Growing Kale, also Borecole

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19 Mar 12 Rob (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Kale can be planted at any time of the year in Brisbane - you can get any of the seed varieties from any garden shops. Try a few varieties - use lots of compost and water regularly. Eat the young leaves chopped in salads, grind the old leaves for juice or feed to chooks. My chooks prefer kale leaves to any other offerings! Kale is high in vitamins especially A and is perfect with oil, vinegar and touch of salt/pepper. The diamond back cabbage moth gives it a hammering and pick any chewed leaves immediately and feed to chooks or dispose. Spray with white oil or do what i do and put a mozzie net over the patch! Kales will last you at least 6-8 mths with a little attention! Our number plant in our garden!
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