Kale

Kale is a cool weather lover so feel free to plant this one out in the garden early. A little light frost won’t kill this superfood!

Kale enjoys well drained fertile soil and likes to have consistent watering. If it dries out consistently this may affect the quality and flavour of the leaves so be sure to keep an eye on this one during droughts and heat waves…it will tend to get pouty on you. Work a little handful of organic fertilizer into the planting holes when transplanting Kale.

Kale doesn’t like being planted near tomatoes, peppers, eggplants or potatoes but will be quite happy settling down near the herbs in your garden.

You can harvest Kale when it is quite small for salads and it will grow again for you. Or if you prefer larger leaves for juicing or cooking you can cut leaves from the bottom up as needed while the plant continues to produce new leaves steadily.