Harvest Greens, greens, greens. Even in the Far North

[AlaskaSue]

Well, I finally pulled the last of my collards. I love all things green and will spend many of my hard garden days munching on all of it as I work thru the hours: kale, spinach, beet tops, collards, chard.…

Here it is Nov 5. We’ve had several snowfalls, many days below freezing - but my collards never gave up. They are simply gorgeous, delicious! But I know all good things must end so I blanched the last of them, put the roots into the compost and am enjoying a bit of greens and beans (cooked with a lovely ham shank).

if you are hesitant about collards, jump on in. I never got any flowers or seed, so have to hope for seed next year. But it’s a good one, for sure.

 

[fish hook]

I don't know for sure, never had to deal with that here, but i wonder if you could have put those roots in pots and kept them going inside for the winter. They could provide continuing greens and by next year provide seed for the next crop

 

[Kathy in FL]

I don't know for sure, never had to deal with that here, but i wonder if you could have put those roots in pots and kept them going inside for the winter. They could provide continuing greens and by next year provide seed for the next crop

I don't think collards are the cut and come again type.

Sue, try some arugula or some microgreens next year. You snip as you need and they regrow just like when you trim your flowers and they grow even better.

What's a Cut-and-Come-Again Garden?

Harvesting these leafy vegetables and herbs as "cut-and-come-again" and score a longer harvest season and more food from your garden.

www.thespruce.com

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[AlaskaSue]

I don't think collards are the cut and come again type.

Sue, try some arugula or some microgreens next year. You snip as you need and they regrow just like when you trim your flowers and they grow even better.

What's a Cut-and-Come-Again Garden?

Harvesting these leafy vegetables and herbs as "cut-and-come-again" and score a longer harvest season and more food from your garden.

www.thespruce.com

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That sounds great!

You know Kathy, when I read your stories I have to have another tab open just to look up a lot of the things your characters are doing. I’m harvesting seed cuz of you, my friend! In fact, 2021 had me planting a lot I saved from 2020. Now I’m hoping to plant trees from my Kodiak family…they have the largest Golden Chain tree in the state.

 

[fish hook]

I don't think collards are the cut and come again type.

Sue, try some arugula or some microgreens next year. You snip as you need and they regrow just like when you trim your flowers and they grow even better.

What's a Cut-and-Come-Again Garden?

Harvesting these leafy vegetables and herbs as "cut-and-come-again" and score a longer harvest season and more food from your garden.

www.thespruce.com

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Not to be argumentative, but i have to disagree. I don't grow them myself ( the only green that causes me stomach distress ) but i have seen people grow them and just pick what they needed and the plants kept growing and producing.

 

[Kathy in FL]

Not to be argumentative, but i have to disagree. I don't grow them myself ( the only green that causes me stomach distress ) but i have seen people grow them and just pick what they needed and the plants kept growing and producing.

No prob from me. If people grow them that way that's news to me. In the South there are huge fields of collard greens and people sell them off the farm truck ... or they used to. They may still in some places.

Collards and grits kept people from starving here in the South through many generations. I like grits but like you, have a hard time digesting collards for some reason. About the only "green" that bothers me, including wild greens.