2020 Victory Gardens

[HH~]

Puff Balls, more accurately giant ones are fine. Been eating them fo 45yrs. Mild and they dry fine. Get a big glass jar with a good seal lid. Let em cool, drop in, done

I Freeze Chantrelles. Just quicker to use since im not keeping them more than 8 months or so.

Shawn~

[Eric Krewson]

A lot of my friends who don't grow gardens love greens so I plant a communal greens patch that they can pick from. I also have some elderly friends that can't pick so I deliver greens to them.

I have two surviving in-laws from my late wife's family that love greens as well, these family members are all country folk and raised on them. I till them a greens patch every year but they are not great gardeners so I end up taking them greens.  No matter how much I stress proper planting time plus lime and fertilizer to them they don't follow my lead and grow stunted stuff.

The hard body gals at the gym all like kale but they make health oriented smoothies or other disgusting stuff out of it.

[WhistlingBadger]

The only thing wrong with kale is that it tastes like kale.

[Hawkdancer]

The only thing wrong with kale is that it tastes like kale.

Add lots of butter, some salt, ham hocks, and cover with Parmesan cheese, about 1 oz of kale! -C !


 Hawkdancer

[WhistlingBadger]

The only thing wrong with kale is that it tastes like kale.

Add lots of butter, some salt, ham hocks, and cover with Parmesan cheese, about 1 oz of kale! -C !


 Hawkdancer

Sounds like a great recipe...except I'd do it without the kale.

[Deerhunter21]

you know, sometimes i like to put my kale on the side.... and then inevitabally leave it there.....

[Hawkdancer]

I think I will stick with spinach, on the other hand, I am supposed to go easy on high iron foods !
There goes the venison liver with wild rice and mushrooms in wine sauce!  Curses, foiled again !
Hawkdancer

[WhistlingBadger]

I believe that kale is an ornamental plant, not an edible.  Or rather, it's a bit like grasshoppers and carp:  Edible, but I've never been that hungry.

Well, my garden got all put to sleep last weekend.  Junk cleared out, chicken coop cleaned out and resulting nastiness tilled into the ground.  We're showing our house this weekend and I think it's going to sell, so this might turn out to have been our last struggle with the Badger Manor chunck o' clay that is our garden patch.  We shall see!

[mullet]

I'll stick with Collards and Turnip greens.

[Pat B]

I lover kale, either steamed with hot pepper vinegar or chopped in a slaw with cabbage, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, onion, walnuts, dried cranberries and poppy seed dressing. 

[Eric Krewson]

For many eating greens is like grazing grass in the yard, disgusting, for us southern folk with the acquired taste for them they add a richness to a meal when properly prepared. I cook my kale, collards and turnip greens with a little olive oil and garlic, I often cooked them for family gatherings of up to 45 people and there would not be a scrap left after the meal.

Of course there is poke salat which out definitely turn off any non green eaters.

My my latest way to cook poke; sautéed in butter with garlic and onion, stir fried with smoked pork sausage and wild chanterelle mushrooms with a little chicken stock added and boiled down until it isn't soupy.

Here is kale cooked the same way, without the chanterelles;

[Deerhunter21]

mmmmm... eric. that pictures making me rethink leaving my kale on the side! that looks good! guess ive only ever tried kale plain...

[Stoker]

Season coming to a end. Frost is coming. Put up my last 11 jars of Roma tomatoes. Not the greatest garden this year. Started good, Hail in June, Scorching heat in July and August. Herbs did good, going to dry a bunch. Waiting for frost. Split the rhubarb, dig potatoes, and make horse radish. Guess that's why they call it next year country. Already planning
Thanks Leroy

[Hawkdancer]

Crap". I thought we were doing good to get a dozen headmasters and 2 dozen cherry tomatoes, late planting of course, and here comes a frost, maybe!
Hawkdancer

[HH~]

Picked another load of Better Boys, JCMs and a load of kale greens for tomorrows dinner.

Think im going to do some green salsa verde but tomatoes not tomatillles. Will see not much time have hunting to do and get ready for elk bear deer hunt out west.

Shawn~