Celebrating First fruits from the garden: Greens

The weather is just starting to warm up.  We are free of the frosts and freezes.  Well, we hope we are! Fingers crossed.  But we are ready for our gardens and to start enjoying those fresh homegrown or farmers market vegetables.

The first fruits from the garden that we can get our hands on are greens.  Mustards, Collards, Kale, Chard.  I love a mess of greens.  But truth be told I did not grow up eating them.  I didn’t learn to cook greens until after I was married.  I looked questionably at the dark green leaves boiling with chunks of salt pork looking very much like a swamp witch’s brew.

I plant my greens early in the year under hoop houses.  This helps keep them a bit warmer and protect delicate leaves from any heavy snow.  When I cook my greens, I don’t boil them.  And there is always bacon involved.

 

Jeanetta is an artist, blogger, and sometimes homesteader.  She’s addicted to coffee, her garden, and chickens. You can see her art and read more stories at JeanettaDarley.com.  Or follow her on social media @jeanettadarley.