{"id":2475,"date":"2019-11-05T15:06:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/?p=2475"},"modified":"2019-11-05T15:17:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:17:37","slug":"broccoli-brussel-sprouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/broccoli-brussel-sprouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Year End Broccoli and Brussel Sprout Harvesting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><p>Now that the cold weather is here and a frost has pretty\nmuch eliminated most of the garden I now am focusing on harvesting broccoli and\nbrussel sprouts.&nbsp; I also have a couple of\nkale plants which I may start harvesting, but they were planted later than my\nbroccoli and may not get big enough to pick before a ground freeze occurs.&nbsp; &nbsp;Strawberries\nare also done and they are now covered with straw for the winter along with my\nrhubarb.<\/p><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before I get into the fall harvests I just want to mention\nthe eggplants that were picked a couple of weeks ago before the frost came to\nmy garden.&nbsp; A little more than a half a\ndozen of them were picked and with all the plants I grew I was able to get\nquite a few of them in total.&nbsp; This was\nthe last eggplant harvest of the season and was not a small one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3736-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"the last eggplant harvest for 2019\" class=\"wp-image-2476\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3736-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3736-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3736-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3736-700x467.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Broccoli plants this season are growing well and are\nproducing large to medium heads along with decent sized side shoots.&nbsp; Once the head is cut the side shoots are what\nyou are looking for and those will be used for many different things.&nbsp; I have only cut a couple of them this year at\nthe moment, but I will have others that I need to cut during the week.&nbsp; The first head I cut is one of the largest\nones this year.&nbsp; Hopefully I will get\nmore big heads, but as long as they continue to produce I will be happy with\nthat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3829-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Large broccoli head\" class=\"wp-image-2477\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3829-1024x683.jpg 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