Pip's purple haze

Submitted by ange dews on Fri, 23/04/2010 - 6:59pm

Today at the shop... there was so much competing for attention - yesterday's Earth Day (see Forum), Shakespeare's birthday; St George's Day; the first ENGLISH green rhubarb; the first ENGLISH asparagus; Dee's traditional ENGLISH recipe scones with Longley Farm butter, cream and locally-produced jams; the first day of the Marsden Cuckoo Festival weekend (see www.cuckoofestival.co.uk/cuckoo-festival-events-page-april-24th-2010-2#saturday ) ... how can one choose between these sources of inspiration?

But the highlight of the day for me was Pip's purple haze. It's well known in shop circles that Pip has a particular penchant for red curly kale. Whether it's the magenta hue, the elegant stature of the mature plant or the cabbagy taste that attracts him, we do not know. But it's clear that this vegetable has found its way into Pip's bathroom and what the supermarkets now like to call his 'grooming products'! Pip must have found a new application for the vegetable and his coiffure has become a walking ad for it. We just need to tattoo on his neck 'Available from the Green Valley Grocer'.

Pip's purple haze and his red kale seedlings - did they make it to the garden?

 

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Purple pip's Haze

Submitted by pip on Thu, 29/04/2010 - 9:20pm.

Well Ange its true that I do love the curly kale, and now with these 3 seedlings that you have given to me I should be having some kale growing in the garden this winter.

I also have brought some perannial kale, just the one plant, as an experiment, if I keep deadheading the flowers on it as they appear it also should provide some kale this winter. I'll also be planting some sprouts in a few months time. I'm looking to provide us with plenty of winter greens this year.

I'm really gladthat my punky red coloured hair amused you Ange.