Thank you, Kale, for joining...

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for joining the CSA for this season. The first pickup will be on Tuesday, June 5. As the date gets closer, we will send more information regarding the details. In the meantime, we are busily (and happily and hungrily) planting...and planting...beans, beets, carrots, celery, cilantro, chard, collards and we're only to the C's! (Not that we plant alphabetically, but we could...asparagus, beans, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, ... We were immensely joyed by the 2.05 inches of rain (yes, we farmers keep track of the tenths -- they do count!). And we were even more happy with this perfect rainfall after planting 30,000 plants of cole crops. My sister asked "What the *** are cole crops?" That's slang (not really) for Brassicas.  "Cole crops" is a general term used to describe several vegetables in the mustard (did you know broccoli was a turd?) family, including broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower" .... Brassicas, well, there just isn't enough that could be said about them....all of them...

Aethionema

Agallis

Alliaria

Alyssoides

Alysopsis

Alyssum

Ammosperma

Anastatica

Anchonium

Andrzeiowskia

Anelsonia

Aphragmus

Aplanodes

Arabidella

Arabidopsis

Arabis

Arcyosperma

Armoracia

Aschersoniodoxa

Asperuginoides

Asta

Atelanthera

Athysanus

Aubrieta

Aurinia

Ballantinia

Barbarea

Beringia

Berteroa

Berteroella

Biscutella

Bivonaea

Blennodia

Boleum

Boreava

Bornmuellera

Borodinia

Botscantzevia

Brachycarpaea

Brassica

Braya

Brayopsis

Brossardia

Bunias

Cakile

Calepina

Calymmatium

Camelina

Camelinopsis

Capsella

Cardamine

Cardaminopsis

Cardaria

Carinavalva

Carrichtera

Catadysia

Catenulina

Caulanthus

Caulostramina

Ceratocnemum

Ceriosperma

Chalcanthus

Chamira

Chartoloma

Cheesemania

Cheiranthus

Chlorocrambe

Chorispora

Christolea

Chrysobraya

Chrysochamela

Cithareloma

Clastopus

Clausia

Clypeola

Cochlearia

Coelonema

Coincya

Coluteocarpus

Conringia

Cordylocarpus

Coronopus

Crambe

Crambella

Cremolobus

Crucihimalaya

Cryptospora

Cuphonotus

Cusickiella

Cycloptychis

Cymatocarpus

Cyphocardamum

Dactylocardamum

Degenia

Delpinophytum

Descurainia

Diceratella

Dichasianthus

Dictyophragmus

Didesmus

Didymophysa

Dielsiocharis

Dilophia

Dimorphocarpa

Diplotaxis

Dipoma

Diptychocarpus

Dithyrea

Dolichirhynchus

Dontostemon

Douepea

Draba

Drabastrum

Drabopsis

Dryopetalon

Eigia

Elburzia

Enarthrocarpus

Englerocharis

Eremobium

Eremoblastus

Eremodraba

Eremophyton

Ermania

Ermaniopsis

Erophila

Eruca

Erucaria

Erucastrum

Erysimum

Euclidium

Eudema

Eutrema

Euzomodendron

Farsetia

Fezia

Fibigia

Foleyola

Fortuynia

Galitzkya

Geococcus

Glaribraya

Glastaria

Glaucocarpum

Goldbachia

Gorodkovia

Graellsia

Grammosperma

Guillenia

Guiraoa

Gynophorea

Halimolobos

Harmsiodoxa

Hedinia

Heldreichia

Heliophila

Hemicrambe

Hemilophia

Hesperis

Heterodraba

Hirschfeldia

Hollermayera

Hormathophylla

Hornungia

Hornwoodia

Hugueninia

Hymenolobus

Ianhedgea

Iberis

Idahoa

Iodanthus

Ionopsidium

Irenepharsus

Isatis

Ischnocarpus

Iskandera

Iti

Ivania

Kernera

Kremeriella

Lachnocapsa

Lachnoloma

Leavenworthia

Lepidium

Lepidostemon

Leptaleum

Lesquerella

Lignariella

Lithodraba

Lobularia

Lonchophora

Loxostemon

Lunaria

Lyocarpus

Lyrocarpa

Macropodium

Malcolmia

Mancoa

Maresia

Mathewsia

Matthiola

Megacarpaea

Megadenia

Menkea

Menonvillea

Microlepidium

Microsysymbrium

Microstigma

Morettia

Moricandia

Moriera

Morisia

Murbeckiella

Muricaria

Myagrum

Nasturtiopsis

Nasturtium

Neomartinella

Neotchihatchewia

Neotorularia

Nerisyrenia

Neslia

Nesocrambe

Neuontobotrys

Notoceras

Notothlaspi

Ochthodium

Octoceras

Olimarabidopsis

Onuris

Oreoloma

Oreophyton

Ornithocarpa

Orychophragmus

Otocarpus

Oudneya

Pachycladon

Pachymitus

Pachyphragma

Pachypterygium

Parlatoria

Parodiodoxa

Parolinia

Parrya

Parryodes

Paysonia

Pegaeophyton

Peltaria

Peltariopsis

Pennellia

Petiniotia

Petrocallis

Phaeonychium

Phlebolobium

Phlegmatospermum

Phoenicaulis

Physaria

Physocardamum

Physoptychis

Physorrhynchus

Platycraspedum

Polyctenium

Polypsecadium

Pringlea

Prionotrichon

Pritzelago

Pseuderucaria

Pseudoarabidopsis

Pseudocamelina

Pseudoclausia

Pseudofortuynia

Pseudovesicaria

Psychine

Pterygiosperma

Pterygostemon

Pugionium

Pycnoplinthopsis

Pycnoplinthus

Pyramidium

Quezeliantha

Quidproquo

Raffenaldia

Raphanorhyncha

Raphanus

Rapistrum

Reboudia

Redowskia

Rhizobotrya

Ricotia

Robeschia

Rollinsia

Romanschulzia

Roripella

Rorippa

Rytidocarpus

Sameraria

Sarcodraba

Savignya

Scambopus

Schimpera

Schivereckia

Schizopetalon

Schlechteria

Schoenocrambe

Schouwia

Scoliaxon

Selenia

Sibara

Sibaropsis

Silicularia

Sinapidendron

Sinapis

Sisymbrella

Sisymbriopsis

Sisymbrium

Smelowskia

Sobolewslia

Sohms-Laubachia

Sophiopsis

Sphaerocardamum

Spirorhynchus

Spryginia

Staintoniella

Stanfordia

Stanleya (plant)

Stenopetalum

Sterigmostemum

Stevenia

Straussiella

Streptanthella

Streptanthus

Streptoloma

Stroganowia

Stubebdorffia

Subularia

Succowia

Synstemon

Synthlipsis

Taphrospermum

Tauscheria

Teesdalia

Teesdaliopsis

Tetracme

Thelypodiopsis

Thelypodium

Thlaspeocarpa

Thlaspi

Thysanocarpus

Trachystoma

Trichotolinum

Trochiscus

Tropidocarpum

Turritis

Vella (plant)

Warea

Wasabia

Weberbauera

Werdermannia

Winklera

Xerodraba

Yinshania

Zerdana

Zilla

Wow! Thank you wikipedia! But where is kale? My favorite of the cole crops. Are you there? Kale? The top "ANDI ", i.e. Aggregate Nutrient Density Index according to Eatright America is kale, (and mustards & turnip greens).

Kale scores 1000: Coke 1.   Are we even surprised about that?