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| Fifty-cell tray of Deadon cabbage plants and Kailaan broccoli seedings. |
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| They are a little bit root-bound, but I have seen worse. |
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| There is a lot of bare dirt and not much plant after putting them in on 21" by 42" spacing. |
I ended up with two rows of 12 cabbages and one row of about 24 Kailaan and one 24' long row of bush beans.
Total time-on-task of 2 hours. I still have room for two more, 24' long rows.
This was a good day for tilling/cultivating/weeding. The soil moisture was right at the Goldilocks level where it did not compact but there was enough moisture to make it easy to work with. That gives me today and tomorrow to weed since rain is predicted for Wednesday.
How do keep worms off the broccoli? I used to grow it, but could never get rid of all the worms. One year a woodchuck or two ate all of it, and one year deer got some, I think. I gave up.
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Good news! And now if the rain is nice and gentle...
ReplyDeleteThat would be a lot of cabbage for my family. Do you make sauerkraut with it?
ReplyDeleteOne of the benefits of belonging to a large, Catholic family is that I have a ready outlet for any surplus.
DeleteCut cabbage into 8 wedges that all include a section of the stem to hold it together.
Pat the cut surfaces with bacon grease, olive oil or your favorite kind of shortening.
Sprinkle with sea salt, garlic and black pepper to your taste.
Broil, flip, broil other side to your taste.
Serve.