14+ How to store kale from garden design

How To Store Kale From Garden. I’m often harvesting from those same kale plants through the heat of summer, into the cooler temperatures of fall, and right into the freezing days and nights of winter. For more information, including how to store your kale after washing, scroll down. Cold hardy and frost tolerant, the scarlet kale is an migardener favorite. To store freshly picked kale, wash all of the leaves and then blot them dry with a cloth.

Sloat garden center carries kale transplants, but we also have kale seeds in different varieties. Push small handfuls of kale to almost the top of each ice cube hole. Kale is a brassica, which means it is related to your little garden cabbages, cauliflowers and broccoli. Photo by laura murray option #1: Once frozen, store in a freezer bag for several months. I don’t recommend washing delicate baby greens in advance.

Lie your kale on a cookie sheet and place in freezer.

(test your ph with a kit from your cooperative extension office or garden store) Kale stems can be fibrous, similar to a broccoli stem. For this freezing method it’s not necessary to get the kale super dry, just remove as much water as you can on the towels. Store whole bunches in the fridge. Kale tends to get more and more bitter the longer it is left at room temperature, so keep it cool, sucka’! Plant the seeds in a shallow container at a depth of 1/4 inch.