THE BEST GREENS YOU'VE NEVER HAD | Nutritious and Delicious!

We grow many different types of greens in our backyard garden -- collard greens, mustard greens, kale, pak choi, spinach, and more! But one of our favorites is one you probably haven't tried -- rutabaga greens!
Rutabaga greens are delicious and can be harvested at any stage of the plant growth. Just pick a few greens and leave a few so the plant can continue to grow. Harvesting the greens won't affect root development and you'll still get a nice, big rutabaga down the road.
Join us as we show you how we harvest these greens and some Tennessee Purple Peas that we'll have for dinner. We'll also talk about fall pest management in the garden and our strategy for controlling pests without decimating our beneficial insect population.
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[@LAnn-en1vg]

In Louisiana we have a small brown moth that predates on my brassicas. I can use less pesticides when I use agricultural insect nets over my raised beds. I put pvc pipe arches on some rebar on each side. I use clips and rocks to hold it down. Keeping those moths off well!! When I get a frost I can replace the net with agrabon frost cloth.

[@tamararoberts9307]

Omgosh I love Butterbeans and greens !! Mmmmm

[@___.51]

Rutabaga leaves taste just like kale to me. Good stuff. And you get a nice potato-ish vegetable at the end of the season.

[@plsjones]

I have already cooked two pots of rutabaga, broccoli and cauliflower greens. They are so good! You picked yours a little closer than I did. That means I can have them again soon. 😊

[@dougsr]

Saw something yesterday that gave me a good laugh! A fairly new pickup truck passed me on I-20 yesterday that had an Alabama license plate on the rear and a big Georgia Bulldog decal pasted on the rear window. Thought about you and your days on Row by Row joking about Alabama🤣

[@tonyajackson8827]

Okay, I'm adding this backpack sprayer to my Amazon list! My basil is being munched on by SOMETHING, so I'm seeing a good spraying in the future. Thank you as always for the great information!

[@mutantryeff]

Trimmed the outer leaves from the bok choy. Ended up with enough for three meals. Put a good wad of garlic in walnut oil, then added bok choy, sesame oil, and soy sauce. At the end, I sprinkled some shichimi togarashi (red pepper mix) on top before eating. Hoping to pick some beat greens early next week.

[@sandragarner3913]

Kohlrabi leaves are also very good. I try to use every bit of the plants. My mother went through the depression and grew up in the hills of Kentucky.

[@articmars1]

I am not a sprayer i am a prayer. Lol. Extremely tight budget.

[@petpawteek8776]

I’m a never sprayer and have really enjoyed watching the garden fill up with beneficials. I do a lot of hand picking and it gets easier every year. I will try to use insect netting a little more next year as I haven’t been able to get flea beetles under control and they are rough in my garden. My other nemesis is the squash bugs. But if I am SUPER diligent about grabbing those eggs and any that hatch out early in the season, I can usually keep them at bay long enough to get a satisfactory harvest before the most brutal part of summer. At that point, I have no desire to hand pick bugs any longer and I just let them have it. 😊

[@guesswho4944]

I have a serious issue with aphids on the majority of my brassicas too. I’m gonna give this product a try.

[@GypsyBrokenwings]

Finances tend to dictate my threshold. Some damage means the few wormy leaves get picked and thrown to the ducks.

[@mattingly1217]

Trav ..... solo makes a duel spray head that sprays up under the leaves.... takes a little getting used to.... but after you do it is awesome

[@LazyDogFarm]

I'll have to look into that.

[@mutantryeff]

Make a soup this weekend with rutabaga and farro. The recipe name was 'Farro Soup'. Modified it a bit by using some 'summer savory' seasoning, and also used walnut oil.

[@gogogardener]

Those look similar to Oriental /asparagus beans. If so, we eat ours as green beans. Make sure to cook them well. I test one and if it squeaks when I chew it, then cook longer. I pick five beans per person for a meal.

[@hanzketchup859]

You make me hungry

[@monster2804]

Those peas look great!

[@richm5889]

I find most the time if I'm religious about using row cover I can avoid spraying. That physical barrier is usually enough to keep the cabbage moths and aphids off my brassicas, the squash moths off of my cucurbits, and the flea beetles and other flying pests off my potatoes and carrots. Nothing seems to bother my lettuces or my alliums. I did try to plant some alliums in every bed as I think the scent is a deterrent for a lot of pests. I have had a couple of incidences of funguses on my Malabar spinach and on tomatoes but copper fungicide treated those pretty well.

[@jksatte]

You are the only one I have heard speak about Ruta leaves. Have you ever tried broccoli leaves? I've heard they are nice too.

[@LazyDogFarm]

I've never eaten broccoli leaves. But I know quite a few folks that eat Rutabaga leaves.

[@singncarpenter6270]

Best game of the year tomorrow. Can't wait. Good luck to all the players, coaches, parents, everyone.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Can’t wait! Go Dawgs!

[@dabeav1317]

LSU vs bama, I could not agree more. GEAUX TIGERS

[@ericboutwell3413]

Roll tide

[@barryb.2611]

Go Vols!

[@lindahipple4817]

Hi Travis, I use insect netting but before I place it I am able to use soap water with spinosad on my cool season crops and dust them lightly with D.E. once. Our weather here on the border of zone7 and 6 gets chilly fast and early frost will not kill off my pests, just slows them a bit..hand pick them as I find them and squish them. Spring and summer is basicly the same except treatment but more often, about every 2-3 wks. I quit growing pole beans bc the bean beetles were out of control, I plan to try the Azera on them if they are affected by it. I refuse to use Sevin at all. Stink bugs are another problem, but manageable if I keep after the nymphs...they like sweet peppers and tomatoes...but not my chilies. 😁 Blessings.

[@Angela_Alaimo]

Just stopped in down here in the comments to tell you I did indeed take my Sharpie and turn my HD bucket into a Dawgs bucket. And apparently just in time, as I heard the Dawgs are playing Tennessee today. Best of luck and go Dawgs Edit: My Dawgs bucket got it done!!! Wish I could show you the pic here😃

[@LazyDogFarm]

That was a solid move!

[@iwanttobelieve5970]

Awesome.

[@hazeysgarden]

I’m a spray at the first whiff of pest damage lol.

[@KajunHomestead]

great video, I'm usually late spraying , trying to hold off to the last min and it bites me in the butt sometimes lol.

[@TMesser74]

Well now, somebody needs to save some those purple tennessee pea seed and start offering them to those of us watching out here with our mouths watering.

[@LazyDogFarm]

That's the plan.

[@naturesheartgardening7456]

Wow amazing greens 😎

[@charleslove1481]

nice vid. yanker' that sure looks hoss ,more like south GA. hmm...

[@trishkcmo3683]

With brassica, I have to treat and can because they are not good for my rabbits. Everything my rabbits can eat, including root crop tops, do not get sprayed. June bugs destroyed my corn this year so, along with traps, it will be sprayed next year. Will use milky spore on my lawn. Fungus hit my melons so, I probably will hit them early . I never spray blooming plants. We do not have enough bees here.

[@crwood439]

Those field peas look great! I’d love to try growing those. It would save a lot of space for me to grow up a trellis. Will you be selling seeds? I used Azera this summer and it is an amazing product that really works! I haven’t been able to grow rutabagas very well, but turnips and beets do well for me if I plant them in fall. Turnip greens and beet greens are yummy.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Don't know if we'll have enough seeds this year, but maybe next year after we do a larger growout.

[@jonlewis6630]

I am a when I need to sprayer. I don't seem to have many issues in the fall, but the late spring is terrible. The pickle worms usually get my cucumbers and that's what ends my season. I do spray somethings on a regular bases. Thanks for the info.

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

What a lovely garden ❤❤❤

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks!

[@michaelmorris1802]

It might actually have to rain in order for any splashing to take place... it's not rained at our farm in going on 7 weeks. :(

[@jaredtaylor6180]

This is my first year gardening and I have thankfully had very few pest issues. I’ve had some but nowhere near enough to warrant me spraying. We’ll see what next year brings when I triple the amount of veggies I’m growing. Awesome content as always Travis.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Thanks Jared!

[@carolparrish194]

Deep South Homestead is growing peas which like yours and they call them Zipper Peas.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Zippers are great.

[@thatoldcomicsmell56]

I cooked broccoli leaves one time. The taste was a little off for me. Next, I mixed them in with collards. It still threw the taste of the collards off. I was the only one that would eat them. I gave about half of the pot to the chickens after a few days. If I mixed them again, it would only be a few broccoli leaves that were finely cut up

[@LazyDogFarm]

I've never tried broccoli greens because we always so many other greens producing in the garden. But I've heard of quite a few folks that like them.

[@eikoqdupree101]

I love to eat our sweet potato green .I never really cared for sweet potatoes. But I tried going a few. And they whet crazy. Roots grow them all around. But heard about the greens. And you can put some in your salad. What about neem oil? I have s bottle. But after I found out you have to add some liquid soap. I just put me off. So far I don't have a big problem.

[@campingrounds]

Good stuff, man! Have you ever played with a floating row cover on the brassicas to thwart the cabbage moths? Also, when you mixed the Azera I had a cringe moment…😬 When I mix chemicals I fill the tank halfway FIRST. That way I’m less likely to turn over anything (which I have done many times!). And I think you had an opportunity to explain the benefits of the Tip-n-Pour container the product came in. I understand that it probably wasn’t enough capacity for the amount of water you were mixing. (Thanks for putting yourself out there on YT and sharing what you know…and learning as you go!) #geehawwhoaback

[@LazyDogFarm]

I usually put half the water in there when I mix, but sometimes I forget. I haven't ever used row cover for cabbage moths. I can usually solve the problem with one Azera application, which is easier IMO. I do like the tip and pour containers, but I think measuring in a cup is a little more precise.

[@lianagilbert61]

Spider mites and aphids were so bad in Central Texas this year. I don't like to spray, so I tried spraying them off with water. They came right back. Used Organocide. Came back twice as bad. Mealy bugs joined them. I think I will only spray if they are killing my plants or if the plant has no flowers. I do like to use BT and fungicide tho. I planted a lot of milkweed for the butterflies. They were the main source of the infestation. But I am having a lot of monarchs and swallowtails now.

[@crwood439]

Spider mites were terrible in west TX this summer. Ugh! Squash bugs, too. Last year the aphids were terrible. Gardening in TX is difficult due to pest pressure

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

About the only bug problem I get is the cabbage moths on the broccoli. Once I start seeing those caterpillars, I spray them with BT. Most of the time it's the smaller plants that really show the damage. The big ones tend to be ok.

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

Travis I found out why my onions were all sprawled out, they needed a hair cut. After hearing you say on a previous video you had given the onions several hair cuts, I gave mine a second one and now they are standing up like they ought to. I put mine in several weeks ahead of you and began feeding them as soon as they were about 4 inches high. As they grew I gave them a bit more nitrogen and they exploded with long heavy leaves. Now that I've trimmed the leaves they aren't sprawling and are putting on more leaves. I used the link on your site to buy some agrothrive but I didn't get anything off my purchase, but that's okay I had to buy some anyway.

[@karenwalker4764]

I never spray don’t really have problems with bugs if I do I just pick them off .

[@richardisbell8561]

The peas name is good thanks for the name

[@matthewking2209]

Do you have some for next year?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Hey Richard, send me an email to [e-mail]. Got a few questions for you.

[@richardisbell8561]

What's up

[@chiefcuster]

I know rutabaga greens must be good, 'cause my chickens won't leave them alone. I had a flare up of spotted cucumber beetles about a month ago. They were everywhere, but I couldn't detect much damage. Some squash blooms were eaten and lots of cosmos blooms. I read that the larvae feed on roots, so I sprayed with spinosad and knocked them back pretty good. I'm a rookie gardener. Is this a pest I need to worry about?

[@johnsonr9]

What insect was eating your collards in nthis video? Good video. Thanks.

[@chrisfisher3900]

Yeah I gotta grab me some of that. Lettuce never gets chewed but good lord my cabbage and green beans get destroyed. When I see the grass hoppers getting fatter than I am they get nuked!

[@Christian-jx3nx]

Was trying to find the result video of you growing organic sweet corn with nature safe a year ago. Do you remember if you broke down and used chemicals and how was your yield? I put down chicken poop compost and organic granular plus alfalfa pellets now, then water weekly with something maybe fish and kelp liquid during grow season. Thought I’d put a little worm castings in each hole of corn kernels when i plant. I have a mixed cover crop going right now. Will test with some being grown with 10-10-10 and see what happens. 😜

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yes the organic sweet corn worked very well. We did it again this year and had a great harvest.

[@Christian-jx3nx]

@@LazyDogFarm so you didn’t add chemical fertilizer?

[@joybartlett9784]

Have you ever tried diatomaceous earth on your greens?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Not on greens. I've used it on squash plants though at the base of the plant. Seems to help with squash bugs some.

[@dwaynetaylor2212]

Love it.can you eat collared greens raw?also my sugar apple tree is not fruiting what can I do? I'm in zone 10

[@LazyDogFarm]

I think the texture is probably a little too tough to eat raw. I don't know anything about apple trees, so no help there.

[@dwaynetaylor2212]

@@LazyDogFarm thank you very much

[@79PoisonBreaker]

Does that azera stuff work ofn flea beetles? they are the only pests i would consider spraying for in my area as most others have healthy predator populations.

[@sandybottomhomestead]

Are those field peas black eyed peas? If so I let mine dry on the vine for storage

[@LazyDogFarm]

They're not black eyed peas. They're more like crowder peas. I've never seen anything like them. You could let these dry and store them as dry beans as well.

[@ericboutwell3413]

Do you know where I could get some of those pea seeds

[@LazyDogFarm]

We might have a few extra, but I'd like to do a bigger growout so we could put them on our site.

[@Chris-bx4vk]

I'm struggling with light requirements.. What's the easiest/best performing greens/veggies for low light in your area? My kales going so slow. Maybe I'll try rutabaga!

[@chiefcuster]

Pok choi and rutabaga have amazed me with how fast they grow.

[@tannenbaumgirl3100]

Those look like Quickpick Pinkeye Purple Hull Peas.

[@tannenbaumgirl3100]

You violated every application instruction with regards to personal protection PPE. Also, it doesn't say how soon you can consume the vegetable after spraying. This is a potent insecticide (3A) - moderately Toxic, so precautions should be followed.

[@xxx-je4gk]

Would you have to respray this after rain?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I try not to spray if rain is imminent. That way it can do its job and then if we get rain a week later, no big deal. That's easier said that done, obviously. If you've got a period of rainy days, it can be tough.

[@nicoletynes5975]

TRAVIS WHATS THE NAME OF THE CLIMBING HEIRLOOM FIELD PEA CALLED ? Thanks

[@LazyDogFarm]

It didn't really have a name, but we started calling it "Tennessee Purple Pea." I've never seen them anywhere online. Someone sent them to us.

[@albert1437]

Pork. Mac cheese

[@kenriley7159]

Anyone seeing a need to add something like neem oil to that Azera to fight pests?

[@LazyDogFarm]

I haven't seen a need to use Neem since we started using Azera.

[@sonnyamoran7383]

Where can we get some of those peas?

[@LazyDogFarm]

Working on it.

[@sonnyamoran7383]

@@LazyDogFarm thank you. In 9b, central Florida, I can get 2 rounds of peas for sure. But I'm going to try a 3rd round next year. Would love for those to be in it next year.

[@sgturn1500]

How do i get some of those Tenn hill peas

[@LazyDogFarm]

We hope to have more on our site early next year.

[@Justme-sb8mn]

If I don’t have enough beneficial insects then don’t wait to spray. Organic only and never spray when bees are out and about

[@plsjones]

I have already cooked two pots of rutabaga, broccoli and cauliflower greens. They are so good! You picked yours a little closer than I did. That means I can have them again soon. 😊