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organicbaby Junior Member Posts: 97 Joined: March 2011	Patiently waiting... Oct 27, 2011 19:00:59 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by organicbaby on Oct 27, 2011 19:00:59 GMT -5 ...for the first frost to harvest some collards. It's a study in self control, I tell ya! lol

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Patiently waiting... Oct 28, 2011 7:29:03 GMT -5

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Post by bluelacedredhead on Oct 28, 2011 7:29:03 GMT -5

Had the first frost here last night. Ground/trees/vehicles still thick with it at 8am. But all of my stuff is out of the garden now except for a few beans that are drying. Parsnip lovers will be happy.

And I did not know that Collards got better after a little nip

organicbaby Junior Member Posts: 97 Joined: March 2011	Patiently waiting... Oct 28, 2011 18:14:51 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by organicbaby on Oct 28, 2011 18:14:51 GMT -5 Hey, Blue! They're definitely better when they've been kissed with a frost. Delayed gratification is my daily mantra, lol

gulfcoastguy Senior Member Posts: 472 Joined: May 2011	Patiently waiting... Oct 28, 2011 20:31:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by gulfcoastguy on Oct 28, 2011 20:31:16 GMT -5 Doesn't everything get better after a little nip?

grunt Junior Member Posts: 72 Joined: June 2011	Patiently waiting... Oct 28, 2011 21:56:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by grunt on Oct 28, 2011 21:56:19 GMT -5 I think all brassica taste better after a touch of frost.
	Always pay it forward. grungysgarden.blogspot.com/ I am located about 10 miles. north of the Idaho panhandle and just below Kootenay Lake. The property lies in a small microclimate that gives me a zone 5/6 Canadian version or 6/7 US version. One acre of land at an elevation of 1770', just off the edge of a flood plain. Sandy loam soil, hot days and cool nights (55F).

daylilydude Administrator The Eclectic Gardener "Old" when your bender over works but your gettin' back up is broken! Posts: 7,843 Zone:: 7b Favorite Vegetable:: Is bacon a vegetable? Member is Online Joined: December 2010	Patiently waiting... Dec 18, 2011 12:46:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by daylilydude on Dec 18, 2011 12:46:05 GMT -5 Hmmm... now I'm wondering if in the warmer days if you pick some earlier in the day and just toss them in the fridge till time to cook them, if that would work like waiting till a light frost hits them.... what do you think?
	Richard "I want to grow my own food, but I can't find any bacon seeds" DURING THIS TIME OF SOCIAL ISOLATION, TRY COMMENTING INSTEAD OF JUST "LIKING". IT MAY BE THAT PERSON'S ONLY CONVERSATION OF THE DAY.

Deleted Posts: 0 Joined: January 1970	Patiently waiting... Dec 19, 2011 9:56:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2011 9:56:47 GMT -5 DLD, I don't think it works the same, but I don't know why! I picked my first cabbage yesterday, and smothered it down with some bacon and onions-served with pulled pork and a sweet potato-Just wonderful!

peapicker Junior Member Posts: 73 Joined: April 2011	Patiently waiting... Dec 20, 2011 18:04:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by peapicker on Dec 20, 2011 18:04:49 GMT -5 We always put our summer collards in the freezer for a half hour before cooking This seems to sweeten them up

Deleted Posts: 0 Joined: January 1970	Patiently waiting... Jul 22, 2012 9:58:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2012 9:58:20 GMT -5 Thanks for the shared info. This is the first year Ihave planted a few collards. They are huge and I am going to cook some today with potatoes and bacon.

daylilydude Administrator The Eclectic Gardener "Old" when your bender over works but your gettin' back up is broken! Posts: 7,843 Zone:: 7b Favorite Vegetable:: Is bacon a vegetable? Member is Online Joined: December 2010	Patiently waiting... Aug 3, 2012 21:48:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by daylilydude on Aug 3, 2012 21:48:15 GMT -5 Bacon makes everything yummy !
	Richard "I want to grow my own food, but I can't find any bacon seeds" DURING THIS TIME OF SOCIAL ISOLATION, TRY COMMENTING INSTEAD OF JUST "LIKING". IT MAY BE THAT PERSON'S ONLY CONVERSATION OF THE DAY.

organicbaby Junior Member Posts: 97 Joined: March 2011	Patiently waiting... Sept 29, 2012 9:57:23 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by organicbaby on Sept 29, 2012 9:57:23 GMT -5 And another year has passed and I'm back to patiently waiting. ;) Trying a new-to-me collard this year in addition to the usual ones, yellow cabbage collards. www.ncfolk.org/ncfood/cabbagecollards.aspx

izitmidnight Veteran Posts: 1,407 Joined: February 2011	Patiently waiting... Sept 29, 2012 10:47:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by izitmidnight on Sept 29, 2012 10:47:53 GMT -5 Those "yellow" cabbage collards are all over the community garden. If I have to eat collards, I prefer the cabbage collards. You will like them.

desertrat Pro Member Posts: 143 Joined: October 2011	Patiently waiting... Oct 13, 2012 18:10:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by desertrat on Oct 13, 2012 18:10:58 GMT -5 I was given the NC collard seeds and have them coming up in my community garden plot. Really looking forward to trying them. I've never grown collards before, do they set seeds at the end of the season like chard will?

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