Feed me Seymour!

Possibly the closest thing I've grown resembling Audrey 2.

This is a beautiful Danish Cabbage growing in my front yard. It has thick and crispy yellow green leaves, with hints of purples.

Cabbage

All winter, I have been picking off the oldest damaged leaves from the undersides, and this seemed to promote new growth from the center. It also strengthens the stem the to cabbage can hold more weight in the head.

The cold rain is doing a good job of detering aphids, although I did find some recently on a sunny day, so I flicked them off and spritzed the leaves with soapy water to be extra safe. To find the aphids, look closely between the folds of the inner leaves. They look for spots best protected from the wind and rain.

This might be as big as the heads get before they bolt. Perhaps I should harvest the biggest one, and leave the rest to form seeds.

Front Yard Patch

On the one side all the cabbage is growing. On the other side was meant to be more root vegetables such as carrot, turnip, and radish. The root crops, although still bearing greens, the bulbs are completely torn up with bite marks and worm holes.

To make the area seem less like a vacant battlefield, I recently transplanted parsley. It tends to transplant well this time of year when the roots are strong and new leaves are constantly pushing out. I'm hoping parsley scent will help deter some pests.

Wall Garden

More ravaged radishes over here. Added a few more parsley plants to this area also, as pictured below.

A couple of raddichio plants have survived and gone purple. Last year I harvested a raddichio to the root stem, and it never grew back. These really take a couple years before they become large enough to harvest, as the root has to become large in order to sustain lots of red leaves in winter.

Brussels Sprouts

Below, the Brussels Sprouts plants were also have a small infection from the aphids, especially now that flower buds are beginning to form at the top. So I gave this the soapy water treatment, and the problem is gone.

These plants I have been growing for about four years now. They keep getting taller and more aggressive.

This is about as big as my brussels sprouts heads ever get until they pop open.

I know I'm breaking a lot of rules here. You're supposed to uproot and start over with a new crop every season, but I think it is easier to keep the same plant going year after year if it is still strong.

Younger plants often get eaten by everything before I get a turn, however an older plant has fewer dangers.

Thyme

When the new green leaves appear on thyme, it is a bit magical. Something about the minty yellow leaves appearing as crowns over the winter blue old leaves has a regenerative energy I really enjoy.

Of course I grow mine as a #bonsai tree, less than a foot high. Every few months I prune it back so it isn't such a mess of broom branches, and encourage the twisty twigs to branch outward at various levels.

In spring we can expect small star flowers.

Conclusion

Thank you for viewing my short article detailing what's growing in my yard.

I look forward to sharing more as the weather brightens up.

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