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[Nomadicus]

Not quite the same sorry Bud.

Yes I know they are different but down here mostly collards are grown. I may plant some kale as my wife likes it and it is good and good for you. I think you can actually buy seed for kale down here now without people wondering which rock you got hit over the head with. The only leafy greens I've ever had I didn't like was the Swiss Chard that I grew once 50 years ago. I'd swear it tasted like mud. I may try it one more time to see if I was having a bad taster day and if the dirt I grew it on really just wouldn't grow it for me the way it should. Everything I had planted there was so good until I grew a few hills of watermelons and the tasted like mud too so I know that is was the type of heavy clay dirt that did me in for them. Here on this sandy loam with a small amount of clay Swiss chard maybe a delicacy like collards are. I'm soon going to plant all sorts of greens from Bok Choy to lettuce. As a kid growing up I hated all greens like collards and mustard but know I can't get enough of them.

 

[Sally PB]

I found I really like kale and chard when they're sautéed in my fried rice concoctions. Collards... oh, my why didn't my stepdad (from Arkansas) ever ask my mom to make these! But I might not have liked them back then.

I just cooked up a mess of collards yesterday. Doing it in the Instant Pot is a snap. I don't know if I would have ever done it on the stove, cooking them for hours.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, OF. What a weather change. A high of 75 F predicted for today.

 

[Sally PB]

We have a series of cooler, drier days coming. Wash on the line, able to bake cooler drier days.

 

[NotAFarm]

Cooler here, too!
Coffee outside with the pup this morning.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Cooler here it was 64 when I let the birds out.
2nd cup first time in 5 days Moose held it till I got up.

 

[Sequel]

Yes I know they are different but down here mostly collards are grown. I may plant some kale as my wife likes it and it is good and good for you. I think you can actually buy seed for kale down here now without people wondering which rock you got hit over the head with. The only leafy greens I've ever had I didn't like was the Swiss Chard that I grew once 50 years ago. I'd swear it tasted like mud. I may try it one more time to see if I was having a bad taster day and if the dirt I grew it on really just wouldn't grow it for me the way it should. Everything I had planted there was so good until I grew a few hills of watermelons and the tasted like mud too so I know that is was the type of heavy clay dirt that did me in for them. Here on this sandy loam with a small amount of clay Swiss chard maybe a delicacy like collards are. I'm soon going to plant all sorts of greens from Bok Choy to lettuce. As a kid growing up I hated all greens like collards and mustard but know I can't get enough of them.

I also can’t get enough greens! I think we lose taste buds as we get older and get to enjoy bitter tastes. Collards definitely have a bitter edge to them and I love it! Most greens will grow here most of the year too! The years I have nice big kale plants they’ll provide greens for us and the chickens most of the winter. It has to really freeze hard So I’ve put tomato cages over them and stuffed leaves around them.

 

[pertnear09]

I'm quite envious of all y'all's cool temperatures. We're supposed to hit 108° today and 109° tomorrow. I forgot to move the car under the shade tree until noon today, it was like an oven in there.

 

[getaclue]

Collards, Mustard Greens, Turnip Greens, and Black Eye Peas, Tomatoes, and Green Peppers, are main garden staples down here.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I just bought leaf lettuce to plant have mustard greens also.
That is all for this year here.