The Collard Shack in Ayden sells seeds for Yellow Cabbage Collards, but doesn't ship and it's an eight hour drive from here. I'd be willing to send a check or PayPal and split an order with anyone who could pick up a pound or so and send it to me, my treat. Any takers?
This message was edited Oct 14, 2009 9:34 AM
Ayden has their own website.
http://www.ayden.com/
I bet if you call city hall and offer to send a self addressed stamped envelope with whatever the seeds cost, they would be more than willing to pick up a pack and mail it to you.
X
Interesting option.
Keith, I have enough Yellow Cabbage Collard seed to supply the whole South.
Email me if you want some! And yes, the seed is the original strain from down east.
Shoe
Here is the Plant Files entry. I sent seed to FarmerDill last year and he took some fantastic pics!
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/178737/
Shoe
Ok, Agrinerd--I know this is the second year I've seen you post wanting these seeds. What is so great about these particular collards? Dying to know!
According to the proprieter, "The yellow cabbage collard has a different taste than what is called a green Georgia collard. The yellow cabbage collard is more tender. It's got a yellow tint to it, and it's not as tough." http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104882982
I've always loved kale and collards and all that, but when they're tough and bitter, not so much. It's also a Carolina heirloom, and food with a history always interests me.
Thanks Shoe, I'll send you an email. I could have ordered some from down in Mississippi, but I'd rather have a seed source at a closer latitude.
Great! Glad you'll be keeping this variety/strain going. I know it'll be in good hands.
Yotedog, if you'd like some also please get in touch.
Shoe, sitting here w/a small kindling fire in the wood stove, enjoying the warmth and DRYness before I head out to pick greens and such for mkt. Brrrr....
This weekend will sweeten up those greens!
No doubt about that! And I picked up a smoked turkey leg yesterday to throw in with a pot of greens, too!
See ya!
Shoe, The Yellow CC are comely along nicely this fall. If you run short of the seeds, I saved close to a pound this spring, so between us we should be a ble to supply most folks. And it does seem sweeter and more tender than most collards, even the green CC. It may be because I planted late last year and they younger than the regular when I ate them. Edited to say, Georgia is my least favorite among collards, and I have grown a lot of cultivars that are better. After the cabbage collards, Green Glaze is my next best. Among the hybrids, Blue Max and Flash have good flavor, but all the others are better than Georgia. Finally got seeds for Bulldog this year, but too late to plant them. I will give it a try next year.
This message was edited Oct 16, 2009 10:23 AM
What a great pic, FarmerDill!
And yes, I agree, I think Yellow CC are more tender than others, including the green CC. ( I also think my local leafhoppers prefer them over other plants, too, dagnabbit!)
Glad you saved seeds. I keep mine in the freezer so they should last a good while but brassica seeds can be fickle about storage sometimes. Be sure to hang on to some.
By the way, in your pic, what is that tall "tree" on the left, looks kinda like a mole plant (castor) or something.
Shoe
Yep. Molebean, I keep a few volunteers around, seem to help deter the voles
I'd love some 'Shoe, but I just planted the whole garden in a cover crop, so guess I'll wait to try them next year. Thought about leaving some space for more fall/winter items, but got in there and started cleaning up and it all looked so neat and tidy I just kept on going. Year four in my garden of clay, and my soil still needs help, so I guess its for the best. Thanks!
No worries, yotedog, I"ll have plenty of seed next year and it sounds like F-dill will also.
I hear ya on our Carolina clay. It took me quite a number of years to learn to love mine and I have to amend it quite often with cover crops/green manure, etc.
These past couple of months I started putting raised boxed beds in for a few people around town and liked them so much I had to build myself some. Perhaps you can find room to put in a couple also. Even though I grow in quite a few thousand square feet directly in the fields I'm having the best time with these easy-to-build boxed beds. (Pic was taken 9/15. You should see the plants in them now!)
Holler whenever you need some seeds!
Shoe
That setup looks good Shoe, what are you using for your planting mix?
Mornin', Ardesia...
The soil is a local mix made by a nursery/landscaping supply business. It's basically "top soil/sand", well-aged fine bark (like pine fines). It sure holds moisture well but yet is well-draining.
I'm having a great time growing in them and will build some more during the winter, especially one dedicated to garlic!
This Bok Choy is growing fantastic in one of the beds! I just tried to make a panorama pic showing the day I set the plants out (9/15) and a recent mature pic (taken a month later, 10/16). What great success, eh?
Shoe
Yes indeed and success with the picture too. Your Bok Choi looks wonderful. I saved some seeds from a mystery asian cabbage plant I bought last year, I think I have ID'd it as Pai Tsai but I forgot to to plant them. Maybe I'll stick a few in now and see what happens.
Shoe, do have any more history on these collards?
Keith, I only know that collards go back thousands of years but can't trace where Yellow Cabbage Collards came into being. I'll send my accession info along with the seeds though so at least you can trace them back to that family.
Shoe
