I get a lot of questions about how to harvest and use sea kale as a root vegetable.  Sea kale is more commonly grown for its spring shoots, but all parts of the plant are edible, including the roots.  Plants that are two years old or more can produce very large roots that represent a […]

Sea kale has a rather remarkable ability to re-sprout from its roots.  One of the popular ways of propagating sea kale relies on this tendency.  Sea kale root cuttings, or “thongs” as they are commonly described, provide a fast-growing clone of the parent plant without all the fuss of starting from seed. Until recently, I […]

Sea Kale (Crambe maritima) is an excellent vegetable for the perennial garden.  All parts are edible, but some are tastier and require more work than others.  For my palate, there is a tie for best tasting part between the flower buds (like broccoli) and the blanched shoots.  Shoots come early in the year, anywhere between […]