Garden harvest last night

**jlxian** · 05-26-2005, 11:20 AM

Yesterday evening I harvested most of our spinach (because it had bolted) and some of our kale. I've never grown kale before (ANY HINTS WELCOME!) so didn't even know if I was doing the right thing by picking off some of the leaves. I also picked some of the buttercrunch lettuce and a few green onions. My son has helped a lot in this garden and even though he is not an onion fan he liked the green onion I gave him for dinner.

Everyone liked the kale and spinach. Fresh cooked spinach is a lot different from what you get in a can -- and I think it was surprising to my kids. I enjoyed the lettuce and ate most of what I picked. I may try to fix wilted lettuce this weekend!

Another new to me crop this year is collards -- can anyone tell me about collards and how do you know when they are ready to harvest? Do you pick the whole plant or just a few of the leaves?

**bridge** · 05-26-2005, 01:31 PM

I've got a ton of Spinach, does anyone know if you can freeze it? If you can how do you do it?

**forestdale** · 05-26-2005, 03:57 PM

Jean, I agree, fresh spinach is amazing. We have the baby leaves in salad too. I've never grown kale or collards. Your garden is really working for you. Can you imagine how many vitamins and minerals you served up to your family? Keep up the good work.

Bridge, spinach is very easy to freeze. Simply blanch the leaves for a few seconds. Blanching is putting the leaves into boiling unsalted water until they wilt slightly. It will only take 10 - 15 seconds. Take them out, drain them and then pack in a ziplock bag. They'll freeze for around 3 - 6 months.