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sallyg said:Collard 'Georgia Creole ' planted spring 2020. Of 6 or 8, three survived and this is the biggest . Maybe I'll let it keep going.. depends.


Five feet at top.
I have loads of mustard, arugula and these collard in bloom but never see pollinators interested. I'm trying to let them go for seed.

If you value your labor at even minimum wage, garden work isn't cheap food. Then theres the processing , washing, cutting etc.. You have to do the work for other Intrinsic value.

Tomatoes, fresh, are a good value compared to store cost and quality.

Well said. It's mighty good but it ain't cheap! I agree on the tomatoes...and other things, too. What you can get out of your own garden *can* be much higher quality.

Those upper leaves look like they would be good...the lower leaves maybe not so much. Pollinators can be fickle...I know that honey bees will fly right over something you would think prime grazing for them to get to something else that seems much less desirable, but they know what they're doing. I imagine other pollinators have their preferences, too. My vitex bushes drawn all kinds of bumble bees and small native bees and wasps...but seldom do I see a honey bee on them.