My rain soaked allotment trip on Sunday was not only productive but I managed to come home with some delicious homegrown goodies for our Sunday roast. The flower sprouts have done brilliantly this year and there are still 3 stalks left to harvest, all full to the brim with these yummy little kalettes. A mixture between sprouts and kale and full of vitamins, they have been one the easiest things to grow this year and provided me with lots of harvests. I decided to cut a whole stalk to take home with me, we were feeding 5 adults and the spare sprouts can easily be put in the fridge for a few days.
I was not only excited to be harvesting a crop in the depths of Winter but it was also the first time that I could properly use the new knife my boyfriend bought for me a few weeks ago. I’ve had my eye on the Opinel saw No.12 for a while now and thought it would come in handy up the allotment, I wasn’t wrong! I already own both the pruning and original No.8 knives so this was a welcome addition to the family, you can never have too many knives and I highly recommed every gardener to carry one around in their pocket at all times. You never know when you might need to cut some string, prune a rose bush or harvest flower sprouts! The saw cut through the thick stalk with such ease and I carried my tree of flower sprouts home as proudly as carrying a new born baby!
P.S I can’t leave without sharing my other news with you… my purple sprouting broccoli is finally starting to sprout and I am so unbelievably happy about it! I may have done a crazy allotment lady dance when I first saw it… thank goodness no one else was there to see me!
4 thoughts on “Flower Sprouts for Supper”
Do you dance in your wellies?
On very rare occasions!
I’m so glad you posted a pic of the entire plant. I’ve been intrigued by your handfuls of those pretty little flower sprouts, but had no idea what the heck they were! I will definitely be looking to plant some of them next fall if I can find some. My Brussels Sprouts are still not producing and we haven’t had much cold weather this winter. ( I’m a bit south of Atlanta, Georgia). Today was 80 degrees Fahrenheit! A lot of my brassicas have bolted or soon will. I keep trying though 😃. I don’t have wellies, but I have Joules, with the Union Jack on them! I not only dance…. I talk to my plants as well. Love, love, love your posts!
I’m so glad you like my blog posts and I used to have the same wellies! Unfortunately they split and that was the end of them
Sounds like you are having a bit of trouble with your sprouts but it might be because of the weather… We get a lot of rain here in the UK which helps a little. Although my Dad had terrible sprouts last year… Mother nature is a crazy thing! Don’t stop trying though and never ever stop talking to your plants 