HARDY VEGETABLES 



Do not take any stalks from the plant the first 

 year if you sow seed, but you may if you plant 

 roots. You know it is the leaf stem of this plant 

 which we eat. Always choose the largest stems on 

 the plant, take one firmly in the hand near the 

 ground, bend outward and pull. The stem should 

 come free from the roots with the sheath attached. 

 Do not allow the plant to blossom ; cut all buds as 

 fast as they appear, because we want all the strength 

 to go to the root, so it will keep sending up more 

 stalks. 



Sea Kale is a plant very little known, but it is 

 such an early spring vegetable, you should know it. 

 Sow the seeds sparingly ; thin the seedlings to four 

 inches, and let them grow all one summer. In the 

 fall transplant to a new place, setting them 2 feet 

 apart; when the frost comes, cover with litter or 

 leaves. Early the next spring you will see them 

 poking up their heads. I have seen them lift clumps 

 of frozen earth. Now we must remove the litter and 

 crown them up cover the shoots with earth and as 

 they push through, cover repeatedly until you have 

 a mound about a foot high, then dig in and cut the 

 shoots off near the root. It is the leaf stalk, nicely 

 blanched, which we eat. You can let them grow up 

 and cut several times, then uncover and allow the 



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