I spent some time yesterday clearing out some 'old' plants to make way for some new ones. I had a bed of brussel sprouts that I had eaten all the sprouts from but left the plants in the bed.
I was then able to use all the leaves from the sprouts tops in a similar way to cabbage. I've now cut it all up & frozen it in bags. Each bag has four portions in it, so will do us for a meal. I managed to fill 20 bags up yesterday, so that should keep us going for a while. Last night we had some cooked with leeks at tea-time. It's also good stir fried with some garlic.
Here's what it looked like on the chopping board -
All I need to do now is get on with planting the potatoes in the bed I took the sprouts from!
interesting - what do they taste like? are they kinda bitter?
ReplyDeleteNo - they are not at all bitter. They are like cabbage, but probably less strong.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know you could eat the leaves too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful garden you must have, I just love your blog! Great idea here and with the leek sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteNice ..I have never had the leaves of Brussel sprouts...they look similar to kale.
ReplyDeleteI love greens!
Yes, they are v similar to kale. Having some more tonight with our Sunday Dinner.
ReplyDeleteHow cool to make good use of all the parts of the brussel sprouts. I haven't tried growing them for awhile, because after one OK crop, any others I've tried were eaten by cabbage worms. Do you use row covers? I should try that. I do grow kale, and seem to have enough for us and the critters.
ReplyDeleteSo, tell me about tea time. I was thinking it was more of a snack than a meal. What time do you have it, and then what about supper?
that's a great tip! I shall remember that. I like the fact that anyhing not used goes on the compost too, it means that if it doesn't feed me it's goodness will "feed" the soil eventually! ;)
ReplyDeleteWas so pleased to read this on your blog! We found a perfectly fine Brussels sprouts stalk under the snow when we shoveled it away from the garden, as well as a small cabbage and they were just fine. Discarded in autumn, rejoiced over in spring))).
ReplyDeleteThank you also for visiting my blog and for your excellent advice.
Thanks for a good read i like so much i read nearly every day i will rember to use my leaves of sprouts later this year just planted some seeds and dug over one of my new raised beds happy gardeing from Linda
ReplyDeleteI just planted some new sprouts a couple of weeks ago too. Although my sprouts weren't great last year, with the amount of leaves I could use, they were worth doing. I am trying some different ones this time, so who knows? Thanks for reading the blog!
ReplyDeleteCorner Gardener Sue - thanks for your comments. I don't use anything to cover the rows and didn't have many probs. At one point there were some caterpillars on, but I checked daily and took any off as eggs, by just wiping the leaves.
ReplyDeleteAs for tea time, for me that's our evening meal (called dinner by some).
farawayme - thanks. I like to compost, it gives you a good feeling (and saves some money too!)
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