simy1 wrote:
weft2 wrote:
I have around 8 very pretty, frilly medium sized ornamental
cabbages in the front yard, in front of some cedar bushes,
and
though we've had frost (and snow) for a few weeks now, the
cabbages are a bit larger and more colourful than ever. What
I'm
wondering, since this is the first time I've had these lovely
purple centered green cabbages (bought at a nursery and
planted
late summer), is how best to keep them going.


Eat them now, they are not going to get any better. They are
the
best tasting cabbage,with an alomst delicate flavor and
texture,
even though on cooking they usually acquire a purplish hue that
reminds one of zombies. (to minimize this, dip into lemon
juice
and water prior to cooking).

If you can not eat them all, you can dig them up with some
roots
(not all are needed) and put them in an unheated basement
planted
in moist sand. They wil last quite a bit and you can eat them
over
two months.

Do not try to keep them for next year. They will go to seed as
soon
as the weather warms again.

Whjy would you want to eat ornamental cabbage?

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5