Growing and eating Brussels sprouts…

Growing them is considerably harder than eating them.

I planted Brussels sprouts in mid Spring.  It is now late

Autumn and they were still very tiny- my sprouts.

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But my husband was done with gardening and just wanted to clean

out the area.  So I had to harvest what was there.

And this…

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is what was there.  Very small sprouts.

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Very, very small sprouts.  The three large ones were at the top of the

plants and perhaps should not even have gotten into the mix.

But I wanted Brussels sprouts that I had grown- so I picked all the tiny ones.

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And cooked them with onions and garlic in butter.

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Then mixed them with Basmati rice.

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They were very mild.  This is the first time Frank has ever liked Brussels

sprouts-  I was kind of disappointed- but – I DID grow them and he DID

eat them- so that was a success?  Right?

Baby Brussels sprouts with Basmati rice- another try for a meatless meal.

12 thoughts on “Growing and eating Brussels sprouts…

  1. Hello Heidi – I am a newbie at growing sprouts too and this year we are growing an exotic new version called flower sprouts which are a cross between a kale and a sprout and supposed to be less stinky than the regular ones. At this point in time they are still quite small. I have no idea how big they are supposed to get. Brian says that sprouts need a good frost on them, whatever that means, and he reckons they don’t harvest home grown ones in the UK until end November/December. I see big ones in the shops though but maybe they are grown elsewhere in Europe for the UK market. Baby veggies are very delicious always though, but I can understand your disappointment. I will let you know how our first (and prob last) attempt at sprout growing turns out xx Jo

  2. I’m so glad to hear this, Joanna!
    I have had great hopes for these sprouts- we had to cage them up to keep the deer form eating them- and I have been watching them grow taller and taller without putting out any sprouts! Finally, the little guys started appearing and I kept promising Frank that he could pull them out of the garden in November- I bought them as much time as I could- but Frank likes to clean out the garden by October and these guys were just taking too long for him!
    There were quite a few on only 3 plants- but since they were so little it didn’t end up much.
    I probably won’t plant them again- although I’m thankful I got a little something off of them, anyway. I hope your sprouts give you more produce and satisfaction.

  3. I’ve given up growing them Heidi! I’m the only one in the house who will eat them, and I usually eat too much and give myself stomach cramps in the process. But I DO love them so much, and yours look very delicious. I was told recently that the correct spelling is actually Brussels with an “s” (I’d always spelt it without the capital OR s) – as that’s where they originated from.

  4. Interesting that you mention that, Celia, as I’ve been carefully ignoring the red squiggly line indicating a misspelling. And I had that thought but was not interested enough to google or wiki it!
    Jordan likes them and I do- but now Jordan has moved out- I am working on Frank. Working hard on Frank-“We grew these, darling, you really should give them a go.”
    “No, you don’t like them? Well, eat them anyway- they are so very good for you.”
    ” Quit complaining and just eat a couple then. This is all I made for dinner!”

    • Brydie-
      The idea of Frank as a vegetarian would be a miracle.
      He would rather have an all-meat meal than just veg- but – he does need to try to eat some.
      They were very good.
      And very small.
      🙂

  5. So sorry to hear that these didn’t grow well for you. I’m always tempted to grow my own because I see tons of them at the farmer’s markets here! Maybe one day I’ll try them, too.

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