you are going to be really excited with the result - it's Kalette, a conventional hybrid of kale and brussels sprouts. It grows like the sprouts, but looks like little colorful kale.
Johnny's will be the source of seeds for home gardeners in the U.S. Read their press release here:
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/t-press-release-kalettes.aspx
Oh - and of course the Kalettes have their own Facebook page - just search for that name.
But I still think "the Kalettes" sounds like a barbershop quartet of nutritionists.
Monday, September 29, 2014
Thursday, September 25, 2014
color coded eating
Goodness. I've had a two month vacation!
Bountiful Gardens on Facebook alerted me to the Huffington Post article with the link to this infographic you can print out and post on your fridge.
http://www.precisionnutrition.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Phytonutrient_checklist_r2.pdf
I'm going to - though for the next few weeks I will be eating and processing the bounty without a lot of thought about what colors things are. Red (tomatoes), white (apples), yellow and orange (squash) , green (the last of the green beans). I wonder if figs count as purple? Oh well, cocoa and wine do! Who knew?
Bountiful Gardens on Facebook alerted me to the Huffington Post article with the link to this infographic you can print out and post on your fridge.
http://www.precisionnutrition.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Phytonutrient_checklist_r2.pdf
I'm going to - though for the next few weeks I will be eating and processing the bounty without a lot of thought about what colors things are. Red (tomatoes), white (apples), yellow and orange (squash) , green (the last of the green beans). I wonder if figs count as purple? Oh well, cocoa and wine do! Who knew?
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