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Bookhenge: First-time gardener, not-too-sure about this ;-)
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Bookhenge: Collards to harvest . . .
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Bookhenge: Yikes! Collard bolting! Not tasty once they flower.
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Bookhenge: First task is to pull up the bolting collards . . .
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Bookhenge: Piece-of-cake!
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Bookhenge: I can do this with one hand.
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Bookhenge: Hmmmm maybe two hands.
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Bookhenge: Maybe three hands . . .
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Bookhenge: Nope, this is a four-hand collard.
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Bookhenge: There she comes!!!
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Bookhenge: Success!
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Bookhenge: Oh, no. More bolting collards!!!
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Bookhenge: Harvesting leaves is easy!
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Bookhenge: Leaf-by-leaf fills the basket . . .
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Bookhenge: A basket full of collard leaves . . .
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Bookhenge: To the kitchen with a little help from a Handbell parent volunteer . . . Handbell???
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Bookhenge: That's right. Handbells. The Capital Area Young Ringers Festival 2019!
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Bookhenge: Very serious musicians . . .
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Bookhenge: Meanwhile, in the kitchen . . .
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Bookhenge: Prepping collards to cook . . .
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Bookhenge: Strip from the stem . . .
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Bookhenge: Also, separate the small leaves from the large -- larger leaves take longer to cook
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Bookhenge: Collard Fest, here we come!
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Bookhenge: Meanwhile, back in the garden . . .
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Bookhenge: Wise decision to cover beds ready to plant . . .
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Bookhenge: Carrots successfully planted . . .
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Bookhenge: But those tiny seeds don't make it easy!!!
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Bookhenge: Planting sugar snaps . . .
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Bookhenge: Teamwork
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Bookhenge: Time to take out the holey boards . . .