Mmmm now that's a really hard one. :-? I'd hazard a guess that it might, just might, be collards - am I right? They would taste great with ham.
I have to admit I have never had collards before. Is it a southern thing? They look pretty tasty in your pictures, Pepperdude. Sure wish you lived closer to me so I could try them. Do you cook them up like spinach or eat them raw as in a salad?
Hmmmm, i have heard others mention collards, infact a friend in North Caroline eats them alot, but i have never tried them either......i do think its a southern thing.
Collards These are lovely! I just recently fell it love with collards, especially with bacon and onions- yum! I am growing some this year for the first time.
Perennial collards Probably a dumb question, but since I've never grown any, are all collards perennial, and if so, in which zones. I know that some of them are.
You cook collards like spinich.I use salt jowl or bacon or ham hock to boil them with.They may be a southern thing but almost everyone that eats them loves them.If you like greens you will love collards.Nothing better than collard greens and corn bread.
You've sure some pretty collards. We're eating them here in Southern Arizona too. I had not eaten them for many years since we left Virginia. I decided to grow some and they sure are good. They are prolific plants. I've got all I can eat and give away. I'm going to freeze six containers worth just to show myself that I can. But they're so easy to grow here that I probably don't need to.
I have never heard of collards, but they look a lot like chard to me does anyone know if they are the same thing?
Nope, they are a member of the brassica family like kale, brussel sprouts and such where as chard is a member of the Amaranthaceae family like beets. And i have never tried chard so this year i figured why not, so i planted some and cant wait to try it. Rainbow Chard ( photo / image / picture from PepperDude's Garden ) They are the Rainbow chard variety, they are the tiny colored greens right this side of the pipe,and yes i plant flowers in my veggie garden, there are marigolds and in the top left them are my favorite flower Zinnias.
Hi pepperdude, thanks for the replay. A Lot of people say to just boil the chard, but I think that it loses alit of its flavour when you do this, I think the best way to prepare it would be to sauté it off with a little butter and garlic much the same as spinach, well thanks again.
Nope, they are a member of the brassica family like kale, brussel sprouts and such where as chard is a member of the Amaranthaceae family like beets. And i have never tried chard so this year i figured why not, so i planted some and cant wait to try it. Hi pepperdude, thanks for the replay. A Lot of people say to just boil the chard, but I think that it loses alit of its flavour when you do this, I think the best way to prepare it would be to sauté it off with a little butter and garlic much the same as spinach, well thanks again.[/quote]
Gardenmom, they are not perennial that I know of. You don't pull the whole plant to harvest, just the outer leaves and it will keep producing until the heat gets them.
