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Even with the heat thru the summer, my collards planted last fall are still producing. I side dressed them with compost in the spring and again in the fall. They are about 3 feet tall, but are providing a weekly mess of collard greens for both us and my MIL. I'm still getting little side shoots of broccoli..if the chickens don't get them first.
Turnips always do well if you keep them watered. If you pull greens to thin your rows while the plants are growing to provide room for the roots to grow, you can pick tender sweet turnips until it gets hot. We planted some last fall around the barn and along the fence in the lot for the cows. The greens the cows couldn't reach were harvested several times in the spring and early summer. The greens will get a little "bolder" in flavor but that's the way my MIL likes them.
I have been harvesting them for the chickens, I have been getting a 5 gallon bucket every 3 or so days, of turnip greens, can I expect that to continue through even more cold weather? The chickens are loving having the greens to eat. There were several 5 foot tall spinach mustard in the runs that I let them in about a month ago, they are gone now, they ate them to the ground in just a couple of weeks. They would still be alive and I would still be harvesting them if I hadn't put the chickens in there w/ them. I am planning for next year wanting to plant so as the continue to have green to harvest for the girls as late into winter as I can get away w/, and just wondering if this year was exceptional.
Even with the heat thru the summer, my collards planted last fall are still producing. I side dressed them with compost in the spring and again in the fall. They are about 3 feet tall, but are providing a weekly mess of collard greens for both us and my MIL. I'm still getting little side shoots of broccoli..if the chickens don't get them first.
Turnips always do well if you keep them watered. If you pull greens to thin your rows while the plants are growing to provide room for the roots to grow, you can pick tender sweet turnips until it gets hot. We planted some last fall around the barn and along the fence in the lot for the cows. The greens the cows couldn't reach were harvested several times in the spring and early summer. The greens will get a little "bolder" in flavor but that's the way my MIL likes them.
I have been harvesting them for the chickens, I have been getting a 5 gallon bucket every 3 or so days, of turnip greens, can I expect that to continue through even more cold weather? The chickens are loving having the greens to eat. There were several 5 foot tall spinach mustard in the runs that I let them in about a month ago, they are gone now, they ate them to the ground in just a couple of weeks. They would still be alive and I would still be harvesting them if I hadn't put the chickens in there w/ them. I am planning for next year wanting to plant so as the continue to have green to harvest for the girls as late into winter as I can get away w/, and just wondering if this year was exceptional.
