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[Image description: a curly-leaf kale plant in a raised bed, with voluminous radiating leaves that kinda look like the afro of said Simpson's character.]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Keep the rakes away from that kale.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Which of course translates to "The Bart, The".

I have three kale varieties and they are all doing really well. My spinach on the other hand is getting ravaged by some bug/pest that i haven't figured out yet.

Last year my kale got hit hard by aphids. I'm trying to avoid that this year by buying ladybugs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Gorgeous. It'll make a delicious pesto sauce

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I've never heard of kale pesto before. Do you add it or substitute it with basil?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Little of both. Use about half as much basil and as much kale as I can fet away with. I like to sub in toasted sunflower seeds for the pine nuts sometimes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm going to give this a try. Toasted pine nuts can be hard to come by and pricey for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Good to know. I'm excited to make some pesto once my basil grows a little bigger.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Has some broccoli vibes too. I've only ever seen kale heads, like cabbage, never like this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't know why but it gives me the heebie jeebies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Because it looks like the start of a kale fractal animation without end