Garden vegetables
Across the U.S., kale ripen from California (early February) all the way to Texas (mid-November). Hatched chalk is the early and late shoulder; the solid stretch is peak.
Mostly a market-table crop; a few CSA farms let members cut their own.
It depends where you stand. Across the U.S., kale ripen from California (early February) all the way to Texas (mid-November). In most growing states the peak lands around June — your own state's row on the board above is the honest answer.
California, where the season runs early January to late December. Long seasons usually mean a big state with more than one growing region inside it.
Pick your state on the what's-in-season board (it remembers you), or jump to your state's row above — each one links to the full kale-and-state page.