Growing Kale, also Borecole

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19 Apr 13 Sam (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Kale is available from Livingseeds which is a mail order organic seed company based in Jo'burg. Google them. I am busy growing my first crop of Tuscan Kale for winter. Yay!
17 May 13 (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Beware mouse birds with Kale, I had the lovely Italian black kale seed which grew beautifully under plastic bottles (Freezing here at Notties) Mouse birds stripped the lat withing hours of removing the bottles GRRR! Jenny
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