Winter kale

Happy New Year!

The view from our apartment's balcony right now:

Snowy and grey, yet under the frost and fluffy snow up at our garden.. something lurks. 

We harvested at night so unfortunately there isn't a great picture but look at this beautiful kale:

Kale is one of the garden vegetables that gets better after the first freeze and can be harvested throughout winter (if you don't pick it, of course). This is because when it gets cold, the starches inside kale convert into sugar, balancing out any bitterness. It's so delicious, we noticed while harvesting that we haven't been the only ones waiting for the kale in our garden to sweeten.. the wild deers love it too.