2022 Garden Thread

[Canuck from Kansas]

I'm morely opposed to this, like farming salmon; farmed morels escaping and breeding with wild morels, what could go wrong?

cheers

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

I'm morely opposed to this, like farming salmon; farmed morels escaping and breeding with wild morels, what could go wrong?

cheers

Oh i dunno maybe a a Gyromitra “false morel” perhaps. I liver is a terrible thing to waste.

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

Okay here is where i am at in the mild zone of Downtown Vancouver

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

We have a small urban yard, most of which is part shade. But the alley gets good sun. Neighbors have sunny spots and i arranged to grow a little on two neighbors properties too… the images that area it scruffy looking are a couple of beds in a non gardening neighbors plot across the alley and another is a tiny spotwhereI espalliered an aclepsia that are wild invasive and pretty… Sabra my hippy neighbor wanted to keep it

 

[Mark Yoshida]

Garlic has perked up since winter snow and potatoes have popped sine being planted 3/17/22.

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

I have been picking kale for a couple weeks about 20-24” tall…red russian variety. Picked a bunch of red Russian kale today… washed drying then into gallon freezer bags to freeze flat once aired dried. I planted a lot of kale last fall and winter, i mean sheesh all that good dirt going to waste it needed to be useful…

 

[Dr. Magill]

I have been picking kale for a couple weeks about 20-24” tall…red russian variety. Picked a bunch of red Russian kale today… washed drying then into gallon freezer bags to freeze flat once aired dried. I planted a lot of kale last fall and winter, i mean sheesh all that good dirt going to waste it needed to be useful… View attachment 12807

Sweet
What do you do with the flat stuff

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

Sweet
What do you do with the flat stuff

Soup,,, we make a sausage and kale soup with carrots , (onion , garlic sauteed first) dy pan bloom spices and herbs- chicken stock or veg stock, simmer. It is a favorite. We use smoked sausage n this soup or a mild andouie.

 

[Dr. Magill]

Soup,,, we make a sausage and kale soup with carrots , (onion , garlic sauteed first) dy pan bloom spices and herbs- chicken stock or veg stock, simmer. It is a favorite. We use smoked sausage n this soup or a mild andouie.

Thank you
That’s what I’m missing in my understanding of how to use kale
My wife will be impressed
Genius gets the prize

 

[Mossback]

Soups...very good for soups.

Great chicken feed too, they like it better than I do.

We grow perennial kale...so I'm always trying to use it up...
Chickens dig it.

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

Soups...very good for soups.

Great chicken feed too, they like it better than I do.

We grow perennial kale...so I'm always trying to use it up...
Chickens dig it.

I never really liked kale until i started growing it as a winter crop. The texture and sweetness of just picked kale chopped or torn small in a farro salad with minced shallots, a pinch of Madras curry powder, fresh minced parsley kalamata olives chopped, fresh ground black pepper , sea salt and a juiced lemon rice vinegar honey and water emulsion blended as a dressing, chilled and served with fresh basil leaves and grated parmesan.

 

[mcswny]

Here's a fantastic recipe to use when I'm trying to power through excess kale. It's similar to to a pesto. Speaking of which, Kale pesto is great too.

Kale Sauce Pasta Recipe • 4★

This recipe for a vivid, vegetarian pasta sauce, made from blanched kale leaves and loaded with good olive oil and grated cheese, comes from Joshua McFadden, the chef at Ava Gene’s in Portland, Ore., and was inspired by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers of The River Café in London.

cooking.nytimes.com

 

[Dr. Magill]

I never really liked kale until i started growing it as a winter crop. The texture and sweetness of just picked kale chopped or torn small in a farro salad with minced shallots, a pinch of Madras curry powder, fresh minced parsley kalamata olives chopped, fresh ground black pepper , sea salt and a juiced lemon rice vinegar honey and water emulsion blended as a dressing, chilled and served with fresh basil leaves and grated parmesan.

Good to know

 

[JayB]

Bit of weeding in the side yard....

 

[Salmo_g]

I never really liked kale until i started growing it as a winter crop. The texture and sweetness of just picked kale chopped or torn small in a farro salad with minced shallots, a pinch of Madras curry powder, fresh minced parsley kalamata olives chopped, fresh ground black pepper , sea salt and a juiced lemon rice vinegar honey and water emulsion blended as a dressing, chilled and served with fresh basil leaves and grated parmesan.

I'm not a kale fan. My thought is that if you have to add a dozen other ingredients to make kale taste good, that's strong evidence that kale tastes like crap.

 

[Mossback]

I'm not a kale fan. My thought is that if you have to add a dozen other ingredients to make kale taste good, that's strong evidence that kale tastes like crap.

It's tolerable with bacon...and ok in soups.

Outstanding chicken feed. Did I mention that ?

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

I'm not a kale fan. My thought is that if you have to add a dozen other ingredients to make kale taste good, that's strong evidence that kale tastes like crap.

I don’t “have to” i like to cook and invent recipes. I am a great cook. I like kale and all kinds of greens. So to each his own. I have a feeling you might not like salisfy. By the way I sometimes like to quickly grill romaine lettuce too. Like I said I like to do the chef thing.

 

[mcswny]

I don’t “have to” i like to cook and invent recipes. I am a great cook. I like kale and all kinds of greens. So to each his own. I have a feeling you might not like salisfy. By the way I sometimes like to quickly grill romaine lettuce too. Like I said I like to do the chef thing.

grilled kale is fantastic too.

Grilled Kale Salad with Ricotta and Plums

Quickly grilling kale makes it crispy. Pairing it with fresh plums and ricotta transforms it into our new favorite salad.

www.bonappetit.com

 

[Dr. Magill]

Can you put it in an air fryer with any success?

 

[mcswny]

Can you put it in an air fryer with any success?

I've never used an air fryer