KAIL is on message. It’s one of our tastiest, most nutritious, space-efficient and stunningly attractive vegetables. No longer only fit for cattle and peasants, this popular crops finds breeders falling over backwards to produce ever more fanciful varieties. Kail – or kale to use the standard English spelling – is so tasty that I’m happy to fight off the slugs and graze on tender young leaves straight from the plant. But there are several different ways of cooking kail and I’m told you can even enjoy a kail smoothy. However you prepare it – assuming you don’t boil it to death in water – you’ll find it’s crammed with health-giving nutrients, including calcium, magnesium, iron and anti-oxidants.