tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190698551624574472.post1459161861472970257..comments2024-03-06T15:41:15.077-08:00Comments on Trout Caviar: Love 'Em & Leaf 'EmTrout Caviarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236671377889601457noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190698551624574472.post-48898010617628862012010-11-20T04:22:41.012-08:002010-11-20T04:22:41.012-08:00Very yummy and tasty dishes with embracing the hea...Very yummy and tasty dishes with embracing the heartier greens. I write of kale and its kindred leaves now because this is the time of year when we enjoy them most.Ron Mylarhttp://www.mylarstoreonline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190698551624574472.post-24618690084865950012010-11-16T07:08:48.520-08:002010-11-16T07:08:48.520-08:00Hah, I heard of your snow-dump and got a bit of a ...Hah, I heard of your snow-dump and got a bit of a chuckle, as I was shoveling sh(t in a tee-shirt both days this weekend! Vates *is* Scotch so perhaps just going ahead and covering them might help you. Now you should try to: look at what Sara's doing in Mad-town.<br /><br />http://putyourshovel.blogspot.com/<br /><br />It is kind of magical though when you can harvest totally frozen kale. I remember that well from my Mpls garden! And it's the first thing to attract bees to in the spring, a win-win.elhttp://fastgrowtheweeds.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190698551624574472.post-86191493605230023292010-11-16T06:33:11.298-08:002010-11-16T06:33:11.298-08:00Hi El: We could start the "Fools for Greens ...Hi El: We could start the "Fools for Greens Club." Dues would be one nicely smoked ham hock per year. The lacinato kale is still going strong--though it is buried under a few inches of snow crust, from the heavy wet dumping-upon-of-white we received this weekend. Scotch kale sounds attractive. I have picked the regular blue vates kale well into the really cold weather before--it sort of freeze-dries on the plant, but cooks up quite edible. Covering it is a good idea, and one of these years, the hoophouse!<br /><br />Hello Sylvie: I would think you'd be able to plant kale late summer/early fall where you are, and harvest it right through the winter. Trying different kinds of greens from the farmers market on the square in Roanoke was another stage in my brassica education--some of those collards, man, they were like giant palm leaves; they still intimidate me a little!<br /><br />Simmer on~ BrettTrout Caviarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236671377889601457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190698551624574472.post-24990349272617605852010-11-14T17:20:55.684-08:002010-11-14T17:20:55.684-08:00That's a beautiful leafy bed there, Brett. I c...That's a beautiful leafy bed there, Brett. I can even see some "green" growing.<br /><br />Our kale etc get attacked by all kinds of nasty bugs here in our muggy summers in Virginia, so I normally ends up pulling them out sometime in July. Maybe I should just stick with them, ignore them when it's hot despite their grossness, and see what happens, if anything, come the fall frosts. It IS a thought...Sylvie in Rappahannockhttp://www.LaughingDuckGardens.com/ldblog.php/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190698551624574472.post-88295336490030300332010-11-12T08:25:23.311-08:002010-11-12T08:25:23.311-08:00See, I am a fool for greens, especially when sandw...See, I am a fool for greens, especially when sandwiched between a poached egg and some toast. (As a matter of fact, I think any and all things are better on toast! and goodness I certainly serve enough of my meals that way.) But you are right. Why can't we get this served to us? It's my ultimate pig-out meal when I am alone, after all. That and polenta.<br /><br />We really dig rapini, which, like kohlrabi, has a very short window of growth (a good thing, unlike kale, which you rightly ignore) so it's succession planting-friendly...and like tatsoi and pac choy, cooks up quickly. That said, there's something wonderful about collards boiling up at the back of the stove; we had them last night in fact, goh so good!<br /><br />how long does your lacinato kale last up there? have you tried winterbor or scotch kale (very crinkled, low-growing, takes frost well)?? you might even get to january if you cover it well...elhttp://fastgrowtheweeds.com/noreply@blogger.com