{"id":5905,"date":"2020-06-22T13:42:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seedsavers.willowdigital-1.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5905"},"modified":"2026-09-16T18:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:27:35","slug":"thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Kale, Thousand Headed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 11\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Thousand Headed Kale is also known as \u2018Branching Borecole\u2019.\u00a0 This productive variety originated in the west of France, with records dating it as far back as 1865. Growing as large as 1m high, this is an easy-to-grow, plain-leaf kale with wide spreading foliage. Particularly suited to our climate, this reliable kale is hardy and very tolerant of poor soils. Supporter Hilary Killops suggests eating it \u2018lightly steamed, and served with a sauce of yoghurt and a little chilli pepper.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Certified Organic<\/p>\n<p>Average Seeds Per Pack: 200<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousand Headed Kale is also known as \u2018Branching Borecole\u2019.\u00a0 This productive variety originated in the west of France, with records dating it as far back as 1865. Growing as large as 1m high, this is an easy-to-grow, plain-leaf kale with wide spreading foliage. Particularly suited to our climate, this reliable kale is hardy and very  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[244,194,27],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5905","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-brassicas","product_cat-kale","product_cat-organic-heirloom-seeds","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"group_of_quantity":0,"min_quantity":0,"max_quantity":3,"exclude_order_quantity_value_rules":"no","exclude_category_quantity_rules":"no","combine_variations":"no","exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"acf":[],"meta_data":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thousand Headed Kale | Organic Irish Seeds | Irish Seed Savers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thousand Headed Kale is an easy-to-grow, plain-leaf kale. Particularly suited to our climate, this reliable kale is hardy and very tolerant of poor soils.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thousand Headed Kale | Organic Irish Seeds | Irish Seed Savers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thousand Headed Kale is an easy-to-grow, plain-leaf kale. Particularly suited to our climate, this reliable kale is hardy and very tolerant of poor soils.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Irish Seed Savers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irishseedsavers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-16T18:27:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Thousand-Kale-e1592833551239.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"801\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"801\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\\\/\",\"name\":\"Thousand Headed Kale | Organic Irish Seeds | Irish Seed Savers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/Thousand-Kale-e1592833551239.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-22T13:42:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-16T18:27:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"Thousand Headed Kale is an easy-to-grow, plain-leaf kale. Particularly suited to our climate, this reliable kale is hardy and very tolerant of poor soils.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/Thousand-Kale-e1592833551239.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/Thousand-Kale-e1592833551239.jpg\",\"width\":801,\"height\":801,\"caption\":\"Thousand Headed Kale\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/product\\\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shop\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Kale, Thousand Headed\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/\",\"name\":\"Irish Seed Savers\",\"description\":\"Irish Seed Savers, Scariff, Ireland are dedicated to the preservation of traditional native varieties of fruit and vegetables. Buy our seeds online. We maintain a seed bank, and distribute non-commercially available seed varieties.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Irish Seed Savers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/Irish-Seed-Savers-logo-badge-with-stroke-NEW-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/Irish-Seed-Savers-logo-badge-with-stroke-NEW-2.png\",\"width\":2346,\"height\":2346,\"caption\":\"Irish Seed Savers\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\\\/shop\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/irishseedsavers\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/irishseedsavers.ie\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Thousand Headed Kale | Organic Irish Seeds | Irish Seed Savers","description":"Thousand Headed Kale is an easy-to-grow, plain-leaf kale. Particularly suited to our climate, this reliable kale is hardy and very tolerant of poor soils.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Thousand Headed Kale | Organic Irish Seeds | Irish Seed Savers","og_description":"Thousand Headed Kale is an easy-to-grow, plain-leaf kale. Particularly suited to our climate, this reliable kale is hardy and very tolerant of poor soils.","og_url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\/","og_site_name":"Irish Seed Savers","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irishseedsavers\/","article_modified_time":"2026-09-16T18:27:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":801,"height":801,"url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Thousand-Kale-e1592833551239.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\/","url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\/","name":"Thousand Headed Kale | Organic Irish Seeds | Irish Seed Savers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Thousand-Kale-e1592833551239.jpg","datePublished":"2020-06-22T13:42:04+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-16T18:27:35+00:00","description":"Thousand Headed Kale is an easy-to-grow, plain-leaf kale. Particularly suited to our climate, this reliable kale is hardy and very tolerant of poor soils.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Thousand-Kale-e1592833551239.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Thousand-Kale-e1592833551239.jpg","width":801,"height":801,"caption":"Thousand Headed Kale"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/product\/thousand-headed-kale-organic-heirloom-seed\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shop","item":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Kale, Thousand Headed"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/#website","url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/","name":"Irish Seed Savers","description":"Irish Seed Savers, Scariff, Ireland are dedicated to the preservation of traditional native varieties of fruit and vegetables. Buy our seeds online. We maintain a seed bank, and distribute non-commercially available seed varieties.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/#organization","name":"Irish Seed Savers","url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Irish-Seed-Savers-logo-badge-with-stroke-NEW-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Irish-Seed-Savers-logo-badge-with-stroke-NEW-2.png","width":2346,"height":2346,"caption":"Irish Seed Savers"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irishseedsavers\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/irishseedsavers.ie"]}]}},"price_excl_tax":"3.5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=5905"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5905"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}