These cabbages are supposed to be small and perfect for intensive gardening which is why I tried them. We harvested the one on the left for last night's dinner and it was just the perfect size for us. I sauteed it up with some garlic, butter, onion flakes and salt and it was stellar. I was surprised that, like garden broccoli, it had a hint of sweetness to it that you don't get out of store broccoli or cabbage. I wonder if that's because of the size and variety or because it's not commercially grown.Either way I did it, and I'm as happy as a clam.
Happy Mother's Day!
They look REALLY good Ribbit. For some reason, I don't have much interest in growing green cabbage even though it's one of my favorite veggies. For some reason, I was always under the impression that it's a lot of work.
ReplyDeleteEEP! Cabbages! I have one of those growing too, but mine is some bigger cabbage whose name is eluding me. I'll call him Bob. I dont know when he's ready to harvest and i do worry about some sort of internal bug issue... but he's growing nicely, just like yours! Glad it tasted so good!
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ReplyDeletethey look absolutely wonderful!!! i've been eating the kale and brussel sprout 'sprouts' (from last summer's crop... sooooo delicious, sweet too probably because they are fresh and haven't been laying around in some store for weeks!!
ReplyDeletehappy mommy's day too...
Oh, terrific. It makes sense that since homegrown broccoli and kale are so good, homegrown cabbage would share that. The cole crops and all that. . .
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling more excitement over my cabbages this year. Last year the Golden Acre did very well for me, and it was sweet and not too large for our needs. This year I'm growing Gonzalez, along with the other, and the plants are way outperforming the Golden Acre, at least at this young stage. Birds are eating the outer leaves though, so I have silver curly ribbon tied to tomato cages all around them. I'm beginning to think it just attracts the birds, rather than repel them.
ReplyDeleteYay! That's fantastic. I never thought about growing some type of small cabbage for our gardening method. As a matter of fact, I don't recall ever seeing that variety of seed in the store. Where'sd you get them? I might try them myself this fall...
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone. I'm excited about it all, too.
ReplyDeleteEG, they're GOnzales. I'll send you some seeds so you can try them this fall.
Hey Ribbit do you just eat the inside (ball) part of it or do you use the whole outer leaves and all? and hey I'm a Gonzalez too :)
ReplyDeleteGabby, I just ate the center. I know some eat the outer leaves, but I stuck to what I knew and just used the inner part.
ReplyDeleteIt was stupid good. I've got a few more out there, but they've got some holes in the center and I'm terrified I'm going to find them stuffed with cabbage worms when I do pull them.
Thomas, it seems to have more pest problems than anything I have besides the squash and zucchini. Now I'm hooked on the taste an I'm going to have to hunt down row covers for the fall. I wonder if I can just drape the fabric over the plants or if they have to be hooped. I don't want those buggers crawling under the netting.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'll certainly give them a try....
ReplyDeleteWow, nice pair! Been taking any master gardener classes???
ReplyDeleteWill do, EG.
ReplyDeleteHA! Thanks, Dan. They can look real nice, but it doesn't mean they're without worms. Row covers are certainly in store for this fall.
I grew that variety last year and loved it. It was the perfect size for harvest, not like the five pound monsters I have trouble finishing.
ReplyDeleteHoops really help with row covers. They keep the row cover off the plants. Sometimes if it is really windy the cover can bash the young plants. You don't need to buy the expensive ones from the garden stores. All you have to do is buy a roll of 9 gauge wire from the hardware store. You can cut it to any length is good for your beds. I have some short ones (6' long) fro things like lettuce and spinach and some tall ones for my brassicas (8-10' long). The tall ones I put up by crossing two so they make an X in the middle. Then I tie with a twist tie. That makes them pretty sturdy. The 9 gauge wire isn't really sturdy enough otherwise for that length. You can use piping too. It is very sturdy. I don't use it because the wire is easy to store.
Beautiful cabbages! My family doesn't eat cabbage that much but I keep seeing it on blogs and it looks so pretty.
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