big crop in NJ (lol)

larry@stinescorners · Dec 9, 2012

This is my harvest of brussel sprouts here in nj

JayinNY · Dec 9, 2012

I never like those until this summer! I decided to wrap them in foil, with olive oil, salt and pepper and cook them on the grill! Wife and I loved them, there about $2.99 a pound up here. Yours look good! Try grilling them!

JD Seller · Dec 9, 2012

Larry I guess they are good. I don't eat many things that are GREEN!!! I guess I am too much a meat and potatoes guy. A few salads are about it. The brussel sprouts, brussels and cauliflower are not my thing. My system would shut down with a shot of "health" food. LOL
I need the starch and cholesterol to keep me going.

Adirondack case guy · Dec 9, 2012

Larry,
I harvested my 6 brussel sprout plants last week also. I got 3 helpings for 2 people, about 110 little heads total. The plants did little until Aug, and then with moisture and cooler weather they took off. I also pulled the last of our parsnips. The wifey is making beef stew today, with all garden vegies. We harvested a second crop of carrots a month ago and I put them in an old cooler and packed them with sawdust, and stored in a cool place. They're nearly as fresh as when harvested.
Loren, the Acg.

The Red · Dec 9, 2012

Those look good for this late in the year.

Brian G. NY · Dec 9, 2012

They look real good! Our local vegetable farm had a lot of them this year and my wife bought quite a few stems. They were very mild; not strong like they sometimes are. We keep them in the garage where it's cool.
I can remember my wife's Granddad leaving his right out in the garden long after it had snowed. I guess they weren't harmed unless it got really cold.
It was a beautiful sight; all that bright green sticking up through the snow.

Dick2 · Dec 9, 2012

Can't eat those anymore. When the cardiologist put me on warfarin, he told me not to eat dark green vegetables as they contain Vitamin K that counteracts the warfarin and makes the blood thicker.

Traditional Farmer · Dec 9, 2012

Look good

Jim in Ma. · Dec 9, 2012

Looks like a good addition to any meal.

larry@stinescorners · Dec 9, 2012

I must tell you,I opened a jar of V8 juice,which we made by your advice,and it is great!This morning was the firsr I have tried it since we made it. Thank you for the recipe ,advice,and encouragement which you have provided on this great site... Larry

NW MO Poppers · Dec 9, 2012

I've never seen or grown brussel sprouts before. How to they grow? I assume they're not under ground, as they look too clean in the pics. Very interesting.

RickieBlue · Dec 9, 2012

Larry, Here in upstate New York, where the climate is similar to yours, I always used to have brussel sprouts with my New Years meal. I would leave them in the ground until New Years as they are a typical cole crop and won't freeze until much later in the winter. On a side note, if you pull em up and hang them where the temp goes down to 32.....they will freeze and rot! It was nice being able to say to company that we had fresh veggies out of the garden.

Mike (WA) · Dec 9, 2012

Mrs. and I eat them often- split in half, little olive oil in a skillet, season them and saute- good eatin'!

Grew some a couple years ago, but saw a lot of cabbage moths around them, and they got all "sticky and icky". Might try them again, with netting around them. We used to grow them when I was a kid, and I'd go out and cut off a "mess" of the appropriate size heads, could do that all winter, unless we got a cold snap (in the teens or single digits for a few days, almost never below 0)- those usually came from Alberta- courtesy of Lyle, I guess!

PJH · Dec 9, 2012

How do they grow? We usually buy the plants in early spring, but you can start them like you would cabbage, cauliflower, or broccoli. They like cooler spring/fall temps. Been a while since I've grown brussel sprouts, but I remember having to break the lower "limbs" off - they produce the little heads right against the stalk. Gotta fight the cabbage worms, but Sevin dust or spray will get 'em. Mighty good eatin', in my estimation. I'd think they'd grow good in NW MO.

Paul

Daryl in PA · Dec 9, 2012

The Mrs and mine's favorite veggie!

Dick · Dec 9, 2012

Now that is really strange. Several years back when I was on Warfarin my Dr. told me to eat lots of green vegetables. I did with no problem and was off Warfarin in a year. Makes me wonder, who was right?

bradley martin · Dec 9, 2012

Hi Loren; Here in Ontario, we usually leave most parsnips in the ground until spring.....seems to mellow them a bit and makes for good eatin' as soon as the frost is out of the ground.

samn40 · Dec 9, 2012

The most popular wine(?) at Christmas over here....."Aw Mum do I have to eat the Brussel Sprouts?"... I grow them and we don't even think of harvesting until Christmas or at least until we have had some frost, though this year they were starting to burst and we did pick some of the lower plants and freeze them. The rest are now coming ready to harvest. Christmas dinner wouldn't be the same without them.
Sam

Tony Vidlak · Dec 9, 2012

Larry them look very tasty, couple two or three dinners there for one person. Ive yet to meet a vegetable that I dont like and Im not a vegetarian I love my meat and potatoes just as much as the next guy.

Adirondack case guy · Dec 9, 2012

Brad,
My Dad always did that, but I have raised beds. When we have heavy snow, no problem, but with little to no snow like last year they got all mushy. Besides they are good sized and I like them. The wife has a beef stew on the stove cooling as I post, and it has some of the parsnips in it, and I have had two large side dishes of them in the last week.(I love my vegies) The rest I will put in the old cooler with the carrots and sawdust, and use as we desire. It works out well.
Loren, the Acg

donjr · Dec 9, 2012

Back about twenty years ago, I heard a thump out in the back of the house one night. I looked out and didn't see anything, so figured it was just something up in the woods. A while later, I heard another thump, and investigating, saw notheing. About an hour4 later, I heard a loud 'crash' in the basement. Looking down there, I discovered a head of cabbage had been thrown (?) throught the basement window. I was madder than all hail and grabbed my salt shells and shotgun and headed out the back door. The neighbors' kids have pulled this chit for the last time! I ran up towards the garden, shined the flashlight around and saw noone! But then, looking around, there was these cabbage heads all over the place. But I hadn't planted any. Took me a few minutes to figure out it was just the brussel sprouts falling off of the stalk and some of them were rolling down the hill......

ShadetreeRet · Dec 9, 2012

Good one! Don't believe I can top that right now.

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