My favorite greens to grow in the garden! since most of the varieties can withstand the cooler temperatures of spring and in their second year, they can provide you with flowers and therefore, your own seeds (given of course, that the plants are open pollinated or a true-breed). The kale from last year was left in the garden and some deer ate the tops of some plants and some made it thru the winter. Right now, I am drying the plants in a sunny spot after the plants flowered and developed their seed pods. By the way, one plant is enough for seeds for the next year!
Also, there was a chard plant that started to flower and now it has seeds! I will collect and dry the plant later when it dies.
Did you notice the caterpillar? it is a cabbage moth and its eating the kale !
you can tell by the wholes in the leaf and the round feces at the bottom of each leaf next to the stem.
I just tossed the little guy somewhere else...
My best recipe for cooking chard is cooking it with caramelized onions, then adding capers and olives ! (great pizza topping)
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