More about the tulip poplar:
https://en.chateauversailles.fr/news/patronage-news/adopt-virginia-tulip-tree#lets-restorethe-queens-grove
Broccoli-Palooza at my house this week. I had 11 heads to harvest; one failure. We ate one crown raw with homemade Buttermilk Dip. The plants will still put out side shoots now, but we'll eat those raw or stir-fry them with some roadkill. (Yum!) First you grown it. Then you harvest it. Then you chop it, then you blanch it (2 minutes, no more!) then you ice-bath it to stop the cooking process. Then you lay it on cookie sheets in a single layer. Then you freeze it for about an hour or so. Then you bag it into portions that your family will eat at one sitting and freeze for later use. Freeze the scraps and stems in another bag for veggie broth or chicken stock. Label everything CLEARLY so when Beau is sent to the basement freezer he brings back what you need. Zero waste is the goal. 🙂
I will grow more this fall and the process will be repeated and those 24 plants will be plenty to get the two of us through the winter and into next spring, including some I use for winter soups. If you have problems with Cabbage Worms (those little white moths flitting around in the spring are the culprits) just plant a larger fall crop as those moths die off in the summer for the most part.
