Meanwhile, back in the polytunnel…….
January 6, 2012
The weather was so nice today I that took a few minutes at lunch to absorb some sunshine out back.
(The previously frozen plants are pretty much fully recovered now.)
I was surprised how much the brussel sprouts had filled out in the last couple of weeks. Last year I never cut the lower leaves off and the sprouts were tiny (somehow I missed that recommendation).
Also, these have enjoyed the warmer, moist air and soil under the poly cover.
One plant had been strangled by the sugar snap peas that I removed a few days ago (bad layout idea) and is significantly smaller that the others. I’ll give it a chance now that it has some room.
Regardless, here are the two mediocre pictures that resulted:
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Behind cohutt's fence 
Home grown brussels sprouts don’t seem to have as many sprouts as the grocery store counterpart, do they? Seems like a lot of work for so few sprouts. Still, better than I accomplished while trying to grow sprouts last season.
True, but they are so good popped straight from the stem to the oven. This year was better than last, perhaps next year will be better as well.