{"id":29,"date":"2015-10-04T23:58:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T03:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/?p=29"},"modified":"2015-10-04T23:59:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T03:59:26","slug":"greens-and-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"Greens And Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_30\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/turnip-wild-cabbage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30\" src=\"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/turnip-wild-cabbage-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"Aturnip and some wild cabbage will make a very nice addition to my stir fry.\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/turnip-wild-cabbage-300x143.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/turnip-wild-cabbage-1024x489.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/turnip-wild-cabbage-624x298.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A turnip and some wild cabbage will make a very nice addition to my stir fry.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here we are in October already!!\u00a0 Summers in Michigan sure seem to whiz by quickly.\u00a0 But I take heart that there are still several more warm days ahead.\u00a0 By warm, of course, I mean above 50 degrees.\u00a0 Even with climate change we&#8217;re not gonna see 70s or above any time soon.\u00a0 All my friends know I love to garden, and at work I&#8217;ve been asked more than once:\u00a0 &#8220;So Ken, your garden pretty much done now?&#8221;\u00a0 &#8220;No,&#8221; I reply, &#8220;there&#8217;s still lots of food in there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I go on to explain that although the tomatoes are pretty much done, there are still lots of greens to be had.\u00a0 I rattle off names like Swiss chard and wild cabbage and I get some puzzled looks.\u00a0 Many have heard of Swiss chard, although not very many folks eat it from what I can see.\u00a0 And when I try to explain that wild cabbage is an ancestor to broccoli, collards, and other members of the cabbage family, I often get that &#8220;deer in the headlights&#8221; look.\u00a0 Swiss chard and wild cabbage both thrive in cool weather; and will actively grow right up till Jack Frost starts blowing his wintry breath on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Turnips are another of my favorite cool weather crops.\u00a0 They do really well when planted from seed in late July.\u00a0\u00a0 I often dice up the large roots and throw them into a stir-fry.\u00a0 After cooking they are often mistaken for diced potatoes by unsuspecting guests.\u00a0 The greens, normally strongly flavored (almost bitter) in summer, are mellowed out nicely by the cool temperatures.\u00a0\u00a0 I also use those in stir fry dishes, as well as soups.<\/p>\n<p>So yes, the garden is still going even in autumn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we are in October already!!\u00a0 Summers in Michigan sure seem to whiz by quickly.\u00a0 But I take heart that there are still several more warm days ahead.\u00a0 By warm, of course, I mean above 50 degrees.\u00a0 Even with climate change we&#8217;re not gonna see 70s or above any time soon.\u00a0 All my friends know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,13,23,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autumn","category-greens","category-seasons","category-turnips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31,"href":"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kennysgarden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}