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plants 'n pots
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I cannot believe that I harvested this today - January 3rd!!!
In a cotton shirt no less!!!
In the middle of winter after having had 2 major snowstorms and a hard freeze [nutz] [dunno] [thumb]


veggies!!!

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Whoa! Those are beeyooteeful! Lemme get the cookpot & some butter [thumb] [thumb]

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Some veggies taste better after the
weather turns cold....
Like carrots..........under ground stuff.....
Weezie

They look nice, good color!

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Weezie

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done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2

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IF i were the kind to like brussel sprouts, those would look really good! the very weird weather is somthing else, has my body clock off and that of my plants... however, at least yyou got some veggies out of it! [thumb]
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They say to start your brussel sprouts seeds inside and put out 7 weeks before the first freeze is due and do not harvest until after the first frost [thumb]

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BRAVO... The cold only makes good sprouts better, wish I could find a pic that I have of 4 plants standing with the first snow on them, it was a awesome shot, really nice lookers there , bet they were GOOOOOOD [grin]
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We ate the brussel sprouts with dinner tonight -
they were yummy! [Love]

I steamed some for my husband and me, and my daughter ate them fresh since she prefers her veggies uncooked. I only wish we had more! Two other stalks didn't produce sprouts of any size - I think they were too shaded by the leaves of this one. I plan on enlarging that garden this year so hopefully we'll get more next time.

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Okay... it's almost 3 months after I posted about harvesting these brussel sprouts in the middle of winter. Now that it is finally warming up - 70F here today and very humid, I took a look and one of the stalks I cut back in January is growing from the bottom, and one that I didn't harvest because it had minimal sprouts on it is now growing like gangbusters!

What do I do with these now? [dunno]
Do I let them continue to grow? [dunno]
I planted 12 peat pots of brussel sprouts seeds last week, and they actually started to sprout the day after sowing! [nutz]

growing from bottom of harvested stalk

growing all along the unharvested stalk and the bottom

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