{"id":32817,"date":"2017-06-20T06:10:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T10:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=32817"},"modified":"2017-06-20T06:12:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T10:12:35","slug":"fresh-from-the-spring-farm-kale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/fresh-from-the-spring-farm-kale\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh from The Spring Farm: Kale growing tips and a recipe for Roasted Squash and Kale Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jenny Spring<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Jenny

Jenny Spring<\/p><\/div>\n

I grow three types of kale for the Huntsville market.<\/p>\n

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  1. Black Kale (Dino Kale)<\/li>\n
  2. Red Russian Kale<\/li>\n
  3. Siberian Kale (green curly – great for smoothies)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Kale loves the cold so you can plant it very early in the spring. In fact, it can handle frost and a light snow and the cold improves the taste. One great tip is to plant the kale in the fall and it will come up very early in the spring.<\/p>\n

    Kale has a biennial life cycle that takes two years to complete. In the first year, kale produces an abundance of leaves. Overwintered kale grows new leaves and sends up flower stalks with pretty yellow flowers in the spring of its second year. When the flowers die, they leave seed pods that you can break open when ripe for a new crop of kale seeds.<\/p>\n

    Kale is a great vegetable to grow as it produces so much and grows very well in our climate.<\/p>\n

    My personal advice is be careful of the flee beetle. The flee beetle hides in the soil in the early spring and will eat all brassica plants or spicy greens. I put a row cover over my crops so the bugs don\u2019t eat all my kale plants.<\/p>\n\n\t\t