Saturday was beautiful at the farm. Cool, clear, and perfectly breezy.
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| Sunny and clear day |
Alas, it was pretty wet. Last week we had about 3 inches of rain, mostly Wednesday and Thursday and with the cool temperatures, there just really wasn't any way for it to evaporate.
Needless to say I couldn't do much in the way of yard work. Not that is a lot to do but I would like to edge a bit and I need to mow down the dormant weeds. I always like to use one mow each Winter to clear some new areas and paths. But there will be time for that, lots of more weekends until the Spring.
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| Burn pile |
While we were outside, we saw this smoke not too far away. Always makes us nervous (especially in the dry months) but turns out, according to some neighbors online, it was a very large burn pile. I guess they were taking advantage of the damp conditions to burn debris.
Garden update:
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| Raised bed garlic |
One bed of garlic...
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| Raised bed garlic |
And the other...
They are progressing right on schedule and the rain has been really good for them.
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| Raised bed Napa cabbage |
Here is the Napa cabbage, growing well but a bit behind in where it was this time a couple of seasons ago when we planted it. Hoping for some cabbages in a few more weeks.
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| Raised bed collard greens |
Here are the collards, they are perfect.
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| Collard greens harvest |
Of course we got another nice harvest and we're getting about this much every week now. In the future we might grow more by moving this to the larger bed for the Fall garden. This is, after all, a test each season to see what does well for us. Collard greens are one of those for sure.
Every season we like to ask, for those both new and old to the blog, any good recipes, storage tips, yummy uses for lots of collard greens?
I wonder if collards would work well in an Oriental type soup? If you slice them really fine, put in a soup bowl cover with boiling broth seasoned with ginger,garlic, soy sauce, smattering of rice vinegar, and then add diced chicken or shrimp and some Chinese noodles for garnish?
ReplyDeleteOOH! That's a good idea. I like that. Thanks will pass that along.
Deletei sure wish i had fresh collards growing now! you can try my collards recipe. i served it on thanksgiving and everyone loved them.
ReplyDeleteOff to check that out!! than you!
DeleteI recently saw collard leaves used as a wrap. My mother always cooked collards as a one of "many" side dishes at Christmas. I would always tell her I would rather have them right by themselves with some good cornbread! I also have to have hot pepper vinegar on them too. Growing up on a farm, we ate collards regularly.
ReplyDeleteYou might want to try yellow cabbage collards sometime. They are the best to me. https://www.restorationseeds.com/products/yellow-cabbage-collards
A wrap?? That's a great item too. Oh and good fresh cornbread. Yum!!! I'll have to try hot sauce I've heard that before. And I will check out the yellow collards.
DeleteYour garden is growing beautifully! I thing you have cracked the code for successfully growing garlic!
ReplyDeleteSince you also like pasta, here is a recipe for Pasta with Collard Greens and Onions: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12465-pasta-with-collard-greens-and-onions
In my garden, it's that time of year for my volunteer lettuce plants to appear from the lettuce that I let go to seed in the Spring. Free lettuce!
The garlic code, ha! Ooh, thanks for the link. That's wonderful looking.
DeleteThat looks exactly like the black smoke that was burning out our way. I guess some where taking advantage of the nice calm, not windy day. I need to get me a new burn barrel ( just one of them things that we keep putting off getting.)
ReplyDeleteYour garlic and greens are really doing great but sorry, I have no collard green recipes.
Have an enjoyable day
We need a burn barrel too. I saw some really cool ones online but damn if they aren't expensive!! I suppose an old fashioned barrel would work just as well. Though after a few years I think they get rusty?
DeleteI don't really know what collard greens are, is that like cabbage? It's not grown around here.
ReplyDeleteHello!!! Yes, they are from the cabbage family. Kind of like a loose leaf cabbage. A different taste though. Have you tried other greens like mustard greens or kale?
DeleteHave you tried collard kraut?
ReplyDeletewhoa, wait, collard kraut? I love sauerkraut (2nd man not so much) but I'd be willing to try. Off to google that, thanks!!
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