|
Broccoli - Raab - Rapini
There is a reason the Europeans love Broccoli Raab, it is a connoisseur's delight. Raab is grown for the asparagus-like spring shoot. To harvest, cut the budding shoots just before the flowers open. Harvest until shoots are too small and tough. Sow successive plantings every 2 weeks throughout the cool early growing season for continuous harvest. The Raab Rapini has delicate, tender shoots with a spicy but wonderful broccoli-like flavor. The tender stems, buds, and flowers have a wonderfully delicate slightly bitter/spicy/peppery frost. In mild climates, plant in the late fall for winter harvest. Broccoli Raab Rapini prefers light, loamy, well drained soils. The Broccoli Raab Rapini, 'Brussica rapa (ruvo group)', is known at Italian broccoli. ... details
Pea - Shelling - Green Arrow Remember when you were a kid how fun it was to pop open a pod and eat the Peas? As an adult, you will enjoy the wonderful taste of Green Arrow peas and appreciate the dwarf, 2 foot vines for ease of growing. The Pea Shelling Green Arrow, 'Pisum sativum', is a very productive, dwarf plant with large 4 inch pods containing 9 to11 wonderful sweet peas per pod. In mild climates, plant in the fall for winter harvest. The pods are set in pairs atop the plant for easy harvest. Green Arrow is very disease resistant. |
