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Welcome to the Food Forest Farm plant shop! Here you’ll find many of the plants we’ve been growing in the nursery since 2010. These plants will come to you healthy and ready for their new home.
All of our plants are multi-functional, that is, some perennial vegetables can be eaten by a human, or livestock (leaf hay), or be grown as mulch for biomass, and more! You can look at “All” of the plants, or filter with the navigation bar.
Perennial Vegetables: edible roots, leaves, shoots, buds, seeds that come from perennial herbs, shrubs, and trees
Fruit: edible sweet goodness
Leaf Hay: plants to grow and feed to livestock like cattle, sheep, goats and rabbits
Biomass: herbs, grasses, shrubs and trees that grow fast and can be cut and used as mulch, grow soil, fuel stoves and compost piles
Sea Kale
Sea Kale
One thong per order (Watch my video to learn more about Sea Kale)
Beautiful honey-scented flowers, fantastic edible broccoli’s (all parts edible, seeds, leaves, roots, flower). Tender tasty leaves can be harvested in fall without weakening plant. Must be kept weed free. Clumping perennial vegetable, suckers if roots are broken by digging.
A new report is out regarding the delicious potential of this plant. My friend Aaron Guman was the lead researching the potential of Sea Kale as a perennial vegetable for food production. See more below…
From an article about the project:
"[We] believe sea kale has the most potential for its culinary appeal, ease of cultivation and propagation, and longevity... They are very low maintenance once you get them established... These have not been watered since the first spring we planted them... the sea kale also seems unbothered by many of the common pests that cause problems for Brassicas... it attracted a diverse mix of pollinators including flies and small wasps."
https://www.uvm.edu/extension/sustainableagriculture/sea-kale-spinach-vine-hosta-research-towards-commercial
A fantastic sea kale video I curated a few years ago with Costa Boutsikaris:
Sea Kale, Perennial Broccoli
Scientific Name: Crambe maritima
Plant Hardiness Zone: 4
Harvest: Spring flower buds, fall leaves
Light: Full sun
Soil Composition: Suitable for all soil types
Soil Moisture: Dry or moist, drought-tolerant, will rot if overly wet
Taste: Broccoli-like