This week brought us our very first broccoli ever, what is possibly the very last of the tomatoes, a few shallots and a little bit of kale. The winter veggies are starting to look good in the wagons, though it'll be a while until we're harvesting big quantities :-)
Our journey to producing more and consuming less on 1/8 acre in the middle of the city. Urban farming, through keeping backyard chickens and a top bar hive of honey bees, practicing organic vegetable gardening, taking care of several fruit trees, maintaining a compost pile, canning and preserving our harvests and trying our best to do it all ourselves using reclaimed materials where possible.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Harvest Monday
This week brought us our very first broccoli ever, what is possibly the very last of the tomatoes, a few shallots and a little bit of kale. The winter veggies are starting to look good in the wagons, though it'll be a while until we're harvesting big quantities :-)
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Oh, yes! That was really nice broccoli:)
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Charlotta
Cesar's Garden in Sweden
Your broccoli looks great! I'm sure that you enjoyed every bite!
ReplyDeleteThis has been the worst year I have ever had for broccoli & cauliflower. I'm just going to have to enjoy looking at yours.
Congrats on that broccoli! Our tomatoes are hanging on too, but I think this week the weather will get them.
ReplyDeleteThe broccoli looks delicious! Ours is done for the season so it will be a while for us before fresh broccoli is back on the menu - but thankfully we have quite a bit of it in the freezer to enjoy through the winter.
ReplyDeleteNice that you finally got the broccoli and really enjoyed it. I noticed a few side shoots on my broccoli that I have pulled yet but not sure there is even enough for one serving sense our season is over.
ReplyDeleteI love the photo of broccoli on a stump. Contrast of colors, the living and the dead.
ReplyDeleteGood job on the broccoli! I've only grown it in the spring, and get very frustrated with it's ability to attract aphids and low productivity. Which variety are you trying?
ReplyDeleteMMMmmm... I'm still a couple weeks from my first head of broccoli and it's looking small. I'm jealous. Congrats on your first head!
ReplyDeleteYay for broccoli and those last few tomatoes look pretty good too.
ReplyDeleteLooks tasty!!!
ReplyDeleteVery clever, broccoli on the tree stump, love the photo. Home grown broccoli taste so much better than store bought.
ReplyDeleteThat top photo was kale? Very nice. I grow Lacinato and Scotch Blue Curled, which have very different taste and texture. Don't know your variety. What is it?
ReplyDeleteCharlotta - Thank you!!!
ReplyDeleteRobin - Thank you! Sorry to hear you had a bad year for broccoli and cauliflower! Do you have any clues as to what happened???
Dave - Thanks! Ahhh...the last tomatoes! I hope they were fantastic! We just ate what I think will be our very last ones :-(
kitsapFG - I WISH we had enough for freezing! This was my first shot at broccoli to see how it would even do! I think I'll definitely plant more next year!
wilderness - Thank you! Even a little broccoli is better than none!
Zev - Thank you! I thought the contrast was nice, too! It was a happy accident ;-)
Brie - Yeah...those aphids love brassicas! I'm growing DiCiccio :-)
Barbie - Thanks! Keep your eyes open, mine went from small to huge in the matter of a couple of days (they're under the plastic in the Wagon, so I didn't even notice)!
Liz - Thank you! The tomatoes were perfect on Nachos!
Phoebe - Thanks!
Norma - Thank you! It was a good shot :-)
Lou Murray - Yes! I am a new lover of kale (never tasted it until early this year)! It is Red Russian! I am also growing Red Winter :-)