Kale

Kale is another really easy vegetable to grow according to our team member Jana - plus it's considered one of the healthiest vegetables as it contains large amounts of vitamins A, K, B6 and C, calcium, potassium, copper and manganese.

You don't need to do much to grow kale - just plant the seeds indoors in February time, thin them once they start growing if there are too many, then move them to bigger pots when they grow bigger. Fertilise weekly once the true leaves appear, and you will see they start to grow really fast. Once it's warm enough outside, you can move the plants outdoors (we moved ours in mid-May) and then you really don't have to do anything except fertilising regularly and watching them grow!

The kale plants can grow really big and wide and can take up a lot of space. So once they are big enough and look mature, you can start harvesting the outer leaves by cutting the stems off - always leave some leaves on the plant as they will keep growing, plus kale is a perennial crop which means it continues to grow and produce through multiple seasons, even multiple years! This is just wisdom found online, we have yet to see if this is true for our kale but if so, it's brilliant because it's so easy to grow.

And what to do with harvested kale you ask? You can use it as a healthy ingredient for a soup or a stir-fry, or simply just put some oil and sea salt on it and pop it in the oven for 10 minutes - you will get crunchy tasty kale chips which are a healthier alternative to regular crisps!