My new favorite veggie.

I wanted to do a post for everyday of this month, well, I have had sick kids over the weekend, so I am a little behind…hope you don’t mind if I do more than one post in the next few days.

In all the years I have planted a garden I have never grown broccoli. I figured why go to all the work and use all the space for a plant that will be harvested once, and will barely feel my family in that one harvesting

Well, I am a Ding Dong

This spring I got this book and started to read it. It is my all time favorite, this is where I get a lot of my homesteading ideas…

Purchase this book.

and I saw this little blurb in the margin one day.

That is why I am a Ding Dong. I just assumed that you could only get one harvest out of a broccoli plant, I didn’t think to actually research it!

So I decided this year I was going to plant broccoli, and I am so glad I did!

I have have numerous harvest from my six plants, and I plan on planting more next year so I can freeze some for the winter.

This is the basket I picked on Thursday of last week, I can’t believe it is the end of November, and the night temperatures are in the 30’s and I am still harvesting!

(see those pretty yellow flowers, that is a stalk of broccoli that got away from me and bloomed, isn’t it pretty!)

While I was out there I snagged the eggs that my chickens had laid that day. I find so much satisfaction in providing my own food.

5 thoughts on “My new favorite veggie.”

Wow, I cant believe you are still getting broccoli. That is so awsome!! We do broccoli in our garden too, its very easy to freeze!

Pshaw, my broccoli did lousy! And I’m STILL jealous about the eggs. But I’m also loving the fact that I’m still harvesting. I wish I’d planted some spinach in September because I’d be enjoying it now. The swiss chard and kale will do for this year though.

You’re amazing, growing your own garden and even collecting eggs! I wish we lived in a place where we could have chickens again. It IS a good feeling to be self reliant. Keep going….I love to hear about your homesteading practices!

My kids love broccoli! I am adding this to my list of things to plant when we finally buy a house.

Oh-I really have wanted chickens but it just isn’t going to happen where we live now. Not enough room and I don’t want chicken poop all over the yard that is left. (we have four BIG garden boxes so I can’t complain) In AZ right now my broccoli is just getting going–keep sharing your homestead ideas. I love it.

Jill on November 24, 2008 at 3:53 pm said:

Wow, I cant believe you are still getting broccoli. That is so awsome!! We do broccoli in our garden too, its very easy to freeze!
SuburbanZoo on November 24, 2008 at 8:41 pm said:

Pshaw, my broccoli did lousy! And I’m STILL jealous about the eggs. But I’m also loving the fact that I’m still harvesting. I wish I’d planted some spinach in September because I’d be enjoying it now. The swiss chard and kale will do for this year though.
Patty B. on November 25, 2008 at 5:10 am said:

You’re amazing, growing your own garden and even collecting eggs! I wish we lived in a place where we could have chickens again. It IS a good feeling to be self reliant. Keep going….I love to hear about your homesteading practices!
Charlotte on November 25, 2008 at 5:19 am said:

My kids love broccoli! I am adding this to my list of things to plant when we finally buy a house.
Marilyn on November 25, 2008 at 8:31 pm said:

Oh-I really have wanted chickens but it just isn’t going to happen where we live now. Not enough room and I don’t want chicken poop all over the yard that is left. (we have four BIG garden boxes so I can’t complain) In AZ right now my broccoli is just getting going–keep sharing your homestead ideas. I love it.