The last gasps of my garden

Hi- Greens like kale and collards and mustard greens survive when it gets down below 20. One year I picked collards in my garden in January.

When I was getting ready to leave the garden I rent from the city of Evanston on Saturday, I opened up one of the garden waste carts to throw away the plants I pulled from my garden. I immediately spotted a bunch of kale plants that had just been thrown in there, and still had lots of kale free for the picking. The person that threw away the plants, picked a few leaves for herself, and just assumed that nobody would want the rest of them. As I was digging out the kale plants, her friend threw in a swiss chard plant, which I immediately grabbed. As I was walking to my car with a half bushel of free greens, I told her to leave them out on the picnic table next time, and somebody would take them home. I also told her that chard and kale would last until at least December 1st in her garden. Hope this helps, Nancy