alien growths

They say kids these days don't know where their food comes from.  They've never seen a farm or a garden, only commercials.
"It comes from the store!"

I thought I was pretty versed in the basics.  I knew that chicken, the meat, came from chicken, the animal, and probably from a farm.  Yesterday, I was out wandering the food forest (the backyard garden) when I saw for the first time...

Brussel sprouts growing!  I had no idea they looked like that.  Last time we planted brussel sprout seeds, cabbages came up.  I think there was a mix-up at Seedy Saturday.  

It's one of those vegetables that you either love or hate, but I enjoy them and I'm looking forward to trying them out.

lovely cabbage

She came from the cabbage patch.  I feel like this is a good environment to bring her up in.

Somehow I ended up dragging her in a lap around the mall a couple weeks ago.  I was looking for boots (for myself).  I never found what I wanted, I'm so particular.  I felt bad, that I didn't want her to spend too much of her childhood getting trained to consume, so I got her back to the garden as soon as I could.

It always seems easier to shop than say, make saurkraut, but I swear it's worth it.  Tonight, I finally pummelled that cabbage into a jar with some salt and caraway seeds.  Now it's covered in water.  Wish me luck on the ferment.

Dreaming of Griswold

The last of the Christmas lights came down today.  In the end, for safety reasons, we ripped them down.