Turnip greens
On 07/26/2013 12:21 PM, Peppermint Patootie wrote:
> In article >, Todd >
> wrote:
>
>> Got a month or so more before the bulbs get full size. The
>> Golden Globes are "suppose" (note weasel word) to taste more
>> like potatoes and less like stale radishes. The greens I
>> tasted made my eyes water and had a nasty aftertaste. I am
>> thinking of just drying them and plowing them under.
>>
>> I wonder if the pungent oils in the leave keep bugs away?
>
> My local woodchuck leaves my turnip greens alone, but I suspect that's
> because he doesn't have a kitchen in his burrow.
>
> PP
>
Hi Peppermint,
Funny. One of the plants has had his leaves attacked
mercilessly: riddled with holes. All the rest of them
are perfect.
I can see the bulbs under several of them. Won't
be long now!
-T
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