Kale News

 

Next to the potatoes are the brassicas. The netting is 100% necessary. There are usually over 50 wood pigeons hanging about on the RI sports field next to us. If the nets were not here, the pigeons would be. They are hungry birds.

So the kale and cabbage can grow unhindered until the cabbage white butterflies arrives and find every hole in the netting that exists, lay their eggs and give the gift of caterpillars.

Don't even mention the slugs ...