'Greens' what are they? I want to grow them!

[beachyhead]

We eat a lot of greens, sometimes known as winter greens or spring greens (depending on the time of year )

I want to grow them, but I don't know what seeds to buy....my veg book doesn't mention them.

Do you mean curly kale,spring cabbage,swiss chard,stuff like that? They should be in your bookbut I'll list the ones I know of.

Cavalo Nero-black kale
Curly Kale
Swiss Chard 'Bright Lights'
Spring cabbage -Wintergreen or Flower of spring
Winter cabbage-January King,Christmas drumhead
Sprouting broccoli-Red Arrow orPerennial nine star

Sorry,have to go and cook tea.Will try and post again later.

If you want 'spring greens' like you buy in the shops then you grow spring heading cabbages (sown in late summer/early autumn) planted a bit closer than you would grow them for headed cabbages. Common practice is to plant out at half the spacing then take every other plant for spring greens, letting the rest grow on & head up.

There are loads of other sorts of greens you can grow, though, like Mirage says. Kale is great if you like it as a sowing of a hardy var in April/ May will give you greens from summer through to the following spring (& you can eat the flower shoots like sprouting broccoli).

Chard/leaf beet is good for the same reason - but more like spinach than the sort of greens that I think you want.

Thanks.....will go venture to to the garden centre tomorrow....