I missed my chance! / myLot

United Kingdom

December 12, 2022 5:24pm CST

The last few weeks have been so ridiculously mild that it was far more like September. I was lulled into a false sense of security. I picked the last few tomatoes in November! This is unheard of! So I foolishly thought I didn’t need to rush to gather all the produce from the garden. I have been busy enough with all sorts of things and I figured the last few vegetables would keep where they were. That was a big mistake because now temperatures have plummeted. Yes the last parsnips and beetroot will still keep as they are – they will have to in fact because with the ground frozen hard I can’t dig them up! At least I can still get to the Brussels sprouts. All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2022.

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@DaddyEvil (174208)

• United States

13 Dec 22

I'm guessing the Brussels sprouts must have been volunteer. Nobody would plant those on purpose.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (54714)

• United States

13 Dec 22

I love them.

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@DaddyEvil (174208)

• United States

13 Dec 22

@Tampa_girl7 I'm so sorry.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (54714)

• United States

13 Dec 22

@DaddyEvil You just might enjoy mine. I cook them with bacon, Splenda brown sugar and a bit of black pepper.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

13 Dec 22

This weather is driving us all crazy. We have to stop planning anything and do it by ear.

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Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

13 Dec 22

It's hard to do that with growing things though isn't it, because you have to plan ahead!

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

13 Dec 22

And I made exactly the same mistake. I picked up the last tomatoes from a plant on the balcony the past week. I noticed some hot peppers in the garden, not yet red. Now they are gone.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

13 Dec 22

@Fleura I am going to pick up those hot peppers and see if I can save them.

Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

13 Dec 22

That's a shame. At least root vegetables will store OK in the ground.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Dec 22

I can't get my head around vegetables frozen in the ground. I freeze mine in the freezer part of the fridge.

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Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

13 Dec 22

It's definitely easier to get them out of there

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

13 Dec 22

Pre-refridgerated veggies. Sounds like a time saver!

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Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

13 Dec 22

Unfortunately not neatly cut up first!

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

14 Dec 22

@Fleura That is the next step on the GM front!

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

13 Dec 22

How nice to have brussels sprouts in the garden.

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Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

13 Dec 22

It is handy having them there, although much easier if I remember to go and pick some before it gets dark!

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

13 Dec 22

@Fleura I have always enjoyed them. Never had them fresh.

BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (51811)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

13 Dec 22

I still have a few carrots in the ground but the ones I pulled the other day were so small. Nice parsnips. I planted some last year but they never came up.

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Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

13 Dec 22

I love parsnips but they are tricky. They take so long to germinate that by the time you realise not many have grown it's too late to sow any more. One year I sowed a row of seeds and got only three plants - but the parsnips were HUGE! And they were not nasty and woody either, they were really good! This year the results were a bit more normal. I can't grow carrots though, I don't think they like our heavy soil.

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