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[–]Zapped[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

Collards are king around here, with kale and mustard greens popular, too. I've never been a big fan of greens, but if they're seasoned the right way, I like collard greens. Kale is good when roasted.

[–]factchecker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

greens make me go potty a lot.

[–]Zapped[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

Yes. They are high in fiber, along with folate, potassium, calcium, iron and vitamins A, C and K.

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

I miss a lot of posts and comments. If you post pics of your garden, give me a ping so I can come admire.

[–]factchecker 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

If you post pics of your garden, give me a ping so I can come admire.

I am growing some seaweeds out in my yard if you wanna stop over and look at it.

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Kelp

IRL I'm 2000 feet from growing seaweed in my yard, but not online. IRL I'm growing landweeds.

[–]factchecker 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

when i was a kid, we found wild strawberries in the forest up in oregon... we brought the plants home and they literally grew like weeds... we could pick a couple coffee cans of strawberries any any time.. the snow didnt bother these plants.. nothing bothered these plants.

i am just suggesting that if you can find wild berries, maybe try it..

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Not a lot of strawberries that grow in a place that doesn't rain for more than half the year. Blackberries along creek beds are a thing though. This is also why outdoor growers up in the mountains need irrigation systems.

[–]factchecker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

ok.. i am not the smartest tool in the shed, but i am aware that in many cases people carry around ideas about why things wont work and those ideas are pure crap..

let me give to you an example.. some people, when they go camping or otherwise go off-grid they might bring along a twelve volt generator that they will use to charge their car type batteries... but not me.. i build my own... i will pick up a cheap five horsepower gas engine and a cheap car alternator(1975 chevy nova, no AC) and i belt up the alternator to the gas engine.. the alternator charges my 12 volt car battery... if the alternator breaks, i just buy another alternator.. if the motor breaks, i can just buy another five horsepower engine.. ie, i dont need to buy special parts for a specific generator..

anyways, here is the punchline to this story... when i show this custom generator engine/alternator gizmo to people, in many times they will advise me that i better not run it all day because the battery might explode..

nope..

the battery is being charged by an automotive alternator.

the battery thinks that it is under the hood of a car..

why would the battery explode if i run it for too long of time?

punchline number two: we found our strawberry plants from high up in the oregon mountains.. we transplanted them to a small oregon town "klamath falls".. klamath falls does not get a lot of rain. it gets snow and ice during the winter.. but not a lot of rain.. which sorta contradicts your statement that strawberries wont grow in a place that doesnt rain for more than half of the year.

our strawberries were so huge and there were so many of them.. we built a enclosed patch that was approx three feet by twelve feet.

i am just saying to dont take other people word for it when they say that something wont work.

i gotta go login to my other account, /u/skeeter , i am busy over there..

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

When I say they won't grow, I'm referring to growing naturally out on the hillsides or wherever. Irrigation is required to grow non-native plants here.

Klamath Falls experiences significant seasonal variation in monthly rainfall. The rainy period of the year lasts for 9.0 months, from September 18 to June 20, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. ... The least rain falls around August 1, with an average total accumulation of 0.2 inches.

That's way more rain than we get here. The last time water fell from the sky here was months ago.

[–]Zapped[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Sure thing.

I had trouble getting seedlings to survive the transfer this Spring. Do you have any advice? All the plants I have now were purchased as small plants. I think I had one cilantro that survived.

[–]Node 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I can't recall ever having a problem with transferring seedlings. I usually start them in those small plastic '6 packs', with I think 8 fitting in a standard 11 x 21 gardening tray.

I like to mix sand in with standard potting soil to make it less 'fluffy'. After a day or so of the wet paper towel treatment, insert seeds at the proper depth and keep warm. Once they've popped, keep them within about an inch of grow tubes in a 4 foot shop light fixture.

When the roots grow enough to hold all the soil together in the cell, carefully extract them and place in the hole you've made to fit.

This is where yours die? Possible problems include: Weather or soil still too cold, damage to roots from transferring too soon, or going to full sun while they're still too sensitive.

Are you going right from a light fixture to full sun, without acclimating them? If so, try going to filtered sun for a few days to a week first. Work them up to full sun gradually over the course of the week.

[–]Zapped[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It was still cool weather, so maybe that was it. I started them in those "jiffy" starter greenhouses with the expandable pods, with full sun in the afternoon. They did great up until transfer.