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Vegetable Seeds Catalogue
Collards
Sowing periods
Looking at these nutritiously rich, dark green wavy leaves makes you feel a bit healthier. A compact, slow bolting variety Tastes better after a frost. A close relative of kale and can be used in similar way. A popular Portugese dish is caldo verde (green broth) where sliced collard greens are the main ingredient. 500 seeds.
Super-charged greens. Often overlooked for kale but studies have shown this dark green leafy vegetable has higher levels of cholesterol-lowering and unique anti colon cancer properties than other cruciferous green vegetables. A large plant with open leaves that is best sown and eaten through the cooler months as the flavour sweetens a little in cold weather. 90 seeds.
A favourite heirloom of southern USA that is used in Creole cooking. Dating back to the1880’s it is a productive, tasty and nutritious vegetable. This variety tolerates heat better than most collards. The large dark blue-green leaves do improve in flavour in cooler weather, with frosts ‘sweetening’ them up. Can be grown through the cold months for winter greens. Use the large leaves steamed, in stir fries, as a large tortilla wrap…. Let your culinary imagination run wild 300 seeds.