Vegetable Garden

How are the gardens doing We are fortunate in that we have an abundance of water and our is doing very well. Last year had a horrible rabbit problem. This year, we make up a watering can full of water, fresh minced garlic and chilli powder. The mixture goes besides edibles like lettuce, spinach and over the peas and beans. So far lots of rabbit sightings, no damage!
 
I got a good crop of eggplant and peppers. The Roma tomatoes were plentiful, the others are still green and taking forever to ripen.
 
Anyone here grow Brussels sprouts? Going to try them for the first time this year...tips?

Boil them in chicken broth.

Do some snow peas too, you can also eat the shouts.


 
It is not too late to start some seeds and I would HIGHLY recommend Sun Gold cherry tomatoes! Unbeleiveably sweet!

However, I would stage your seed starting and planting by weeks. These thing go from green to ripe to bursting within a few days! You cannot eat them fast enough! So that is why I would stage them so your crop ripens over a period of weeks. They take only 60 days to ripen and produce late into the fall, right up until frost.

I have never planted and eaten such beautiful tasting tomatoes as these.
 
A good way to cook Brussels Sprouts is to sauté them in a 50/50 mixture of extra virgin olive oil and mustard. It may sound strange but it is delicious. The mustard has a strong enough flavor to complement the sprouts.
 
Yes, don't!

When you bite into a boiled brussels sprout, it tastes like biting into a fart!

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Agree with you about boiled sprouts but; show them some love!
Halve them,oven roast them till tender and browned.
Make a dressing of oil,vinegar,honey, chopped dates and walnuts,green onions and lemon zest.

Google Brussels sprouts dates sobeys. No more ewwwwww, fart. Compliments instead!
 
How are everyone's tomatoes doing? Mine are very nice. :)


I didn't plant much this year. But there's still time to plant radishes and (I think?) spinach. Never planted spinach before....
 
The tomatoes and peppers are doing nicely but are not ready to pick. The eggplant are ready to pick and are very good. Take an eggplant, zucchini, onion and red pepper, chop coarsely and sauté in olive oil for ten minutes. Delicious.
 
How are everyone's tomatoes doing? Mine are very nice. :)


I didn't plant much this year. But there's still time to plant radishes and (I think?) spinach. Never planted spinach before....
I'm growing a heritage variety called Stulpice, that came from the Evergreen Brickworks market. As promised they were red and pickable after 60 days, and very tasty, though smallish.