Happy New Year!

[OilyRascal]

.............Never used to have a problem finding black eyed peas, but this is the second time I've found the shelves of a store empty! 

Just a couple of plants and you still wouldn't :)

I assumed it was a southern thing myself; having grown up in the south and lived in the north.

[Branson]

Just a couple of plants and you still wouldn't :)

I assumed it was a southern thing myself; having grown up in the south and lived in the north.

Yeah, but it' a little late to plant them.:-)

Well, the Central Valley was 60% one generation removed from the South back in 1960.  My father's family has lived in North Carolina since around 1770, so I'm still thinking it's a southern tradition.  But that's why I went to the Yankee neighborhood Safeway supermarket.  They even have collard greens there now.

[OilyRascal]

Just a couple of plants and you still wouldn't :)

I assumed it was a southern thing myself; having grown up in the south and lived in the north.

Yeah, but it' a little late to plant them.:-)

Well, the Central Valley was 60% one generation removed from the South back in 1960.  My father's family has lived in North Carolina since around 1770, so I'm still thinking it's a southern tradition.  But that's why I went to the Yankee neighborhood Safeway supermarket.  They even have collard greens there now.

We have Collards/greens in the garden NOW, and they're doing well....very well.  Its my personal favorite green of all.  As a note:  both sides of my family tie back to roots in Anson County NC - 4 generations back in both cases.  Maybe it's a NC thing :)

[Branson]

We have Collards/greens in the garden NOW, and they're doing well....very well.  Its my personal favorite green of all.  As a note:  both sides of my family tie back to roots in Anson County NC - 4 generations back in both cases.  Maybe it's a NC thing :)

In and around Highpoint here (one of my favorite finds is an army issue WWII tool box made by a branch of the family)  .   The collards are doing fine in the raised bed -- my wife's favorite.  Me, I'm partial to kale, but there isn't a green I don't like.  They're all good with a bit of butter or vinegar.