Bob And Susan

I planted a half row each of spinach (Viking – a good freezer variety) and Dwarf Blue Kale today. I love spinach. Not to sure about Kale but it is really good for you! I will eat it if it is on my plate as an edible garnish when I am eating at a restaurant and enjoy it. After looking at the picture of the Kale on the seed packet, it got me thinking about how beautiful it is. Then I remembered that Kale comes in many varieties and colours. I will purchase some ornamental, container garden variety kale and it will be one of the featured plants in my planter boxes around my deck this year. I do want a lot of colour and texture in my garden boxes on the deck but at the same time to be sustainable so besides the kale, I plan on mini-eggplants, mini butter lettuce, small carrots, scarlett runner beans, Matthiola flowers for the beautiful evening scent, some Nastursium for my salads, some Nemophilla because they are a black flower which I think is pretty cool and I may even sneak in a few munchin sunflowers for texture and fun.