Healthier Living

It's not too late to get a few groceries started in the garden. In many places it's just now time to set out tomatoes and peppers, both of which are very high in Vitamin C. With a cooler, later spring, I'm sure there are still many plants that would thrive in many of the growing zones.

Not only does gardening provide a healthier diet, but also a reduced food cost, as well as exercise. i want to specifically mention cabbage in this article because cabbage is one of the latest "frankenfoods" being offered. The DNA of scorpions is added to the cabbage to serve as a pesticide against caterpillars that like cabbage. The scorpion venom literally serves to eliminate the caterpillar. I have no idea what that does to humans who consume the cabbage and I doubt that that information will be released any time soon, if it's ever even researched.

What I do know is this. Cabbage is very easy to grow, year round. It requires no pollination and will literally come up from seed in fairly cool soil. Broccoli is also being tampered with, as is cauliflower. I have discovered kale to be a wonderful hearty leafy vegetable that some folks say is interchangeable with spinach. I, personally like it better for cooking than spinach, but it's not as good fresh for salad as spinach is, so there's my two cents worth on that. Kale grows rapidly and abundantly, and will keep producing if the roots are not pulled when the leaves are harvested. It is available in heirloom variety seeds.

If space is an issue, kale and spinach will grow quite nicely in a window box. There is still a little time to "Get Growing."
Just came across an interesting page about kale.