As long as you don t cut off the heart, kale will keep producing all season long. Recent research indicates that kale may contain the same anti-cancer properties as its cousin broccoli. Good news for broccoli haters, former US presidents included. Combine cancer prevention with its fantastic vitamin content, mild cabbage taste, and downright handsome good looks, and you got a vegetable for the 90 s. There are a couple of drawbacks to this wonder green though.
Deer love it just as much as people do, so hang some bars of soap on stakes along the rows.
The smellier the better. Deer won t eat what doesn t smell like food. Kale also suffers from the all the pests that attack the other Brassicas. Plant under row covers to control cabbage moths, or dust with Bt if the worms take over. So, when you ve pulled up the last pea plant, or plucked the final radish, try growing some kale.