Intheswamp said:Ah, but I respectfully disagree about the edibility or economic aspects that you noted, @ElPolloDiablo .
Several years ago a guy called me about a swarm of bees at his father's house. His father was getting on up in years and had discovered the swarm that morning. The guy gave me his father's phone number and I called the old fellow. He told me the bees were on a collard plant. I thought to myself, ok a low hanging swarm possibly on the ground...shouldn't be much trouble. I showed up to get the bees and the old fella walked me out to the fence at the edge of his yard where he had his collards growing. I was amazed to see about a half-dozen collard plants that stood around six feet tall!!!
The collar plants looked like small trees!!!! The bees were about 3' off the ground!! Never in my life had I see collard plants *that* tall...and healthy looking, too!!! I asked the old fella about them and he said they were three or four years old. He said he'd come out every now and then and pick a mess of leaves to cook and that the plants just kept on growing.For him, on a fixed income and probably not really able to do much gardening these collards were a blessing to him...no expense and nothing but harvesting in regards to labor. That was a "win-win" situation for him!
I got the bees, no problem, but what I remember the most was the size of those collard plants!!!
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