I sewed tags in t shirts for a local shirt factory for years.
I’ve told my kids a million times when they complained about shirt sizes being wrong. The tag in that shirt only means that’s the tag that was in the seamstress’ hand when she was sewing tags.
I’ve had the boss hand me a number of same size shirts and tags with orders to make 6 of them xl, 6l, 6m, 6sm. LOl
Never thought about using them for patches/buttons.
We froze what was left of the chili. Instant meal later on.
Have you ever tried eating the broccoli leaves? I checked the broccoli today. May not get any. The leaves look...funny...and the heads are about the size of a nickel. Shrug
One of my aunts worked in a sewing factory, most of her life.
On the leaves, I don’t think that I have tried them, but would do so, as I have eaten other leaves that most do not.
Steamed with butter is my first thought.
Or steamed a little, then fried in bacon grease and onion.
Or sliced in thin strips and used in salads and stirfrys.
I eat radish, beet and all kinds of weeds, mix as many as I can, cut the tougher or strong tasting ones in tiny pieces, throw in some of the cut onion tops and then use it for stir fry or salads.
It keeps a week or longer, in a sealed container, with a paper towel in the bottom to collect the water.
A spoon or two of salt in a rinse water, and the worms and bugs float right to the top.
I think my finest gardens, are the ones grown in pots, that I pinch off a leaf or two of this and that.
I found that the oriental greens and beans grew well here, but hybrids do not.
Purslane is good in salads and so is the amaranth family of weeds, LOL, and of course the mustards and turnip greens when young.
The more the better.
The leaves look...funny...and the heads are about the size of a nickel. Shrug<<<
Maybe a side dressing of fertilizer, will remind them to grow?
Or is it just a case of the gardener’s mind not matching the plants growth?