First Time Growing Kale In My Garden

A friend blessed me with some Kale seeds she brought back from overseas when she went over to visit her son and his family. I have never seen a real Kale so I have no idea how Kale looks like. I sprinkled the seeds in this round pot.

 Only a few of the seeds sprouted.

I wasn't expecting much from the seedling.

 Anyway, I dutifully water and fertilize the seedlings.

 The Kale look so thin.

 The stems are long and skinny.
The leaves are not as curly as those I see on the internet.

 I had no idea when it due for harvest so I waited.

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1st Dinner - Home cooked.

 Black Vinegar Pork Trotter

 Blanched Choy Sum (bought from mini market) and topped with sprinkling of sambal hae bee (spicy dried shrimps).

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2nd Dinner - Home cooked

 For the 2nd day dinner, I decided to harvest some of the bigger Kale leaves.

 And leave behind the smaller leaves to continue to grow on the plants for future harvest.

My friend advised me that Kale will be tough for stir fries, so I decided to blanch the Kale. Again I sprinkled sambal hae bee on the blanched Kale.

 There was another serving of black vinegar pork trotter from the previous day. So together with blanched Kale, that was our simple home cooked dinner. 

The leaves are growing bigger again and I will have another harvest soon. I am wondering whether I could get to harvest some seeds from these Kale plants. Will have to wait and see.

 Fencing from Teluk Intan

 Can you see the design of the metal fence?

The photos were taken from a moving car.

The design of the fencing is not clear when seen from a distance.

Linking to Good Fences.

All these people were still living by faith when they died.

They did not receive the things promised;

they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,

admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.

(Hebrews 11:13, New International Version-NIV)