And, something dug up my 4-year old kale "bush." I've had this one kale plant survive our very snowy winters. This would've been it's 4th summer. It truly was a bush. It had a thick, woody stem! I went and checked it last week and it was getting new green leaves. I was so excited it was still alive. Yesterday my daughter found it dug up and dead. It might have been my cats going after a gopher.
I do have volunteer kale coming up from last summer, though.