Finally, the last bit of accumulated ice has melted and it was a "normal" temperature day, with highs ~ 58°F.I'm itching to plant cool-season greens - I've missed having homegrown greens (kale, collards, mustard, etc.) over the last two winters, even though I've felt we've eaten nothing but homegrown greens in years past.So, we're enjoying broccoli, collards, red cabbage, and kale from the grocery...
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Sunday, 22 February 2015
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Greens and clear mountains
A quick trip "up the hill" for a meeting found me admiring the clear view of the mountains and a lovely sunset.late winter greens from a previous yearA bonus from this trip was collecting greens (arugula, mustards, kale and turnip greens) from my unprotected raised beds. It's rather remarkable how they've...
Sunday, 6 January 2013
Creasy greens
We had our first creasy greens (upland cress: Barbarea verna) today, a totally delicious green that's a winter and spring tradition in Appalachia. I bought the seeds from Sow True Seeds, a local Western North Carolina seed company, in Asheville, as a bit of a novelty.A good friend of mine who grew up...