old fashioned kale

[flowergirl]

i wonder if any one can help me im looking for old fashiond kale not curly simular to the one they feed to cows i used to be able to buy it but i cant anymore

[Birdie Wife]

Hi flowergirl,

Have you tried Real Seeds? They have Sutherland Kale which is a large flat-leaved variety. I got some to try this year. Sadly I have no spare seed but i found the Real Seeds company very good to deal with. All their seeds are bred for the British climate and no F1 hybrids, so they encourage you to save seed from the plants.

[Green Aura]

I can definitely second the recommendation for Realseeds.

We bought some quinoa seeds from them. None germinated and we thought it was just us not following their instructions properly. They'd had a problem with that batch and sent a replacement packet to everyone (unbidden). You don't get service like that often.
And the Sutherland Kale is good. And the Oca and, and...

[marshlander]

Did you find the seed you wanted?

Daubenton's Perennial kale is mentioned in permaculture items but is grown from cuttings.

Southerland kale plants are available here http://www.vegetableplantsdirect.co.uk/ ... ember.html