Hedge Sparrow enjoys Broccoli
There are four eggs in the nest which has been built in the sprouting broccoli plant. Click the image to enlarge it. Bird information can be found on Bird Table News.
Spring Cabbage Harvest in the Vegetable Garden.
The spring cabbage variety Offenham2 - Flower of Spring - is ready to harvest from the vegetable garden.
The patch has been covered with netting because the deer were eating the cabbage plants. The soft net has just been thrown over the plants, and this has kept the deer away. Read More »
broccoli cabbage harvest rotation soil sproutsEat Brussel Sprout Shoots
The Brussels sprout stalks have been stripped of their sprouts, but the tiny sprouts at the top of the stalk are starting to ‘blow’ and produce flowering shoots.
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Spring Cabbage Variety Offenham 2 - Flower of Spring
The Spring Cabbage Variety Offenham 2 - Flower of Spring - is growing well in the vegetable garden.
Purple Sprouting Broccoli is ready to Harvest
The Purple Sprouting Broccoli in the vegetable garden is ready to harvest now.
How to Sow F1 Hybrid Cabbage Seed in 10 steps
F1 Hybrid cabbage seeds are very expensive per seed, so these ten steps on how to sow will avoid wastage of seed because they will not have to be thinned out, and each plant will be able to grow fat & stubby, so that it is easy to transplant.
1. Read the instructions on the back of the packet.
2. Rake the soil to create a seed bed with a crumb structure Read More »
Grow clubroot resistant varieties in the vegetable garden.
Club Root, a devastating disease which attacks brassicas, can be overcome by growing resistant varieties.
Clubroot attacks the roots of brassicas. Deformed, swollen roots lead to stunted, poorly developed plants. Read More »
biological control cabbage disease plant vegetable gardenRemove Sprout Tops from Brussel’s Sprout Stalks
The sprout top is the growing point at the top of a brussels sprout stalk.
The top can be broken off with a sharp twisting action.
The process of removing the tops is often called ’stopping the sprouts’ as it stops the elongation of the stalk and causes all the sprouts to equalise.
How to Pick Brussels Sprouts
Brussels Sprouts start to develop at the bottom of the main stalk first. Then the sprouts further up the stalk start to grow, and the last to develop are those sprouts at the top of the stalk. Read More »
Cabbage - structure and uses
Cabbage is a brassica with thickened, overlapping leaves on the terminal bud of the plant. When the cabbage is cut in half, the structure of the bud can be seen.
Cabbage is usually eaten cooked, but sometimes it is eaten fresh in coleslaw. Cabbage may be pickled in sauerkraut.
cabbage vegetable garden
