Hallo Marilyn!
Tuesd 04 November 1997 19:46 Marilyn Boissoneault wrote to Maria Edelhausen:
 MB> Boy that is cold!  A lot of winters we don't get below 32.F. But
 MB> some winters we get some nasty cold fronts that come thru and
 MB> wipe us out.  I have a feeling this winter might be worse than
 MB> some, but I hope I'm wrong.
Now it's no more so cold, but rainy with temps of 40/50øF? Weather can change 
very quickly here in Belgium.
 MB> By the curled cabbage do you mean
 MB> the kind I call "savoy" cabbage?  I grew one of those one time
 MB> that was so big and beautiful it shoulda won a prize.
No the curled cabbage is not what you call "savoy", that's also here 
"Savooikool" or green cabbage.
The curled cabbage is not making a crob but goes up in one stem with very 
curled leaves, and it are only those leaves that can be eaten, without the 
thicker nerves in the middle of the leaves. It is not so sweet as the Savoy 
cabbage, but I like it very much.
 MB> I let it
 MB> grow and it just kept getting bigger and bigger, unfortunately it
 MB> was spring and the weather was getting warmer each day.  When I
 MB> finally picked it, it was so hot and strong tasting we couldn't
 MB> eat it. Boy was I disappointed.  I grow a small kind of savoy now
 MB> that doesn't get very big, and comes in pretty fast. That one is
 MB> always sweet and good for me.  I can plant cabbage here through
 MB> January.
Yes the Savoy can become very big, certainly when they get much warmth, but 
of course too much is also not good.  This year I planted some early June 
that grow very big, and were good to use in September. In End of July I 
planted a second time, those plants became not so big and a few of them are 
still in the garden to be used further and after. When are the Savoy's good 
to eat at yours? Somewhere in March  or April?
 MB> I hope to get some leeks and onions planted this week.  I grow
 MB> some veggies in containers outside. They seem to grow better in
 MB> that soil than in my sandy garden.  I grow beets, carrots and
 MB> spinach in containers.  Can you keep things growing all winter in
 MB> your greenhouse?
No not really growing. The containerplants that are all in the greenhouse are 
tropical or subtropical plants to be kept from getting frost. Only very few 
subtropical plants will still be growing a bit, but most of those plants are 
in rest till next Spring when the sun is much stronger again. Then I also 
start to sew some veggies in it.
There is no way to grow veggies in the greenhouse during winter without 
heating rather hard. That's too expensive.
Greetings.
        Maria
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