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Winter greens Grow them to eat healthy all season long By Betty Montgomery More Content Now
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ecently I was driving down a backcountry road when I saw a sign reading “Collards.” I had wanted to stop on previous trips when I was in that area, but had never taken the time. The farmer’s field was always nicely tended and looked pretty from the road. This time it made me want to stop because I thought I saw rows of kale and I have heard my daughters-in-law talk about it often. That day, I decided to stop and to see this garden up close, take some photographs, and see what else he was growing. As I was photographing his greens, Mr. Lewis, who lived near by, came out to see what I was doing and to sell me some of his produce. He told me he had the best collards and kale and that he had been growing them for many years. I asked him several questions and suddenly his enthusiasm about winter-greens made me realize I
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A FIELD OF COLLARDS. [BETTY MONTGOMERY PHOTOS]
was going to be there for longer than I had planned. Growing up in the South, I have eaten collards since childhood, and to this day they are a favorite of mine — that is, as long as they are cooked Southern style. He said his main winter crops were kale and collards, all members of the cabbage family and related to broccoli, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts. He also told me that both leafy greens were best after a heavy frost as the frost made them sweeter. I learned that kale is actually a leaf cabbage. Kale plants can be green or purple but that kale does not form a head like cabbage. He said they were easy to grow as a winter crop because they could take temperatures in the low teens, something many other winter vegetables cannot take. Greens can be planted in the spring or late summer and will germinate from seed if you have an even supply of water and plant at the right time. Cold-hardy collards are always better after the frost sweetens their leaves. This makes them perfect for a fall garden. If you are setting plants in the spring, plant them three to four weeks before the last frost. For a fall crop, plant them in summer six to eight weeks before the first frost. (Your county extension can help you with dates in your area.) After leaving the garden I decided to call Ann Kulze, also known as “Dr. Ann,” a medical doctor who left her clinical practice as a family physician to devote her
Cold-hardy greens like collards, kale, spinach can even be grown outdoors in Northern climates. The key is to cover the plants with garden fabric, hoop houses or cold frames when temperatures drop below freezing. Some plants, such as certain varieties of kale, can be grown indoors in a big pot placed by a sunny window.
professional life to teaching and inspiring people to take charge of their health through diet and lifestyle. Dr. Ann had seen many children with obesity problems, so she wanted to educate the nutritional gatekeeper of the family — 90 percent of the time female by statistics. I knew she could tell me the benefits of all these winter greens. Kulze first said, “One thing to realize is that any and all dark leafy greens are the healthiest of all foods. Kale sits at the very top, but many others are a very, very, very close second. Meaning it is somewhat splitting hairs with collards, spinach, etc. they are all glorious.” Kulze also let me know that most people do not prepare kale or collards correctly when eating in a salad. The first thing you do is to strip the leaves from the coarse stalk. Then you take the leaves and massage them, a practice that essentially wilts and tenderizes them. After chopping the leaves and placing them in a bowl, Kulze adds a little purple or sweet onion and poured a salad dressing she has prepared with virgin olive oil, lemon juice, a garlic clove chopped, a dash of soy sauce and a few drops of honey. She then massages the salad again, (with clean hands of course) before adding some sliced avocado on top. It sounds delicious. Betty Montgomery is a master gardener and author. She can be reached at bmontgomery40@gmail.com.
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