Yes, that's a wheelbarrow full of turnip greens. These turnips did not produce substantial roots. We got some, but nothing like the giant softball-sized monster turnips we had last year. I'm unsure if it was the variety of turnip or how I planted them. While I did thin them, they may have been too densely packed together. They produced impressive leaves.
I sold about $10 worth of other produce...dill, mint, and lettuce, mainly. Probably 15 or 16 people came by and got leafy greens on Saturday.
Today, I thinned the patch of brussels sprouts. I'm not really sure what I was thinking when I planted them, but there was less than an inch between most of the plants. Since the ending plant spacing on the packet called for 2 feet between plants, I must have been on crack when I placed that seed. A huge pile of thinnings resulted.
So, I was about to carry them to the compost pile, when I shoved a leaf in my mouth and chewed. It tasted good, so I whipped out my phone and googled, "can you eat brussels sprout leaves?" Survey says 'yes!' I quickly found a number of recipes for cooked brussels sprout leaves.
I washed them, plucked them off the stems, and cooked them up with garlic, olive oil, onions, salt, pepper, chicken broth, beer, hot sauce, and a little apple cider vinegar. They were good - Angelia and I both had seconds.
So, brussels sprout leaves are edible, and they taste good. Who knew?
sounds delicious!
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