The Hungry Gap

I pulled the netting back off the kale this morning and stood there a while.

Lifted a leaf. Palm-sized, which is about right for kale in the first week of June. I knew that going in. I still gave the bed the look you give a kid who’s taking his time. All these years and I still want it bigger when I lift the netting.

The netting keeps the flea beetles and cabbage moths off without a spray. It works. It also means I only see the kale when I lift it.

Jim Schultz farms and runs the farm store at Red Shirt Farm in Lanesborough, MA, with his wife, Sarah. Meet the farmers.

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