Early spring is here and we are enjoying early spring greens – especially our tree collard plants. We have several tree collard plants that have been in our garden for years, and they are still going strong and producing beautiful large green leaves.
What we love about our tree collards is that they are relatively low maintenance and are a reliable source of greens for us. Of course, we rotate our greens for variety so we are planting a variety of other greens in our garden this year, which we will cover in another post. These collard greens are tender and easily digestible for us in comparison to collard greens we find in the store that have a tougher consistency. We have observed over the years, that the greens that we grow in our garden tend to be softer and more tender than commercially available greens. Although this may not be true across the board, this is just an observation from our own personal experience.
Here is a sampling of the nutrients found in regular collard greens:
3 cups chopped collard greens (108 g)
Calcium 251 mg (This is great!)
Iron 0.5 mg
Folate 139 mcg
Beta-carotene 3230 mcg
How do these numbers compare to the nutrients found in actual tree collard greens? We have yet to know, given that I have not yet been able to find neutral information on the nutrients measured in actual tree collard leaves. I would not be surprised if they are similar. This is the beauty of science and research, there is much that is known and much that has yet to be known.
Happy spring!
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