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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
Thanks for the reminder about collard greens (and to Gabby98 for the book lead too). We live beside a beach here in New Zealand with very sandy soil and struggle to get brassicas (including the Chinese ones ) growing well. Kale is the only exception found so far and it grows fine, but I had not considered trying collards which are also hardy but are very rarely seen over here. So have ordered some seed today to see how they go.
Some time ago a Southern acquaintance gave me her grandma's cornbread recipe too, so you have rekindled my interest in doing that again too  .
John |
Good luck!
I don't know what it takes to grow "collards," as I have never tried to do it. I don't know if they will grow in sandy soil or not.
I haven't ever cooked collards. PM me, though, if you need some recipes--for collards or cornbread--and I'll see what I can do. I have some recipes floating around for both, I can vouch for a couple of the cornbread recipes.
Hey, this might be the beginnings of a bestselling Southern cookbook. I wonder . . . . haha