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keith bellinger wrote:

> A cabbage, a broccoli and several Brussels sprouts have survived our 
> winter and I am thinking of leaving them for seed. Have any of you 
> southerners done this? What can I expect? I have had broccoli go to seed 
> in the fall before and saved seed from it but the others?
>
> Also, I started asparagus from seed last spring and it fared well. When 
> should I transplant it to a permanent bed? They are about six-inches 
> tall now.


Wow, keith, give me a rundown on how you did the asparagus from seed...
I am also cultivating a few cabbages and broccolis that made it through 
the winter.  I thought they were dead, but the chickens had just pruned 
them back to the main stalk.  Now that the chickens are excluded from 
that area, lo and behold the plants are coming back.  For me, it's a 
grand experiment, too.

Bev

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