Re: [gardeners] Fw: Propogating Tree Collards
drusus@golden.net (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 22 Jan 1998 19:16:12 -0500
At 04:30 PM 22-01-98 -0500, Michael & Bambi Cantrell wrote:
>
>>Very sorry to hear about your Grandmother, Bambi. I hope you know the
>>varieties of things she grew. Wish I knew the varieties of my
>>grandmothers' favorites. Margaret
>>
>Thanks Margaret. I have several flowers that she used to grow that she
>shared
>with me over the years. I don't know the names of the varieties of flowers,
>but I
>have the flowers :-)
>The one thing I wish I knew what variety she grew is collards. She called
>them
>cabbage collards, as they were lighter green than most and were sweeter and
>more tender than most collards. The seeds were not available around here,
>so
>she saved her own seed every year. I don't know where she got the first
>seeds
>from---I think she said someone gave them to her. Anyway, they are gone
>now,
>and I don't know what it was. They were the best collards that I've ever
>eaten, though.
Watch the garden this spring; a few may come up on their own. And don't
throw out any boxes without checking the contents for seeds. You may get
some yet.
Lucinda
>
>Soon I'm going to her house and get cuttings from her camillias. They are
>beautiful
>right now. I want to try to propagate some of hers for myself.
>
>Bambi
>Coastal NC
>Zone 8
>Sunset zone 31
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