We planted about eight chinese cabbages, grown from seed. Most of them we ate, even if we had to fight it out with the slugs for the meals. With the warming weather, however, a number of the cabbages bolted straight to seed. No matter, a good opportunity to seed save for next year. Like broccolini, [...]
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Chinese cabbage gone to seed
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged broccolini, chinese cabbage, seed saving, seeds, spring on September 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Snowpeas have bolted to seed
Posted in Growing our own food, tagged seed, seed saving, snow peas, spring on December 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Presumably due to the handful of scorching hot days, the snowpeas have decided to bolt to seed. We’ve had a reasonable number of edible pods, but once the they start to swell up (as in the photo above), the point of no return has been passed. All is not lost, and I’m going to save [...]
Broccolini going to seed
Posted in Growing our own food, tagged broccoli, broccolini, seed saving, winter on August 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
While we were away on holiday, the biggest of our broccolini plants bolted to seed. As you can see above, it’s quite a sight! This seemed like an ideal opportunity to practice our seed saving for the first time. Important tip: Reading up the Seed Savers Handbook, I discovered that broccoli is self-sterile. That is, [...]
