I'm just looking at a few local gardening sites right now. I don't know that it would be suited to my sub-tropical climate if I wanted to grow it myself, although I've grown kohl rabi (sp?) and spinach in winter a long time ago.

If kale is in the same family as cabbage I don't know that I can eat it either. About a year ago I started getting really sore joints after eating cabbage. I love cabbage in a stirfry. I stopped eating it for ages to try a little test but the next time I ate it the same thing happened. weird.

Just recently I decided to try wombok (chinese cabbage) instead but had same problem. Any idea why I would get sore joints from eating cabbage do you?

http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1866667.htm
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