Kale, Collards and Chard
Harvest Total for the week - 10 oz.
Chard - 3 oz
Collards - 4 oz.
Kale - 3 oz.
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Harvest Monday.....4/25/2011
It's another week of harvesting overwintered greens. I harvested the last of the collards as they were bolting. Then I pulled the plants to make room for some warm weather crops. Some more kale was picked and it seems to be holding it's own for now. I also cut more chard. The chard is also trying to bolt.
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What a nice harvest. Maybe I should go pick my overwintered kale. It was too small going into winter. It made it through and is finally growing. I keep wondering how big it will get before it flowers.
ReplyDeleteI love how green and fresh everything looks!! Great job with the overwintering. I need to strive to get that done this year so I'm no so antsy for spring to arrive. LOL!
ReplyDeleteChard was trying to bolt here too. Spinach too, kale was flowering quite some time ago. Time to make room for summer stuff here as well, if it ever stops raining!
ReplyDeleteAny way to measure it , it's a found meal :o)
ReplyDeleteI think mine is going to bolt soon, too!
ReplyDeleteHey - at least you have something to show....it looks beautiful..
ReplyDeleteNice harvest. I am curious what your cook does with kale and chard. Ours are just tiny little seedlings.
ReplyDeleteNice harvest. Those shiny chard leaves look really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe chard is particularly nice looking. Thank goodness spinach, chard, and kale in the early spring. Like tonic for a winter weary gardener.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful harvest! I ate bolted chard last year and still found it quite good - except for the stems. You might want to give it a try. Thank you for visiting my blog!
ReplyDeleteRobin, I harvested about 85 gallons of collected rain water this last weekend. Does that count. I was excited about that as it's my first attempt at catching rain water. I may have to redesign my system as I only have a 40 gallon tank and this section of roof 12x24 has the potential of giving 180 gallons from a one inch rain fall. I certainly had no idea that much water would come off the roof. It may just fill up my 700 gallon main tank with the rain in April. Wouldn't that be a nice thing.
ReplyDeleteHave a great garden harvest day.
Hi Robin, I can't wait to learn how to overwinter stuff. The whole harvest last years crop in the next spring year seems very exciting to me.
ReplyDeleteRobin, I love the new look of your blog layout! I'm so jealous that you have successfully overwintered greens. I can't wait to build cold frames so I can try this too.
ReplyDeleteI am so fascinated about dandelion jelly. I had no idea you could even make jelly out of it. I only know that people eat the greens in salads and make wine from him. Could you share your dandelion recipe? I would love to try it.
Thanks everyone, I've been a bit busy the past couple of days and haven't had the time to respond.
ReplyDeleteMimi, I sent you an e-mail with the recipe. I also posted it last April...enjoy
I love the yellow and red chard leaves among other greens. I'm waiting for my chard and spinach to bolt so I can pull them out, our weather has been pretty cold this year, we're down to the low 30s at night and I haven't planted my tomatoes yet.
ReplyDeleteLooks very healthy indeed, what kind of dressing would you use for these?
ReplyDeleteMac, The chard is hanging in there. I had so much that I actually froze some yesterday.
ReplyDeletechop, We cook the chard, kale and collards. I am going to try a kale caesar salad though. One of the other bloggers had one at a restaurant and said it was good.
Robin, that looks wonderful. Such deep green. Isn't Chard awesome!
ReplyDeleteLooks great, and even though you are having a go the plots are coming along nicely, too. Just be careful those citrus trees get addicting! I tote 4 around all year, and I live in FLORIDA! LOL
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