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To Eat or Not to Eat

I picked this think up at the grocery store. There was a shopping cart full of them outside with a sign that said, Cabbage $1.

I've never seen cabbage like this before and I've never heard of growing cabbage in a pot.

So I grabbed it as a replacement for the almost-dead basil on the kitchen windowsill. A little color for the off-season. Winter is slow coming this year in these parts and nobody is complaining. We had a bit of white frost last night but it'll will be almost 60 again by Monday. Can't complain about that!

posted on Nov 14, 2015 12:24 PM ()

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I'm getting ready to start some windowsill herbs!

comment by gwensgifts on Apr 9, 2016 3:39 PM ()

cool....looks like a green and red cabbage hybrid. don't know if I'd want to eat it although I do like cabbage.

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comment by honeybugg on Nov 15, 2015 5:57 AM ()

Even tho the store called it cabbage, it seems to be ornamental kale according to an expert on fb. Works for me.

reply by jjoohhnn on Nov 15, 2015 3:34 PM ()

We have a purple cabbage but this is much more ornamental. I have
seen it in flower beds and I like it for it's color and shape. It is
also very hardy and stays pretty all winter.

comment by elderjane on Nov 15, 2015 4:27 AM ()

The Herb Guy on fb says it's Ornamental Kale. He seems to know his plants.

reply by jjoohhnn on Nov 15, 2015 3:33 PM ()

Around here, we call that Ornamental Kale, and people plant it in flowerbeds as a summer annual. I don't know if they eat it, but I don't know why you couldn't if you got a sudden craving for kale.

comment by troutbend on Nov 14, 2015 4:32 PM ()

OK, my S-I-L thought it was winter cabbage. Ty

reply by jjoohhnn on Nov 14, 2015 6:17 PM ()

It's pretty!

comment by kristilyn3 on Nov 14, 2015 3:37 PM ()

I'll be keeping it where it is on the windowsill.

reply by jjoohhnn on Nov 14, 2015 6:11 PM ()

I've grown Romaine, celery, lettuce, etc., in a pot--why not cabbage? I will admit though that I have never seen a purple cabbage--let me know if it turns green!
By the way the answer is ALWAYS TO EAT!

comment by greatmartin on Nov 14, 2015 12:57 PM ()

Apparently is winter cabbage. I can't imagine planting anything around here this time of year but that's what's supposed to happen. I'm keeping on the windowsill.

reply by jjoohhnn on Nov 14, 2015 6:08 PM ()

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