Growing Kale and Collard Greens - Suburban Homestead Ep12

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1. how can I heal my sick cranberry plant please let me know yow are the best
2. What do you edit your videos in? They're so fun to watch & thanks so much for all the info
3. I too had insect trouble with my collards. Several folks in the "hood" had seem my collards and were amazed at how big and beautiful they were---this was about mid MAY. My wife adheres to the notions too that they are best after the late fall frost.
   However, by that time the collards--like you say---looked like Swiss cheese!!
   And they funny part of this whole thing was when we saw the "pretty" white butterfly flittering around in our garden we thought it was a good sign---until I discovered (thru watching YouTube videos) it was in fact a wolf in sheep's clothing! After seeing the youtube videos I watched one very closely one day and discovered each time it landed, it left a tiny egg, almost too tiny to see, but there it was. Later that egg becomes a cabbage worm, and the damage begins.
   This year, I am using netting---fun's over girls!!
4. Thank you. Loving all your videos. The music on this one is a bit distracting though.
5. can't you just use Seven Dust for the pests on the greens.
6. Beautiful harvest.  Very cool video style and artwork.  Great blend of information and entertainment.  Thank you.
7. Do you make all of your own graphics? Awesome videos brother!
8. nice vid. Did you blanche your collards before freezing? I haven't tried to freeze excess kale, have just composted it. bad me! Maria, HillCountryHick.com
9. well put together video...good subject content, through, and creative.....attractive video cover pages, a quick scan of channel content, aaaaaand....SUBSCRIBED! :-) Well done my friend.
10. Another great video, I'm enjoying following your journey.  My wife and I were living in Auckland New Zealand a couple of years ago when I first attempted growing Kale.  Much like yourself the spring and early summer crop was great, but by mid summer the crops became infested with stink-bugs and aphids.  After waging a losing battle of pest control with them, I finally let our chickens have at the kale patch.  They devoured both bug and leaf - it was a tactic of last resort, but it solved the problem.
11. This year I went with the "Back to Eden" wood chip garden method. I planted two rows of kale in the beginning of May. It is now mid July and my kale is thriving. I am trimming leaves off the plants and leaving the center stalk. By the time I get to the end of one row and start on the next, the beginning of the first row has regrown new leaves. They are regrowing faster than I can eat them. So far, I have no issues with bugs. Also, the kale is juicy and not bitter. 
12. Have you ever considered a small greenhouse?
13. also you can vacuum the harequin bugs then dispose them in soapy water. or you can put a plastic bag around the plantand shake them off
14. How are you preparing the beans you talk about in the beginning of the video?
15. That dish looks delicious! Are you vegan?
16. Do you plant peanut? It is tasty. The roots can be wash and cook as Chinese Medicine too. It is high in vitamin B complex.
17. I was watching another one of your videos and had s question. Do you use any kind of fluorescent bulb for your seedlings?
18. I enjoyed the video that referred to your ground hog strategies. The vegetables that I really love the most, we share with a family of bold groundhogs. Love your cages/fences.
19. Nice looking plants & handy info thanks Siloé.. Looking forward to the cooking clip in the Brazilian rice & beans with kale :-)
    
    Am yet to try collards here but will be trying them soon.. Would really like a crack at the perennial collards but am yet to find a supplier down here :-/
    Cheers mate..
20. Your kale and collards looked wonderful. I see you had the infamous cabbage moth too! Small mesh netting kept them out, although the aphids still found their way in. Row covers might help defeat them. That collards saute sounds good.