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I watched some of your slide show, but it was very long and I finally had to shut it off. The cemetery was quite interesting; people died quite young back in the 19th century. I wouldn't eat that radish either, even if I liked radishes. I couldn't find the woodpecker.

Are you really planting now? That is wonderful. How cold does it get where you live? I have been curious about kale, but I haven't tried it. I don't like bitter food and I remember eating beet greens or turnip greens (that I had grown) and finding out that greens can be very BITTER. I like spinach and I like sauteed escarole with garlic and butter. I would like to like kale as well. I know it is related to cabbages, broccoli and brussels sprouts, all of which I really like. Can you describe what it tastes like?

Kale isn't bitter like some greens. As you know it is a member of the cabbage family and its taste does seem similar to cabbage. As far as greens go, Kale has the most substance, it is chewy. I can only suggest trying it because it is the single best green to eat and it lasts in the refrig. the longest,

Last year I had greens growing all winter. I think the main thing here is while it does drop into the 20's it doesn't last, it warms back up during the day. Now if it drops and stays down it may be a different story. I figure seeds are cheap and if the plants don't make it, oh well.

About the slideshow I think if you let it run it will show every photo I have in flicker so I don't blame you for stopping it. It was something in the cemetery about how so many kids didn't see their 2nd birthday. The cemetery was way out in the Ozarks, I find it amazing when I think of how those people lived, There are old homesteads all over the Ozarks, the only thing left may be the rocks that formed the foundation. I like to just sit at them and try to go back in time in my mind and just wonder what it must of been like. We have no idea...
I thank you for the reply and I'm happy you looked at my photo's...

Hi, I checked out your photos and what kind of beet is that? I have only grown red ones and they
are still good after being picked in early Oct. and put in the ref. I have never tried kale, but I have
read that it is suppose to be good for you, so maybe I will have to try it.
I wish that the coldest it would get is in the 20's, then I could enjoy winter.

The beets are Detroit Dark Red. I hope you didn't confuse the picture of that radish, thinking that was a beet. Yes you should try Kale, it is very good for you and I love the taste...

I was looking at picture # 009. I always plant Detroit Dark Red Beets and mine don't look like
that, they have red stems, the leaves are not so round and the leaves are also dark green. But
I have been wrong many times in my life and will be many more I am sure.

The woodpecker left a lot of holes. I missed him, but sure looked like he has a lot of friends helping him work on that tree.

I have left my brussel sprouts out on their stems until I am ready to eat them. Just how far south are you that you can plant cabbage seed in late november? I am willing to try, but am just west of St. Louis and think that January and February might be too cold!

I'm about the same distance south as Little Rock. I know the plants, if they come up may not make it, but what am I losing, last years seeds. If I get just one to produce, I'll be happy. As far a the beets go, I only know the the bin I took the seeds out of at the farm store, it said Detroit Dark Red, so who knows???

My grandparents and parents used to grow sugar beets which are big and white. My dad grew sugar beets on contract to GW Sugar in Findlay, OH. several years when I was a kid. We also grew sorghum cane several years, and took it down to be processed into sorghum molasses.

Kale, endive and spinach will winter over here, also swiss chard. I love cream of kale soup. It has to have a turnip in it for my taste, I usually do onions, carrots and maybe potatoes in it as well, and make the cream part with a can of cream of mushroom soup and milk. I use leftover pork roast or a ham bone as the base.

We normally don't get below 20 deg. here in NM, but this year we had a single digit blast, so I lost most of my greens even though I had them covered. I still have carrots and, yes, Detroit dark red beets in the garden. I will start planting again in late Jan or early Feb.

Last year my greens lasted all winter, now they don't look to good after several night in the upper teens and low 20's. We broke some records, of well there is always spring.