A tale of two greens

Prior to a month ago, if someone told me they were making a pot of greens, mustard, collard, and turnip greens instantly came to mind. But since we planted our fall/winter garden, my view of greens has expanded dramatically. When we made our pilgrimage to our local garden store to purchase our transplants for the fall garden, we came upon broccoli raab. We bought a set of four and off we went. Upon planting, they took off! They produce more leaves than one could even imagine! (The broccoli raab plants can be seen below. They are the largest plants in the bed.)

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11.6.11----------------------------------------------Leaves harvested 11.6.11

The other plants surrounding the broccoli raab are all cool weather plants, but they did not take off nearly as fast as the broccoli raab. When we saw these leaves growing like crazy, we did a little research and found that you can actually cook them up as though they were other "greens. So we started harvesting them and Ell started putting them in with the mustard greens. Paired with the mustard greens has proven to be delicious and full of nutrients. And the broccoli raab just keep on keeping on.