I cooked rutabaga greens, they turned out better than turnip greens. So I put in a bunch of them to later harvest the bulbs too, then cook and mix with mashed potatoes.
Please give us a clue,,, how do you prepare those 3 mentioned? How bitter are they,,,, say after July 1? We love stuffed cabbage. Would any of your mentioned greens work the same,,, & compare?
What a great idea. Have one container for each type of green. 😊❤🇨🇦🙏👍 This summer I tried cooking the cauliflower and broccoli greens. They were good but I'd prefer collards. Made the mistake of growing them in the same bed as my cabbage. Had no idea they would grow that big!!! Won't do that again!
I've also had all of them. Brocoli is sweeter or mellowed. Turnip is fuzzy. Mustard is mustard, probably always my favorite too. Kale collards Brussel sprouts cauliflower all taste the same to me.
Love me some collard greens, I hear those chickens in the background waiting for those greens you been eating in front of them. Might wanna try some Big Daddy Greasy Green Collards Grown by the late Hansel Sellars in Cairo, GA from Southern seed exchange.
We don't eat greens here, but I do like the broccoli leaves for broccoli cheese soup. Also love the brussels sprouts leaves roasted with olive oil and salt. They get crispy which is nice.
Personally love mixing collard, mustard, beet,chard,even kohlrabi and radish greens in a big pot with a little brown sugar and apple cider vinegar,onions, jalapeños, chunk up the roots of the radish,beets,kohlrabi, even add carrots, lots of bacon, and then chop and brown fry polska sausage to add after the greens are done at the end. I have added broccoli and cabbage leaves when short on collards but desperately craving greens, and really once cooked i could hardly tell the difference. But mixed up greens especially with the radish and mustard makes the best batch of greens ever by far... imho...
That's "Tendergreen" mustard spinach. Which is neither mustard nor spinach. It is a turnip. It is Komatsuna. One of the many greens associated with a particular location in Japan. But it is Brassica Rapa which is a turnip. And it is fantastic. I like to plant some in late fall so it is just a few inches tall through winter. It has a fine mustard flavor raw on holiday salads. This in zone 6b. Those overwintered plants then bloom immediately in spring before other flowers giving a huge number of bees and lots of seeds. And this is finished before last frost. Summertime Komatsuna makes tatsoi-like rosettes when young, collard-like round leaves mid growth, and very large turnip greens leaves when mature.
That was a useful survey. I know nothing about greens. Started to like it out of the can. I grew Brussel sprouts first time this year. They were small, but LOVED them. The side leaves got cabbage worms but the top leaves faired well after it cooled off. Tried them. Ate them. I thought they were a little bland. But I didn’t spice them up with bacon or smoked sausage or anything. But, weren’t objectionable with the usual onion, garlic, and BUTTER. I’ll keep doing Brussel sprouts and tent them and fertilize the heck out of them next year. Beet leaves and stems are good too. They grow back.
Mustard greens. Man oh man. So hard to find them fresh in Texas Brazos Valley. Once I started growing them I cant ever not grow them. That bitter mustard spicy pop is so dang good!!
"Hanover salad" has always been a favorite in my neck of the woods. Usually when you go to the seed store the seeds will be sold as "spring kale" or "smooth kale". They are best when cooked about 80% hanover and 20% Giant Southern mustard.
I used to grow turnip greens, but some time back I got some red leaf mizuna (a type of mustard) and I use those now pretty much exclusively. I saved seeds one year and I expect I have enough seeds to do me for the rest of my life as long as I keep them stored cold. Mizuna is far, far less bitter than turnip greens. I haven't really tried too many other types, but I don't care much for collards. I also didn't like the kohlrabi leaves I tried once. I tried daikon leaves once, and they're ok, but I wouldn't grow them for the greens.
I literally eat the greens from almost everything. Even carrot tops are good in soups. I really enjoy a pot of mixed greens. I'll use mustard, collards, rutabaga tops, kale, broccoli, radish, beet, sweet potato, even dandelion and plenty more I'm probably not thinking of. I quit growing turnips once I had rutabagas. But I used to eat turnip greens as well. I don't grow as much of any one thing as you do so I've had to mix it up to make enough for the entire family and I actually really like the variety all in one pot. Cabbage leaves are good as well. I don't like taking too many leaves from the plants as they are growing roots, heads etc but when I harvest them I use as much of the plant as I can.
I'm growing everything but kale, it's not a fav at my house. Got some beautiful collards growing and could actually harvest a mess now, but waiting for a light frost to sweeten them up. If this weather holds might have to skip the frost and cook some for Thanksgiving .
Last year my neighbor gave me all of her broccoli plants as the broccoli had already been harvested .. she told me I could can them and eat them just like nustard or collards, so I thought .. why the heck not, I had never tried them, but I also had never canned greens before either .. wish I had gotten the greens when they were much younger, but they aren't bad .. a little more chewing time, and a bit more bacon grease and bacon and they are fabulous .. but I definitely will get them younger next time
My favs are beet greens and turnip tops! Also love swiss chard and spinach but spinach will bolt. I also like radish tops. Imma lazy cook :) don't wanna wait all danged day to eat!
Growing Flash collards and Florida Broadleaf mustard this year. Taste-wise, mustard > collards in my opinion. Definitely cooks up quicker as well. But mustard seems to be significantly less hardy and less resilient than collards, at least in my case.
@@Getoutofthewoods gonna have to try that I have about 30 plants putting on heads right now. Love eating all I can from the garden, this gives me one more recipe! Thanks!
Grew up raising mustard, kale and turnips, I prefer the turnip greens mixed with mustard . Kale just doesn't have as much flavor. Take 2/3 turnip greens plus 1/3 mustard cooked down with a ham hock any day
Purple collard trees grown in a pot needs to be supported and has a mild nutty flavor can be stir fried boiled or put in soup or shared with animals they take 2 yes to grow then you graft the non woody branches you order them online
Lazy dog I have learned so much from your RUclips. I know it’s cool/cold weather garden season but I want to know if you sell your spring garden seeds as well as your fall/winter seeds, I want to avoid buying vegetable seeds that are GMO seeds👎🏾. I want to be ready when the seasons change to start some seeds in pots and some in the garden. Again I appreciate all the garden process👍🏾!
I grew collards this year, and honestly don't really know why folks like them... not a lot of flavor, kinda a lot of work to prepare, maybe I'm just doing it wrong... although I dint eat tortillas anymore, so I actually use the collard leaves for taco shells... they taste ok, kinda like a lettuce wrap...
I think you did your test too early in the year. It has just been too hot. Greens taste best after a couple of cold snaps/frosts. The plants convert starches to sugars for anti-freeze. My fav. is Red Russian Kale.
lol,,, He said Georgia,,, maybe he's never seen a frost!? But you are right,,, most greens, like Brussels, Kohlrabi & turnips don't get 'sweet' till frosted 2-3 times, or covered with snow. (NE Ohio here!)
I still gravitate to Swiss chard !
It's gotta be the color. It's attractive to eat for sure. Lol
@@DanlowMusic it is the organic sodium content similar to celery it is basically vegetable stock...
My brother loves it - for me, it tastes like dirt. I do enjoy many other fresh greens, though.
I cooked rutabaga greens, they turned out better than turnip greens. So I put in a bunch of them to later harvest the bulbs too, then cook and mix with mashed potatoes.
Hummmm,,, Interesting.
I prefer bok choy. It cooks very fast and has a distinct but mild taste. It's also low in oxalic acid
I plant pot choi ... it's also great as a sacrificial to protect my broccoli.
I planted some daikon radish this fall, and the greens grew so beautifully, I had to try them. They were delicious, my husband loved them too.
I actually prefer the taste of the young seed pods over the taste of the radishes. I'm going to try the greens, now. Thank you for the tip!
I agree, Daikon greens taste good. Don't know why the deer don't eat them
I just harvested and ate some yesterday and they were really good.
They make a great addition to a spinach salad.
Do you cook them or raw?
I love mustard, collards, swiss chard, and my favorite of all time is beet tops!
Please give us a clue,,, how do you prepare those 3 mentioned? How bitter are they,,,, say after July 1?
We love stuffed cabbage. Would any of your mentioned greens work the same,,, & compare?
Yes! I just harvested my beet tops and they were delicious cooked with some onions
Even though it's smaller, pea leaves are amazing too
I'm getting old and bitter, so I'm all about that red mustard.
What a great idea. Have one container for each type of green. 😊❤🇨🇦🙏👍 This summer I tried cooking the cauliflower and broccoli greens. They were good but I'd prefer collards. Made the mistake of growing them in the same bed as my cabbage. Had no idea they would grow that big!!! Won't do that again!
Collards are my favorite, but I really like beet greens too.❤
Beet greens are my most favorite.
I've also had all of them. Brocoli is sweeter or mellowed. Turnip is fuzzy. Mustard is mustard, probably always my favorite too. Kale collards Brussel sprouts cauliflower all taste the same to me.
Love me some collard greens, I hear those chickens in the background waiting for those greens you been eating in front of them. Might wanna try some Big Daddy Greasy Green Collards Grown by the late Hansel Sellars in Cairo, GA from Southern seed exchange.
Thanks for turning me on to the SSE. Vates are pretty good too.
I agree kale is the sweetest of the greens.
I always like munching on broccoli greens when I'm out working in the garden Good little snack.
I love mustard greens! I grow mustard, kale, collard, turnip, broccoli, cauliflower.
We don't eat greens here, but I do like the broccoli leaves for broccoli cheese soup. Also love the brussels sprouts leaves roasted with olive oil and salt. They get crispy which is nice.
Personally love mixing collard, mustard, beet,chard,even kohlrabi and radish greens in a big pot with a little brown sugar and apple cider vinegar,onions, jalapeños, chunk up the roots of the radish,beets,kohlrabi, even add carrots, lots of bacon, and then chop and brown fry polska sausage to add after the greens are done at the end.
I have added broccoli and cabbage leaves when short on collards but desperately craving greens, and really once cooked i could hardly tell the difference.
But mixed up greens especially with the radish and mustard makes the best batch of greens ever by far... imho...
Brussel sprout leaves taste just like the Brussel sprouts themselves, very delicious!
Rutabaga greens are good too! Squash and pumpkin leaves sautéed are better than sautéed spinach leaves to me.
Our favorite is a mustard spinach cross called Tender greens.
That's "Tendergreen" mustard spinach. Which is neither mustard nor spinach. It is a turnip. It is Komatsuna. One of the many greens associated with a particular location in Japan. But it is Brassica Rapa which is a turnip. And it is fantastic. I like to plant some in late fall so it is just a few inches tall through winter. It has a fine mustard flavor raw on holiday salads. This in zone 6b. Those overwintered plants then bloom immediately in spring before other flowers giving a huge number of bees and lots of seeds. And this is finished before last frost. Summertime Komatsuna makes tatsoi-like rosettes when young, collard-like round leaves mid growth, and very large turnip greens leaves when mature.
That was a useful survey. I know nothing about greens. Started to like it out of the can. I grew Brussel sprouts first time this year. They were small, but LOVED them. The side leaves got cabbage worms but the top leaves faired well after it cooled off. Tried them. Ate them. I thought they were a little bland. But I didn’t spice them up with bacon or smoked sausage or anything. But, weren’t objectionable with the usual onion, garlic, and BUTTER.
I’ll keep doing Brussel sprouts and tent them and fertilize the heck out of them next year. Beet leaves and stems are good too. They grow back.
Mustard greens. Man oh man. So hard to find them fresh in Texas Brazos Valley. Once I started growing them I cant ever not grow them. That bitter mustard spicy pop is so dang good!!
"Hanover salad" has always been a favorite in my neck of the woods. Usually when you go to the seed store the seeds will be sold as "spring kale" or "smooth kale". They are best when cooked about 80% hanover and 20% Giant Southern mustard.
I'm a Florida Broadleaf Mustard Man ! Yummy ! 😅❤
My favorite greens is upland cress, aka cressy greens. And I also like mustard and turnip greens mixed.
I really like dandelion greens and radish sprouts!
I suggest you add rutabaga greens to your list. I like to cook the rutabaga greens and diced root smothered together -- eat the whole plant.
I used to grow turnip greens, but some time back I got some red leaf mizuna (a type of mustard) and I use those now pretty much exclusively. I saved seeds one year and I expect I have enough seeds to do me for the rest of my life as long as I keep them stored cold. Mizuna is far, far less bitter than turnip greens. I haven't really tried too many other types, but I don't care much for collards. I also didn't like the kohlrabi leaves I tried once. I tried daikon leaves once, and they're ok, but I wouldn't grow them for the greens.
1) Komatsuna (mild mustard green), 2) baby beet greens, 3) Champion collards (Vates type), flat-leaf White Siberian kale, 4) Apollo arugula (mild, from SSE).
Collards with a little mustard greens. The channel 'garden like a viking" video 'greens of your dreams' is an incredible recipe for collards.
I don’t like mustard greens but I love turnip, collards and kale.
I love all greens if I had to pick one it has to be just right turnips
Gai lan (aka Chinese Brocolli) greens are good.
You are on the wrong channel. Travis is a redneck, he ain't growing no commie broccoli.
My favorite greens are the ones that you got simmering in a pot with a hunk of hog jowl
I literally eat the greens from almost everything. Even carrot tops are good in soups. I really enjoy a pot of mixed greens. I'll use mustard, collards, rutabaga tops, kale, broccoli, radish, beet, sweet potato, even dandelion and plenty more I'm probably not thinking of. I quit growing turnips once I had rutabagas. But I used to eat turnip greens as well. I don't grow as much of any one thing as you do so I've had to mix it up to make enough for the entire family and I actually really like the variety all in one pot. Cabbage leaves are good as well. I don't like taking too many leaves from the plants as they are growing roots, heads etc but when I harvest them I use as much of the plant as I can.
I have made carrot greens pesto. Very good!
I'm growing everything but kale, it's not a fav at my house. Got some beautiful collards growing and could actually harvest a mess now, but waiting for a light frost to sweeten them up. If this weather holds might have to skip the frost and cook some for Thanksgiving .
Very interesting. Thanks for the taste test 😋
Last year my neighbor gave me all of her broccoli plants as the broccoli had already been harvested .. she told me I could can them and eat them just like nustard or collards, so I thought .. why the heck not, I had never tried them, but I also had never canned greens before either .. wish I had gotten the greens when they were much younger, but they aren't bad .. a little more chewing time, and a bit more bacon grease and bacon and they are fabulous .. but I definitely will get them younger next time
Daikon greens are excellent tasting cooked in oil, garlic and bacon bits. The root tastes good too :)
I’m a mustard green fan!
Curly for me.
First fall garden … I’m trying them all !! 😂
My preferred green is beet tops.
I've heard that. What would you suggest for best way to eat it?
Yes please,,, How do you cook them up?
@mutantryeff Beet tops are high in oxalate. Do your own research, but it might require a first boil followed by water change.
My favs are beet greens and turnip tops! Also love swiss chard and spinach but spinach will bolt. I also like radish tops. Imma lazy cook :) don't wanna wait all danged day to eat!
i will def try these thanks:) my fav is a perennial arugula i grow. peppery and spicy. will try these next year and see:)
Broccoli and Brussels are great roasted with sea salt!
I like the baby greens of about any of them 👍🤟✌️
Swiss !
Growing Flash collards and Florida Broadleaf mustard this year. Taste-wise, mustard > collards in my opinion. Definitely cooks up quicker as well. But mustard seems to be significantly less hardy and less resilient than collards, at least in my case.
Broccoli leaves are great in quiche.
@@Getoutofthewoods gonna have to try that I have about 30 plants putting on heads right now. Love eating all I can from the garden, this gives me one more recipe! Thanks!
Great video, I always wondered about that.
Grew up raising mustard, kale and turnips, I prefer the turnip greens mixed with mustard . Kale just doesn't have as much flavor. Take 2/3 turnip greens plus 1/3 mustard cooked down with a ham hock any day
What. No rutabaga greens? My fav.
Those are good too!
What about cabbage
Purple collard trees grown in a pot needs to be supported and has a mild nutty flavor can be stir fried boiled or put in soup or shared with animals they take 2 yes to grow then you graft the non woody branches you order them online
Lazy dog I have learned so much from your RUclips. I know it’s cool/cold weather garden season but I want to know if you sell your spring garden seeds as well as your fall/winter seeds, I want to avoid buying vegetable seeds that are GMO seeds👎🏾. I want to be ready when the seasons change to start some seeds in pots and some in the garden. Again I appreciate all the garden process👍🏾!
We have a vast majority of the varieties we'll be growing this spring on our site now. None of them are GMO seeds.
Where do you get your big plastic bags? Love them
Amazon -- just type in "produce bag roll" and you should see some options.
I'm not a fan of broccoli greens. Somethin' funky about those.
What do you put on them to keep the bugs off? Some little black bug is eating my greens up.
does anyone know how spuds break up soil (chemically) into very friable soil?
I grew collards this year, and honestly don't really know why folks like them... not a lot of flavor, kinda a lot of work to prepare, maybe I'm just doing it wrong... although I dint eat tortillas anymore, so I actually use the collard leaves for taco shells... they taste ok, kinda like a lettuce wrap...
I think you did your test too early in the year. It has just been too hot. Greens taste best after a couple of cold snaps/frosts. The plants convert starches to sugars for anti-freeze. My fav. is Red Russian Kale.
lol,,, He said Georgia,,, maybe he's never seen a frost!?
But you are right,,, most greens, like Brussels, Kohlrabi & turnips don't get 'sweet' till frosted 2-3 times, or covered with snow. (NE Ohio here!)
Have you tried Tokyo Bekana?
Also some of my favorite for raw eating: Purple Streaks Mizuna, Perennial Wall-Rocket, Bull's Blood Beetroot "Greens"
And where do you get the seeds, for everything 'exotic' that you mentioned?
I never heard of any of those before.
Anyone eat cabbage leaves? Tasty or not?
Good!!
I quit growing kale and we eat our broccoli leaves instead. Steamed or shredded for a salad.
That was a beautiful video! You called your wife's name, but after watching you all this time, I still don't know yours.
His name is Travis
Collards are the best
What about broccoli rob?
Hey what part of Ga are you in?
SW
@@LazyDogFarm cool good to know I’m doing something right lol.. we’re in the same area kind of
Broccoli leaves just taste like broccoli to me
You didn't rate Turnip Greens or Beet Greens and what about Swiss Chard🤷♀
Watch those Brussels sprouts, can ruin your insides
WHAT!? Need some kind of proof on that one. Eat'n 'em all my life,,,, nut'n wrong with me!? ;>)
Rabbit food. I'll stick to the beef. 🐄🤠
Then why are you on a gardening channel? You're just as bad as the vegans, cyclists, and crossfitters.
Hey now. Need something as a side.
@@nolawarren3560 Usually a side of bacon.
Venison.
Beef taste better than any of them lol.
I agree lol