ooooohhh, I had not thought of collards since a recent heart attack and stroke but that hot pepper vinegar and corn bread along with the collards sounds great. I have some caned so I know what is for dinner today!
My Texan mother would grow collards in her Oakland CA garden and freeze enough for the warmer summer months (July-October). I hated gardening because of the bending and kneeling, but loved growing and harvesting food and she showed my sons how to do it. Now I want to garden using raised containers for ease of maintenance and making it harder for ground critters.
I was just telling my husband that earlier! Give me some collard greens and their “pot likker” over cornbread with some hot pepper vinegar and some sweet onion on the side and I’m good! Yummmm
My grandparents grew collards, turnips, and Florida Broadleaf mustards in the fall & winter. I have very fond memories of my Granny walking through a massive bunch of greens and collecting a couple leaves from each plant as she went. Then we'd sit around a huge metal bucket full of greens and water to wash and de-stem them for supper.
Oohh..Ooh... A good collard conversation for my Collard Brain. South Florida, now is my fresh planting season for collards. Will be using hemp bags and plastic containers- you've really added to my info base. Thanks! 😂
Collard and Mustard Greens are a favorite cultural food for my people [Black Americans]. I love cabbage, as well as all the other cruciferous vegetables. Collard Kraut sounds like a great idea to try as my next lacto-fermintation.
We grew up eating collard greens cooked in salt pork, red pepper, onions with rice & corn bread! Yum!! They cooked them to death because they were often grown in sandy soil and were "tough" as my grandma used to say. They can grow anywhere. I'm NJ, USA Zone 6 they like cook weather. I stir fry them now, with garlic and shallots.
Greetings from WA state grandma; this was a sweet video! Thank you...didn't know you were a poet too; you have such a neat personality that it's a real pleasure to learn from you. I sincerely mean that too. I like collards, none in the garden yet, but going to grow a few. You and your family have a great day!🙏🌼🍃💖🍀
I lived in Washington for about 11 years. Not many southern food lovers up there. I used to get Olsons grocery to order me a case of frozen breaded okra every once in awhile. I could usually find black eyed dried peas there but never collards. Those folks just dont know what they are missing!
Great video! I live in the Southern United States and we southerners love collard greens, mustard greens, and Turnip greens. All 3 are fairly similar tasting, but slightly different textures. We boil them and add bacon, fat back, or onion. They are all great with vinegar or banana pepper juice. Yummy! If you like turnips, they’re a double crop. Eat the greens and chop up the turnips to eat.
I’m at this stage where I’m watching as many educational videos as possible so next year I could have myself a good eatable garden. Fun videos are so much more memorable and easier to watch! Thank you!
@@pnwtacticalsupply7881 Wow! 2yrs ago was that original comment 😳. I am growing food and still learning a ton from videos/articles but now I am also learning lessons in my own garden and sharing my progress with TH-cam. My goal is to encourage people and show them that things start out messy and not perfect and thats okay 😅. “Progress not perfection”
It's a southern staple here in the southern United States. They're cooked in a large pot of water with smoked turkey or ham hock (some part of the pig) for flavor until tender. So delicious 😋
A shout out from the Jalepenos' over on rural route 7 :) We have collards out the ying here in Florida, every restaurant, buffet, mom and pop store, big food store, fruit stand, the guy with a heap of them in a pickup on the corner, every farmers, and my side yard. You are correct, they do not like the heat and the bugs get them. Our season is over now but they freeze very well. I'm glad you have discovered them, they are good a bunch of different ways, I even stuff them like cabbage rolls ( though the rolls have to be steamed awhile to soften them up) Anyway enjoy your cooler weather. We have already had a couple of 100 degree days...uuhhh summer in the subtropics sucks. Thanks for the vid gg
Florida person here too. My last greens i pulled today actually. Bugs burrowing in and aphids beyond control so it was time. You should look up real tropical plants that we grow easily here. I'm zone 9b/10 and still grow year round. Just can't do the northerners lettuce and things you find in the stores. Still plenty of real tropical things they can't grow that we can do in our sleep
Brother I live in SC and we grow LOADS of collards here. It's a big deal in the south.. One tip that helps. Add some Epsom salt when you fertiliz. No need for a lot but a small bit helps a LOT. Thanks for sharing. God Bless..
@@CarolAnn61 We like to make boiled collard greens and add bacon. It's also know as ( soul food collard greens ). I am 41 years old and have grow up on this. We have them in the late fall spring and into some winter. To hot here in the summers to grow them. Hope this helps. God Bless. O I just about forgot you must add Tabasco sauce too!!
I’m new to growing a vegetable garden and have found your videos immensely helpful. Your straight speaking, informative and humorous videos are amongst my favourite. Thanks from a fellow Aussie. 👩🌾🌼🦋
Thanks, timely video, Mark! 🌱 I was just thinking about planting some, & wondering about partial harvesting for longer fresh eating. So happy you addressed my questions before I could ask them. Living in the south of Florida, USA, the right time for me is definitely fall into winter.🙂🌱
Tip number 6: Live in North Carolina My grandmother once grew collards the size of a car… No seriously, the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. Collards grow like weeds here.
@@ffennellmarcial8416 I would recommend checking out Mark's 5 tips to grow a ton of salad in a raised garden bed or container video. Very useful information, and I would think it would apply to arugula.
Collards aren't something you see in the Uk but I got hold of them one year and grew from seed. They were amazing so much better than growing cabbages. I will try again next year once I get my new garden sorted. I love your raised beds. I could definitely do with something similar.
Thank you for this video.. i rooted new growth in water from the core of store bought collard bunches and after rooting i am planting them in soil. Three out of four plants are quite healthy and the fourth is hanging in there. In a few days, these will be planted directly in the container i used for tomatoes last year. Just call me an impatient experimental gardener! It’s the thrill of growing the plant, and getting a harvest is my reward.
I have eaten collards all of my life and I love them. In Florida we grow collards in the winter for sweet greens when grown in the summer they are spicy and hot tasting. Love your channel and I am waiting to see how your kraut came out.
@@angelabaril104 I wonder if I grow them.in partial to full shade will prevent them from getting tougher. Thank you so much Angela, for your kind reply. Be well and be safe💖👋😀
Thats funny, I raised tree frogs from tadpoles because they were in our pool we took down when it was about to freeze here, so I kept them alive and released them the next summer :) they are very adorable, they used to love riding around on my glasses and jumping onto my curtains. Love nature
You are the man! Followed you for a while now. I just constructed my fourth raised bed. And have four stands of bananas and plantain. I used to have a ground garden but thanks to you I realize raised beds are without a doubt the way to go. I also planted lemon and lime last year and both are producing. The lemon is getting some yellowing on the leaves though. Not sure what that is. But thanks for the top quality videos and info.
I have been growing and loving collards for years as a US southern lady. Been growing them for years too but you always tech me something new. Thanks mate!😊
Found your channel a few weeks ago and it quickly became one of my favorites. Great info in every video. Your plants all look happy and healthy. Cheers man
Collards are my favorite those thick meaty gigantic leaves. They are beautiful plants. There is something so abundant about them visually. I’d love to see that collards bed once the leaves get really big.
Would love a vid on your compost bay system! What fabric you use, why you use fabric to cover, how often you turn, how long it takes to break down, what you put in it (kitchen scraps, leaves, grass clippings, etc)?
I have been eating collards all my life . We grow them and as they grow we cut a crop and can them . We also grow banana peppers and put them in vinegar a d after it sets for awhile we pour it over our greens. All you do when the vinegar gets low just add more . I have had mine for years. After about 10 years the sediment in the bottom will look funny . So start over . Just keep adding peppers and vinegar.
Since my last viewing awhile now your TH-cam personality has amicably increased, this gardening enthusiasm is refreshing and encouraging to us gardeners, thanks Mark. Where do you get your Collard Seeds, would like to grow them.
Wish I had watched the video a long time ago. You won't believe I grow collard green in Nigeria. I bought the seeds on my last visit to St John's, Newfoundland. The first seeding came up fast and still growing but the remaining seeds appear to have lost the ability to germinate. Hope the existing ones will continue to do well until I can get more viable seeds. Thanks for a great video
same! apparently when dark leafy greens like these get a bit of frost on em it makes them produce some chemical as a defense ya kno, but that's what makes it sweeter. i always harvest almost all my dino kale after the first frost here on the east coast of u.s.
I support you because I really believe in your essence. Try Swiss Chard, not in summer, but the rest of the year is good. Even better than collards! A bit sweeter.
In the US we say COL-lerds. Well, some of us. There are a lot of different accents here, even just among the Southern states. Thought you might be interested. :)
I live in the North East US, but I have southern roots (Alabama and South Carolina). We ate collard greens all the time. They love the cold. My mother used to say they were best AFTER the frost hit them. I saw a garden where they were thriving in the snow.
The dad jokes are really speaking to me on this one. Also I just planted my first crop of tomatoes, peppers, beans, peas and lettuce this week. Brand new to all of this and these videos helped me take the plunge. Appreciate your work!!!
'round here, East Coast Virginia USA it's pronounced collerds. harvest after the first frost makes them sweeter. Summer collerds I wash the leaves and place them loose in the freezer, let them thaw remove the main stem, roll them horizontally and cut 1" strips the remaining stems are small and tender. Fry some bacon and onions, remove most of the grease, add a qt. of chicken broth, pile on the collerds, cover, move them around just a little, and let them steam. Some people will cook them to death, mushy. but I like my way best. It's a Southern thing. Soul Food. I took some to a family dinner, got lots of ooo and yuck! especially from my California cousins. Guess what. not a leaf was leftover. I only prepared 2 plants. They were expecting a greasy, mushed up, mess.
My front yard garden box is under outdoor apt building lights so my collard greens (and tomato) don't ever get any true 100 percent night time. (plants grow in the dark and turn green by sun) I've had my collard green seeded area tiny plants stay at the size of a dime for over 3 months. I live where there's been a lot of rain this year. I haven't spaced them out. I'm going to space the little stunted seedlings 6 inches apart and feed them fertilizer like you said and see if that makes a difference. if not, I'm going to also cover them at night to see if that makes them grow too. I've never seen anything like it where I seeded something last winter and I still don't have any collard greens. I don't also know if it's because we haven't had that much hot sun this year either. 7b I absolutely love collard greens. It makes me sad to see you not eat them in a slow cooker with a hamhock, chicken stock and a lil cayenne, sugar and vinegar tho. hahaha
Yes please do a video about the Sauerkraut experiment, please! This channel is already great, but add some content about how to store the stuff you grow. Experimental style, no need for perfection at first try 😉
These are so good. I grew up eating these. I even mix kale or The outer green leaves of cabbage with them. We have finely chopped collard greens into a stew to add more flavor and to get our daily nutritious intake of this very good green vegetable that’s packed with good vitamins.
Collards are my favorite to grow and eat. Really does help to check them daily if possible because the bugs love these by mid spring. Those cabbage loopers aren’t messing around. Best thing is to just pick or spray off with plain water.
Collards are a Southern US staple - I grow them every year and can enough for the warmer months. All I need is some corn bread and hot pepper vinegar!
Carol Avant yes ma’am! I agree
ooooohhh, I had not thought of collards since a recent heart attack and stroke but that hot pepper vinegar and corn bread along with the collards sounds great. I have some caned so I know what is for dinner today!
My Texan mother would grow collards in her Oakland CA garden and freeze enough for the warmer summer months (July-October). I hated gardening because of the bending and kneeling, but loved growing and harvesting food and she showed my sons how to do it. Now I want to garden using raised containers for ease of maintenance and making it harder for ground critters.
Yes ma'am. We love our collard greens!
I was just telling my husband that earlier! Give me some collard greens and their “pot likker” over cornbread with some hot pepper vinegar and some sweet onion on the side and I’m good! Yummmm
I love the way you pronounce collards.
In the southern US we pronounce it
CallErds
And we often say callerd greens. Rather than just cahlahrds
Oh, one more thing. The "Georgia Collard" variety does well all year round, even in heat
You should have a segment on Better Homes and Gardens! You’re such a personality (and you really know what you’re talking about!)
My grandparents grew collards, turnips, and Florida Broadleaf mustards in the fall & winter. I have very fond memories of my Granny walking through a massive bunch of greens and collecting a couple leaves from each plant as she went. Then we'd sit around a huge metal bucket full of greens and water to wash and de-stem them for supper.
Thanks for that great word picture.
Oohh..Ooh... A good collard conversation for my Collard Brain. South Florida, now is my fresh planting season for collards. Will be using hemp bags and plastic containers- you've really added to my info base. Thanks! 😂
grew up eating delicious collard greens cooked several ways in Texas. Now I'm growing my own. With you on crowd growing! THANK YOU
We grow collards every year. Probably one of my top favorite crops
Collard kraut, what a great idea!
Wish he had show the results of his fermentation creations.
Collard and Mustard Greens are a favorite cultural food for my people [Black Americans]. I love cabbage, as well as all the other cruciferous vegetables. Collard Kraut sounds like a great idea to try as my next lacto-fermintation.
I love collard greens so much.
Valencia is a great name. Video game had a kingdom of Valencia.
We grew up eating collard greens cooked in salt pork, red pepper, onions with rice & corn bread! Yum!! They cooked them to death because they were often grown in sandy soil and were "tough" as my grandma used to say. They can grow anywhere. I'm NJ, USA Zone 6 they like cook weather. I stir fry them now, with garlic and shallots.
They cook up tender in a instant pot
Greetings from WA state grandma; this was a sweet video! Thank you...didn't know you were a poet too; you have such a neat personality that it's a real pleasure to learn from you. I sincerely mean that too. I like collards, none in the garden yet, but going to grow a few. You and your family have a great day!🙏🌼🍃💖🍀
I lived in Washington for about 11 years. Not many southern food lovers up there. I used to get Olsons grocery to order me a case of frozen breaded okra every once in awhile. I could usually find black eyed dried peas there but never collards. Those folks just dont know what they are missing!
Great video! I live in the Southern United States and we southerners love collard greens, mustard greens, and Turnip greens. All 3 are fairly similar tasting, but slightly different textures. We boil them and add bacon, fat back, or onion. They are all great with vinegar or banana pepper juice. Yummy! If you like turnips, they’re a double crop. Eat the greens and chop up the turnips to eat.
Yes and don't forget mustard greens
love the energy and positive attitude in all of your videos, not to mention all the amazing advice!
I’m at this stage where I’m watching as many educational videos as possible so next year I could have myself a good eatable garden. Fun videos are so much more memorable and easier to watch! Thank you!
Hows the garden going now?
@@pnwtacticalsupply7881 Wow! 2yrs ago was that original comment 😳. I am growing food and still learning a ton from videos/articles but now I am also learning lessons in my own garden and sharing my progress with TH-cam. My goal is to encourage people and show them that things start out messy and not perfect and thats okay 😅. “Progress not perfection”
It's a southern staple here in the southern United States. They're cooked in a large pot of water with smoked turkey or ham hock (some part of the pig) for flavor until tender. So delicious 😋
Im from the South in the US....and I love you say collard😁
Reminds me of that French hamburger restaurant in the South: Har-daes.
A shout out from the Jalepenos' over on rural route 7 :) We have collards out the ying here in Florida, every restaurant, buffet, mom and pop store, big food store, fruit stand, the guy with a heap of them in a pickup on the corner, every farmers, and my side yard. You are correct, they do not like the heat and the bugs get them. Our season is over now but they freeze very well. I'm glad you have discovered them, they are good a bunch of different ways, I even stuff them like cabbage rolls ( though the rolls have to be steamed awhile to soften them up) Anyway enjoy your cooler weather. We have already had a couple of 100 degree days...uuhhh summer in the subtropics sucks. Thanks for the vid gg
Florida person here too. My last greens i pulled today actually. Bugs burrowing in and aphids beyond control so it was time. You should look up real tropical plants that we grow easily here. I'm zone 9b/10 and still grow year round. Just can't do the northerners lettuce and things you find in the stores. Still plenty of real tropical things they can't grow that we can do in our sleep
Great video!!! I decided to grow collards for my Grandma this year and now I know lots of good tips to get off on the right foot! Thank you!!!
you had me at "a kaleidoscope of flavor" 😉
My first year growing collards green .thank you x
Brother I live in SC and we grow LOADS of collards here. It's a big deal in the south.. One tip that helps. Add some Epsom salt when you fertiliz. No need for a lot but a small bit helps a LOT. Thanks for sharing. God Bless..
Bobby's Solar Homestead can you share how you use collards please. How do you cook them?
@@CarolAnn61 We like to make boiled collard greens and add bacon. It's also know as ( soul food collard greens ). I am 41 years old and have grow up on this. We have them in the late fall spring and into some winter. To hot here in the summers to grow them. Hope this helps. God Bless. O I just about forgot you must add Tabasco sauce too!!
Bobby's Solar Homestead thank you 😁
Look on TH-cam for some soul food collard green recipes! They are delicious with cornbread
Also planting them directly over fish doubles their size the entire season. I learned that from another awesome TH-camr
I’m new to growing a vegetable garden and have found your videos immensely helpful. Your straight speaking, informative and humorous videos are amongst my favourite. Thanks from a fellow Aussie. 👩🌾🌼🦋
Your videos are very informing I can't wait to get my garden going this spring in NC
I really enjoy your videos. They are so informative . Please let us know how the collard sauerkraut turns out!
one of the best gardeners around... your videos make me smile... great work.
Collardescope! Great word! Looks like you have quite the collardatopia. Yours works better.. : )
Thanks, timely video, Mark! 🌱 I was just thinking about planting some, & wondering about partial harvesting for longer fresh eating. So happy you addressed my questions before I could ask them. Living in the south of Florida, USA, the right time for me is definitely fall into winter.🙂🌱
"Collardeiscope," alright, I'm subscribing, even though I won't be gardening for a few years...
Tip number 6: Live in North Carolina
My grandmother once grew collards the size of a car… No seriously, the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. Collards grow like weeds here.
Do you have any tips on how to grow & take care of some arugula?
I'm really having a though time in growing them.
@@ffennellmarcial8416 I would recommend checking out Mark's 5 tips to grow a ton of salad in a raised garden bed or container video. Very useful information, and I would think it would apply to arugula.
Yeah they do. I'm going to start calling them Coll Ards😁
But aren't they chewy and bitter when they get so big?
@@12stepsbeyondtheeventhorizon not if you cook them right lol and remove the stem
I love your creative play with words.😊
What an awesome, straight to the point yet informative video! I definitely subscribed thanks for the information!
Collards aren't something you see in the Uk but I got hold of them one year and grew from seed. They were amazing so much better than growing cabbages. I will try again next year once I get my new garden sorted. I love your raised beds. I could definitely do with something similar.
Thank you for this video, I am trying Collards this year. Yours look very beautiful.
Thank you for this video.. i rooted new growth in water from the core of store bought collard bunches and after rooting i am planting them in soil. Three out of four plants are quite healthy and the fourth is hanging in there. In a few days, these will be planted directly in the container i used for tomatoes last year. Just call me an impatient experimental gardener! It’s the thrill of growing the plant, and getting a harvest is my reward.
I’m so happy I found someone in my area to help my gardening endeavours, thank you! Also I went to the same high school as your son 😊
Good morning from Houston Texas USA. Wow that's looks good Vigetable garden.thank you for sharing!
i really want to know how that collardkraut turns out. keep us updated.
I have eaten collards all of my life and I love them. In Florida we grow collards in the winter for sweet greens when grown in the summer they are spicy and hot tasting. Love your channel and I am waiting to see how your kraut came out.
Angela Baril. I just moved to Boca and this is my first time growing them. Can you grow them in the summer?
@@mariap.894 Yes, but they have a tougher leaf and are hotter tasting. In the winter they are tender and sweet.
@@angelabaril104 I wonder if I grow them.in partial to full shade will prevent them from getting tougher. Thank you so much Angela, for your kind reply. Be well and be safe💖👋😀
Thats funny, I raised tree frogs from tadpoles because they were in our pool we took down when it was about to freeze here, so I kept them alive and released them the next summer :) they are very adorable, they used to love riding around on my glasses and jumping onto my curtains. Love nature
dude you could be getting 500K+ views on every vid with a comedy channel. legit.
I love his corniness.
Mark's outstanding in his field. He's a farmer.
Down here in the S.E. USA, I love Morris Heading Collards. Great through the summer but even better once a nip of frost hits in the fall.
Brother you are the king of dad jokes!
Thank you my friend for your continued great vids
You are the man! Followed you for a while now. I just constructed my fourth raised bed. And have four stands of bananas and plantain. I used to have a ground garden but thanks to you I realize raised beds are without a doubt the way to go. I also planted lemon and lime last year and both are producing. The lemon is getting some yellowing on the leaves though. Not sure what that is. But thanks for the top quality videos and info.
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This guy is delightful
I was raised on collard greens,cabbages,kale it’s a way of life (I’m 70) I enjoy their growth pattern
I love growing collards one of my favorite. The cabbage worms will eat them up as well so stay on top of it.
Is that what they're called? Everytime i grow these worms burrow into the stems of each leaf and kill off the whole plant
I love gardening too
Number one Vege in Brazil and they like hot weather ,great video
I have been growing and loving collards for years as a US southern lady. Been growing them for years too but you always tech me something new. Thanks mate!😊
Found your channel a few weeks ago and it quickly became one of my favorites. Great info in every video. Your plants all look happy and healthy. Cheers man
They're beautiful.
I too enjoyed the tree frog 🐸.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THESE WONDERFUL VIDEOS. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE A GREAT FELLA WITH A GREAT HEART. THANK YOU GOD BLESS YOU.
Collards are my favorite those thick meaty gigantic leaves. They are beautiful plants. There is something so abundant about them visually. I’d love to see that collards bed once the leaves get really big.
We love your videos! Would love to see a video on making the sourkraut collard greens! Thank you!
Would love a vid on your compost bay system! What fabric you use, why you use fabric to cover, how often you turn, how long it takes to break down, what you put in it (kitchen scraps, leaves, grass clippings, etc)?
I'm moving away from the fabric system and upgrading my compost bays soon. Yes, I will upload a video once done 🙂👍
Raised collards this spring in a wicking buckets. In South East Arkansas they were fantastic. You're loved more than you know
Collardescope! Nice!
I have been eating collards all my life . We grow them and as they grow we cut a crop and can them . We also grow banana peppers and put them in vinegar a d after it sets for awhile we pour it over our greens. All you do when the vinegar gets low just add more . I have had mine for years. After about 10 years the sediment in the bottom will look funny . So start over . Just keep adding peppers and vinegar.
Please explain this better I'm curious what you mean because i pickle everything and would love to learn your method
@@MrJoshcc600 What do you want me to explain the canning or the peppers?
@@MrJoshcc600 Josh I hope you get this reply .
Your garden and videos are amazing
Since my last viewing awhile now your TH-cam personality has amicably increased, this gardening enthusiasm is refreshing and encouraging to us gardeners, thanks Mark. Where do you get your Collard Seeds, would like to grow them.
Great video mate. The raised round beds look good.
You need your own television show!
Wish I had watched the video a long time ago. You won't believe I grow collard green in Nigeria. I bought the seeds on my last visit to St John's, Newfoundland. The first seeding came up fast and still growing but the remaining seeds appear to have lost the ability to germinate. Hope the existing ones will continue to do well until I can get more viable seeds. Thanks for a great video
Thanks! I agree... I wish I had known about collards much earlier 🙂👍
Awesome footballers too
nice video I love collard especially when its been kissed by frost so much sweeter. thnx for sharing
same! apparently when dark leafy greens like these get a bit of frost on em it makes them produce some chemical as a defense ya kno, but that's what makes it sweeter. i always harvest almost all my dino kale after the first frost here on the east coast of u.s.
I totally enjoyed this video.
After watching this I'll definitely be sourcing some seeds for this vegie. Thanks so much for sharing. All the best.
I support you because I really believe in your essence. Try Swiss Chard, not in summer, but the rest of the year is good. Even better than collards! A bit sweeter.
You are awesome man..... Thank you
Of course it is another gift from Africa!
so good in high def
Incredible mark
Soul food right there
😅😅😅you killed me at a " collardoscope of flava"........ legendary!!!
thanks very much Mr Orange.
In the US we say COL-lerds. Well, some of us. There are a lot of different accents here, even just among the Southern states. Thought you might be interested. :)
So tickled too hear you say "from now on!"
Smoke turkey wings,blackeye peas,collards,and cornbread!😁😋
I live in the North East US, but I have southern roots (Alabama and South Carolina). We ate collard greens all the time. They love the cold. My mother used to say they were best AFTER the frost hit them. I saw a garden where they were thriving in the snow.
Very informative video - great job!
The dad jokes are really speaking to me on this one. Also I just planted my first crop of tomatoes, peppers, beans, peas and lettuce this week. Brand new to all of this and these videos helped me take the plunge. Appreciate your work!!!
This guy's humor is top notch.
And they freeze beautifully, as well. I lay entire leaves flat in a 1-gallon freezer bag.
I love collards. Boiled and served with olive oil and lemon juice and S/P. A yummy salad warm or cold.
I immediately subbed once I saw your kitchen scraps video. Love the content. If people understood quality, you'd have a million subscribers.
Collards are one of my favorite greens to cook! Thanks for another great video!
You are swell, sir. Thanks.🙂👍
'round here, East Coast Virginia USA it's pronounced collerds. harvest after the first frost makes them sweeter. Summer collerds I wash the leaves and place them loose in the freezer, let them thaw remove the main stem, roll them horizontally and cut 1" strips the remaining stems are small and tender. Fry some bacon and onions, remove most of the grease, add a qt. of chicken broth, pile on the collerds, cover, move them around just a little, and let them steam. Some people will cook them to death, mushy. but I like my way best. It's a Southern thing. Soul Food. I took some to a family dinner, got lots of ooo and yuck! especially from my California cousins. Guess what. not a leaf was leftover. I only prepared 2 plants. They were expecting a greasy, mushed up, mess.
As always Mark, another great video with 5 great tips. Thanks for all the info. Cheers Adam
My front yard garden box is under outdoor apt building lights so my collard greens (and tomato) don't ever get any true 100 percent night time. (plants grow in the dark and turn green by sun) I've had my collard green seeded area tiny plants stay at the size of a dime for over 3 months. I live where there's been a lot of rain this year. I haven't spaced them out. I'm going to space the little stunted seedlings 6 inches apart and feed them fertilizer like you said and see if that makes a difference. if not, I'm going to also cover them at night to see if that makes them grow too. I've never seen anything like it where I seeded something last winter and I still don't have any collard greens. I don't also know if it's because we haven't had that much hot sun this year either. 7b I absolutely love collard greens. It makes me sad to see you not eat them in a slow cooker with a hamhock, chicken stock and a lil cayenne, sugar and vinegar tho. hahaha
Loved this video!!!
Yes please do a video about the Sauerkraut experiment, please! This channel is already great, but add some content about how to store the stuff you grow. Experimental style, no need for perfection at first try 😉
I live ur personality!! Ur dad jokes are awesome
These are so good. I grew up eating these. I even mix kale or The outer green leaves of cabbage with them. We have finely chopped collard greens into a stew to add more flavor and to get our daily nutritious intake of this very good green vegetable that’s packed with good vitamins.
Collards are my favorite to grow and eat. Really does help to check them daily if possible because the bugs love these by mid spring. Those cabbage loopers aren’t messing around. Best thing is to just pick or spray off with plain water.