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My first harvest for a few months!
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My first harvest for a few months!
Harvested my broccoli today, first thing I've gotten out of my garden for a few months and it was my first ever broccoli.

It was about 16cms (6 1/2") across and weighed 405g (about 14oz).
The pet mice are now enjoying a couple of the small leaves that I cut off!

Noticed that a couple of the big leaves have a purple central vein too, very cool!



It was about 16cms (6 1/2") across and weighed 405g (about 14oz).
The pet mice are now enjoying a couple of the small leaves that I cut off!

Noticed that a couple of the big leaves have a purple central vein too, very cool!

ericam-
Posts : 283
Join date : 2012-01-27
Age : 46
Location : Grenfell, NSW, Australia
Re: My first harvest for a few months!
That's such a neat broccoli - I've seen it advertised in the Territorial Seed co. catalog.
Congrats on your first ever broccoli!
Congrats on your first ever broccoli!
Re: My first harvest for a few months!
That's an amazing looking broccoli. I'd want to stick it in a vase and use it as a flower it's so pretty.
CC
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CapeCoddess- Posts : 6824
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Location : elbow of the Cape, MA, Zone 6b/7a
Re: My first harvest for a few months!
Lol CC! It is rather pretty, that's why I picked that variety, why grow the boring stuff you can buy in the shops?!
I also have a purple cauliflower growing so I can't wait to see what that looks like.
Over summer I'll also go back to the purple carrots and I bought red and yellow ones too which my 7yo son is dying to try!

I also have a purple cauliflower growing so I can't wait to see what that looks like.
Over summer I'll also go back to the purple carrots and I bought red and yellow ones too which my 7yo son is dying to try!
ericam-
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Re: My first harvest for a few months!
that is COOOOL looking! congrats!
southern gardener- Posts : 1887
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Re: My first harvest for a few months!
I've been a bit busy lately so I hadn't been back to update, the broccoli was yummy! This was the first night, just lightly steamed, it looked so colourful I had to take a pic. The rest of it got eaten bit by bit, raw in salads and was good both ways.

This was my other recent harvest and I made a spinach, feta and leek quiche. No pics of that, it was so yummy that it disappeared very quickly.

44" root to tip, pretty impressed with that for a first attempt at growing leeks. Mind you, the rest of them aren't as big as that one, probably as tall but not as fat.


This was my other recent harvest and I made a spinach, feta and leek quiche. No pics of that, it was so yummy that it disappeared very quickly.

44" root to tip, pretty impressed with that for a first attempt at growing leeks. Mind you, the rest of them aren't as big as that one, probably as tall but not as fat.

ericam-
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Re: My first harvest for a few months!
Hooray! All of mine got eaten by something else before I got any so I am glad you get to enjoy yours!! Way to start off the springtime!
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Re: My first harvest for a few months!
I've seen that broccoli variety advertised, but never grew any. I'm glad to hear its tasty. It'll be something new to try next year among my cool weather plants.
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