Wow Cliff! 4 yrs ago but very relatable this month as it’s still hot & I’m about to prune my plum tree. Thanks as always. Great tips on trenches & Brussel sprouts. Stay safe! ( edited for spelling)🌸
I have a knife just like yours! It was my mothers and I think of her every time I use it. My favorite handy tool. By the way... your wife does the best videoing!!!! No zipping around fast and no shaking. Great job! Howdy from Texas!
Hi mom bear, I'm pleased you like your knife, and its nice to know it was your Mums and you use it. Diane is getting very good with the filming, and we both enjoy making making the videos. Have a good week in Texas happy gardening regards Cliff.
Sorry you have had a horrible week, don't worry the better Weather is on the way. Sunshine makes us all happy and the plants will grow again, keep your chin up regards Cliff.
Thanks Gaynor, the brussels are all in the freezer they took along time to prepare and blanch. Glad you are happy with the outcome on the pruning we got there in the end regards Cliff.
Thanks frozentootsiepop, we are having a warm spell at the moment, so setting seed and taking cuttings.Sorry to hear you have so much snow, keep warm and do some garden planning.Take care regards Cliff.
I grew up on a farm and have been gardening off and on for decades and yet I learn a lot from every one of your videos. I have a hori hori knife that i use often for planting, esp in my rocky soil. But, i never use it for cutting as the edges are dull. I would love if you could show how you maintain all your tools, especially sharpening the knife and shovels and spades. ROFL, a Brussels sprouts walking stick! I love that bit. How funny would that be, esp. If the sprouts were still attached. 😂
Hi gayla.. I do like my hori hori knife, its useful in my heavy clay soil. I always make a video on how I clean my tools usually at the end of the season. Sounds like you enjoyed the video, enjoy the rest of the week regards Cliff.
hi cliff another great video and info like. the wheels lol so we finally going to see a proper parsnip now you got raised beds haha thanks for your time best to di 🐔🐞🐦🌷👍👍
Thanks Graham, I also got something else for Christmas wait till you see it. The wheelbarrow is a good piece of kit bless her. The parsnips we live in hope take care regards Cliff
Thanks Mike, its a bit slow for a Ferrari could be the driver, but the racing green colour great lol. Just seen on the news bad Weather on its way next Month, I hope they have it wrong again. Must press on with digging take care regards Cliff.
Brussels sprouts, one of my favourites! I only grow four stalks but didn't realise they blow when it gets milder! I like your idea of the crop rotation which we have all heard about but it would be good if you can explain what can follow what each year and the type of fertilisers and ph that certain plants like and require , I'm sure that would help a lot of us to succeed in our gardens and raised beds! Dave, Suffolk,
Hi Paul, I don't know what type of soil you have, the boltardy always seems to grow well on our red clay soil. Remember to put plenty of lime under the cabbages, and make the bed firm.All the best enjoy your garden regards Cliff.
Hi Cliff & Diane, thank you agin for another good video, do you blanch the Brussels, Diane will have to do a video of how she puts the veggies down for the freezer. Maureen
hello cliff can u tell me what type of beetroot do u grow and cabbage u done well with your cropes last year I will be watching u all this season u now your stuff thanks paul
Hi Paul, the beetroot I grew was boltardy will be growing this again, the cabbage we are growing this year are sennan F1 rigoletto F1 sherwood F1 this will give us cabbage all year, but not planting large numbers only 12 of each regards Cliff.
A really great update, you certainly covered a lot of crops! I agree with you on Tomato's if you want 4 or 5 different varieties and only 1 of each then buy from a Garden Centre. Having said that 1 grow 6 varieties each year 5 of each and some variety seeds are over 4 years old and still germinate well!Your Brussels look superb, we don't have as many as you have left, we always cut ours with a normal saw and then like your lift out the roots later. Every year we still debate which was our best variety (we grew 6 this year) so all the crop you cut were these all the same variety?, please name, and how many do you grow?
Hi Alan, The brussels were called cascade from browns seeds, they suit our heavy clay soil I grow about 20. I always grow too many so we give them to family and friends, and freeze the rest. regards Cliff.
Thanks for making these videos. They are very informative. Wondering if I can grow brussel sprouts in Ontario, Canada. I tried last year but the stock got thick and tall but no brussels by late October/early November when I cleaned out the garden. After that the snow comes. i was just wondering if our season is too short or perhaps I could start them indoors earlier to bring them to full maturity.
Hi GreenSolarGarden, yes you could try to sow them earlier and feed a high potassium or tomato feed when established and growing well. Always worth trying, have a good week regards Cliff.
I seem to remember being told that my Great Grandfather had a walking stick from a cabbage stalk - could it have been a Brussels sprout stalk? We are talking about the very early 1900s.
Hi Gorden It wasn't a brussels stick, I do believe It was a kale called walking stick. I have some really old books I will check for you tomorrow and let you know. Enjoy your week regards Cliff.
Have you ever tried the purple brussel sprouts?? I saw some yesterday in a seed catalog...I think it was a British catalog. What seed companies do you use?? English garden seeds are well worth the price to me in the States!! Especially for flowers and some varieties of veggies.
Hi ImpalaMama, we haven't tried the purple ones yet have tried the purple carrots and radish, but not so keen. We use mainly D.T. Browns seeds, also pick up packets of seeds at the local garden centre. Most seeds available here are a good price but not many in the packets. Happy gardening regards Cliff.
Hi Portia it is a little late for the brussel sprout seeds. But still time to plant, beets, broccoli, carrots, kale, peas, The brussel sprouts were called cascade F1. Happy planting regards Cliff.
Hi Portia, if you are in the States, Zone 6, we have to grow them in the Fall and over winter. Problem is that you can't find the seedlings then! So I start my seed in August or September (You don't have to start them indoors, but you want to keep them in a spot where they get morning sun and afternoon shade) and set them out six weeks later. Labor Day is the earliest you would want to set them out. Give them a heavy mulch, and you can harvest them in through winter or early spring. Once it gets too hot them they are done. I am on the cusp of Zone 6 and 7. Less than 60 miles away from me is where Zone 6 starts. I have had great luck with cool weather crops by planting in the fall...Brassicas, Beets, Carrots, lettuce and spinach, parsley. I have harvested spinach in the snow!! Lettuce overwinters nicely if it's in a protected place. I grow my lettuce in a bed right up against the brick house beside the chimney. The spot gets a lot of shade in the summer when the trees leaf out, but gets GREAT sun in the fall and all through winter. The shade in the spring help keeps them cooler in the spring and keeps them from turning bitter and bolting as fast. Cheers!
ImpalaMama I plant oilseed radish and turnips in Sep/Oct so that makes sense. I just planted (3) different types of collards July 29th in the ground. Some of them have germinated! It looks like GA collards based on germination are tolerating my poor soil the best. I also planted buckwheat in between them and of course that germinated in (6) days bc of the hot weather. I thought I was too late for brussels. What type of brussels do you plant? Do you have clay soil as well. Clay has all the nutrients it's just a matter of making it available. I am waiting for temps to drop to (65) degrees F to plant the radish.
I have never tried Brussels before, because I never really had them that much and never acquired a taste for them. But you know how your taste change over time?? I like them now! I really didn't like many vegetables growing up because my mother would cook them to death, into a tasteless mush! It wasn't until I was grown and doing my own cooking did I really get to like many things I detested growing up (and not just Veggies, lol) I am going to try "Cascade", and I saw a purples type somewhere I would like to plant for kicks....I like to have colorful garden!!! I live right of the MS RIver, so while we do have a LOT of heavy clay of different types, unless you amend the soil with compost or organic matter, it ain't NOTHING like that infamous red "Georgia Clay!" I grow my Brassicas in raised "lasanga" type beds (There is a Book Called Lasgana Gardening--check it out I finally ended up buying my own copy as I checked it out of the library so much!) I dig a hole about a spade worth, where I want my place my plants, and fill the holes with a mixture of compost, leaf mold, a handful of lime ( clay is VERY acid, even acid loving plants benefit from the calcium and a little lime), a handful of 13-13-13 fertilizer, GOOD quality bagged potting soil or garden soil. Mix it up well like in a wheelbarrow. I fill the hole and put in a pinch of bone meal and epsom salt, and plant my plants in that and break up the removed topsoil as best I can. Then after watering VERY WELL, I place soggy damp thick layers of newspaper all around and between the plants and cover with layers of mulch "lasanga Style" AS I mentioned before, I have these winter beds located under deciduous trees that will shade them from hot sun in Sept and Oct (sometimes we have hotter weather in Oct than we do in Aug!) and once again in the Spring when the days start to get hot, but the nights are still a wee bit cool. They will receive good sun after the leaves fall on through fall and all through winter. They need a good mulch and regular water, but don't require any protection, actually a hard freeze improves the flavor, I have always heard. They will grow with snow on the ground! They are heavy feeders, so that is why I cheat a little and use the Triple 13 fertilizer in the dirt I fill the holes in, but if you don't want to do that, you can add some bagged cow manure or any type manure you have access to...wouldn't advise using horse manure unless it has been WELL-COMPOSTED and AGED. Even then you run the risk of all kinds of nasty weeds. I like to transplant mine in a fertile sign during the wane of the moon, before Sept 21 if possible. Usually there are heavy rains sometime around the autumn equinox that will help water them in nicely after transplant. That Red Georgia clay is really nice to have at the bottom of your beds where the roots go to, as clay hold water very well and help the established plants thrive once their roots get down to it. But as you know, it doesn't drain well, and many plants can't stand heavy soils without good drainage. Good Guess!
I did not realize that clay is mostly acid...hmm. No wonder my strawberries and potatoes do so well. I do not have to water in Pittsburgh, PA bc like Seattle, WA it rains all the time here. We have trouble with rust bc it rains so often. Silly me I'm growing a hollyhock that i transplanted near the trash bc I vowed to get rid of it. In Pittsburgh a nursery is experimenting with crumbled newspaper and testing it as a substitute for peatmoss. I paper my lawn and then drop coffee grounds on top. I go every night at close and collect the coffee grounds. They sometimes put bananas in it! I have landscape fabric on our front lawn and did this at the end of last fall. I REALLY like it! It grew great potatoes which also love sl acid soil. I went out and labeled (7) roses this morning. The pollinators are really trying to get that last bit of nectar in from my Swamp Milkweed, dandelions, and other plants.
what did you do for a living before you did this you seem to be highly organized and what you're doing but planting your garden out or a system that you've been building on to for quite some time but you like what you do that's important and people who grow things are good people growing something you plant the seed somewhere means you care about the land when you closest to the land closest to our creator what do you put it in there for
Hi Nicholas, I have worked in horticulture for 50 years. I was a head gardener on a private estate, then ran my own plant nursery till I retired. Now I grow for pleasure and pass on my knowledge I have collected over the years. Have a good week and thanks for watching regards Cliff.
I bought the seeds and will grow . Your video is a great help. Love from Pakistan.
Wow Cliff! 4 yrs ago but very relatable this month as it’s still hot & I’m about to prune my plum tree.
Thanks as always. Great tips on trenches & Brussel sprouts. Stay safe! ( edited for spelling)🌸
Hi Tess did put a video out Sunday on pruning the plum tree, gave It a very hard haircut. Take care regards Cliff.
@@CastleHillGarden oh, thank you. I’ll go back & look for it. I always look for your video 1st, I wonder how I missed it.
You are an exceptionally talented hardworking and a passionate gardener. Thanku for making our day with your videos.
Your welcome rishi always nice to receive good feedback thanks. Have a good week regards Cliff
I have a knife just like yours! It was my mothers and I think of her every time I use it. My favorite handy tool. By the way... your wife does the best videoing!!!! No zipping around fast and no shaking. Great job! Howdy from Texas!
Hi mom bear, I'm pleased you like your knife, and its nice to know it was your Mums and you use it. Diane is getting very good with the filming, and we both enjoy making making the videos. Have a good week in Texas happy gardening regards Cliff.
thanks for doing this for us. it's been a horrible week, and this makes me happy, at least for the time being.
Sorry you have had a horrible week, don't worry the better Weather is on the way. Sunshine makes us all happy and the plants will grow again, keep your chin up regards Cliff.
I'm always so happy when I see you posted a new video! thanks
Hi Attila79 mtl I am pleased your happy to see new videos, many more to come regards Cliff.
As always very informative and helpful advice. You have enough brussels to last a whole year. Thank you for sharing. Best wishes👍🙏
Thanks Vin S yes it was a good brussels harvest, we have given some to friends with still lots to freeze. Thanks for your support regards Cliff.
Thank you so much for clearing the pruning of cherries etc up for me, I really look forward to your videos. Fantastic crop of Brussels
Thanks Gaynor, the brussels are all in the freezer they took along time to prepare and blanch. Glad you are happy with the outcome on the pruning we got there in the end regards Cliff.
Glad I found your channel! It's happy watching gardening videos after we just got 12" of snow. Spring will be here soon!
Thanks frozentootsiepop, we are having a warm spell at the moment, so setting seed and taking cuttings.Sorry to hear you have so much snow, keep warm and do some garden planning.Take care regards Cliff.
Hi....iam from Philippines watching your doing in gardening so nice to see a lot harvest I want to learn how to do
BEAUTIFUL as always!!!!
I grew up on a farm and have been gardening off and on for decades and yet I learn a lot from every one of your videos. I have a hori hori knife that i use often for planting, esp in my rocky soil. But, i never use it for cutting as the edges are dull. I would love if you could show how you maintain all your tools, especially sharpening the knife and shovels and spades. ROFL, a Brussels sprouts walking stick! I love that bit. How funny would that be, esp. If the sprouts were still attached. 😂
Hi gayla.. I do like my hori hori knife, its useful in my heavy clay soil. I always make a video on how I clean my tools usually at the end of the season. Sounds like you enjoyed the video, enjoy the rest of the week regards Cliff.
hi cliff another great video and info like. the wheels lol so we finally going to see a proper parsnip now you got raised beds haha thanks for your time best to di 🐔🐞🐦🌷👍👍
Thanks Graham, I also got something else for Christmas wait till you see it. The wheelbarrow is a good piece of kit bless her. The parsnips we live in hope take care regards Cliff
Such an inspiration. I love you videos.
Thanks mariez glad you are enjoying the videos, Thanks for watching regards Cliff.
Thanks Cliff
Brussels looked great. Like the new Ferrari. At least you got it in 'racing green'.
All the best
Mike
Thanks Mike, its a bit slow for a Ferrari could be the driver, but the racing green colour great lol. Just seen on the news bad Weather on its way next Month, I hope they have it wrong again. Must press on with digging take care regards Cliff.
this video is giving me more inspiration.... thanks
Thanks Gouthaman A.S glad to here you are getting inspiration happy gardening regards Cliff.
thank you.....god bless you and your family
Thank you Gandhibal enjoy your garden regards Cliff.
Maybe this will be the year of the 4 wheel variety of Ferrari? :D Those brussels sprouts look amazing!
Thanks RoseThistleArtworks, hoping for four wheels but I don't think so lol. This years brussels are the best ever. Thanks for watching regards Cliff.
great content as usual
Glad you enjoyed it John, thanks for watching regards Cliff.
I hope you got your Ferrari. Wonderful garden.
Hi Flowerchild, I did get a new wheelbarrow in British racing green lol. Happy gardening regards Cliff.
Brussels sprouts, one of my favourites! I only grow four stalks but didn't realise they blow when it gets milder!
I like your idea of the crop rotation which we have all heard about but it would be good if you can explain what can follow what each year and the type of fertilisers and ph that certain plants like and require , I'm sure that would help a lot of us to succeed in our gardens and raised beds!
Dave, Suffolk,
Hi Dave, Glad you found information on videos regards Cliff
thanks cliff I will have a go a growing f1 sennan this season the beetroot I grow are Pablo haven't had much luck with the boltardy many thanks paul
Hi Paul, I don't know what type of soil you have, the boltardy always seems to grow well on our red clay soil. Remember to put plenty of lime under the cabbages, and make the bed firm.All the best enjoy your garden regards Cliff.
Hi Cliff & Diane, thank you agin for another good video, do you blanch the Brussels, Diane will have to do a video of how she puts the veggies down for the freezer. Maureen
Thanks Maureen, yes we do blanch the brussels, they will keep in the freezer for a year. Enjoy your garden regards Cliff and Diane.
hello cliff can u tell me what type of beetroot do u grow and cabbage u done well with your cropes last year I will be watching u all this season u now your stuff thanks paul
Hi Paul, the beetroot I grew was boltardy will be growing this again, the cabbage we are growing this year are sennan F1 rigoletto F1 sherwood F1 this will give us cabbage all year, but not planting large numbers only 12 of each regards Cliff.
A really great update, you certainly covered a lot of crops! I agree with you on Tomato's if you want 4 or 5 different varieties and only 1 of each then buy from a Garden Centre. Having said that 1 grow 6 varieties each year 5 of each and some variety seeds are over 4 years old and still germinate well!Your Brussels look superb, we don't have as many as you have left, we always cut ours with a normal saw and then like your lift out the roots later. Every year we still debate which was our best variety (we grew 6 this year) so all the crop you cut were these all the same variety?, please name, and how many do you grow?
Hi Alan, The brussels were called cascade from browns seeds, they suit our heavy clay soil I grow about 20. I always grow too many so we give them to family and friends, and freeze the rest. regards Cliff.
Thanks for making these videos. They are very informative. Wondering if I can grow brussel sprouts in Ontario, Canada. I tried last year but the stock got thick and tall but no brussels by late October/early November when I cleaned out the garden. After that the snow comes. i was just wondering if our season is too short or perhaps I could start them indoors earlier to bring them to full maturity.
Hi GreenSolarGarden, yes you could try to sow them earlier and feed a high potassium or tomato feed when established and growing well. Always worth trying, have a good week regards Cliff.
I seem to remember being told that my Great Grandfather had a walking stick from a cabbage stalk - could it have been a Brussels sprout stalk? We are talking about the very early 1900s.
Hi Gorden It wasn't a brussels stick, I do believe It was a kale called walking stick. I have some really old books I will check for you tomorrow and let you know. Enjoy your week regards Cliff.
Have you ever tried the purple brussel sprouts?? I saw some yesterday in a seed catalog...I think it was a British catalog.
What seed companies do you use?? English garden seeds are well worth the price to me in the States!! Especially for flowers and some varieties of veggies.
Hi ImpalaMama, we haven't tried the purple ones yet have tried the purple carrots and radish, but not so keen. We use mainly D.T. Browns seeds, also pick up packets of seeds at the local garden centre. Most seeds available here are a good price but not many in the packets. Happy gardening regards Cliff.
Hi, I was looking for a video where you planted the broccoli but I couldn't find one?
Hi Paula... I will ask Diane to find it for you, and leave you a link regards Cliff.
I want to know how to grow lotus and raddish and kale . Can you tell.
Save the stock and write on them with permanent marker to label your rows (if needed) lol...
Thanks Mamma Bear, will remember that one. Thanks for watching regards Cliff.
Is July too late to plant Brussel Sprouts from seed in zone 6? What kind of brussels are these?
Hi Portia it is a little late for the brussel sprout seeds. But still time to plant, beets, broccoli, carrots, kale, peas, The brussel sprouts were called cascade F1. Happy planting regards Cliff.
Hi Portia, if you are in the States, Zone 6, we have to grow them in the Fall and over winter. Problem is that you can't find the seedlings then! So I start my seed in August or September (You don't have to start them indoors, but you want to keep them in a spot where they get morning sun and afternoon shade) and set them out six weeks later. Labor Day is the earliest you would want to set them out. Give them a heavy mulch, and you can harvest them in through winter or early spring. Once it gets too hot them they are done.
I am on the cusp of Zone 6 and 7. Less than 60 miles away from me is where Zone 6 starts. I have had great luck with cool weather crops by planting in the fall...Brassicas, Beets, Carrots, lettuce and spinach, parsley. I have harvested spinach in the snow!! Lettuce overwinters nicely if it's in a protected place. I grow my lettuce in a bed right up against the brick house beside the chimney. The spot gets a lot of shade in the summer when the trees leaf out, but gets GREAT sun in the fall and all through winter. The shade in the spring help keeps them cooler in the spring and keeps them from turning bitter and bolting as fast.
Cheers!
ImpalaMama I plant oilseed radish and turnips in Sep/Oct so that makes sense. I just planted (3) different types of collards July 29th in the ground. Some of them have germinated! It looks like GA collards based on germination are tolerating my poor soil the best. I also planted buckwheat in between them and of course that germinated in (6) days bc of the hot weather. I thought I was too late for brussels. What type of brussels do you plant? Do you have clay soil as well. Clay has all the nutrients it's just a matter of making it available. I am waiting for temps to drop to (65) degrees F to plant the radish.
I have never tried Brussels before, because I never really had them that much and never acquired a taste for them. But you know how your taste change over time?? I like them now! I really didn't like many vegetables growing up because my mother would cook them to death, into a tasteless mush! It wasn't until I was grown and doing my own cooking did I really get to like many things I detested growing up (and not just Veggies, lol)
I am going to try "Cascade", and I saw a purples type somewhere I would like to plant for kicks....I like to have colorful garden!!!
I live right of the MS RIver, so while we do have a LOT of heavy clay of different types, unless you amend the soil with compost or organic matter, it ain't NOTHING like that infamous red "Georgia Clay!"
I grow my Brassicas in raised "lasanga" type beds (There is a Book Called Lasgana Gardening--check it out I finally ended up buying my own copy as I checked it out of the library so much!)
I dig a hole about a spade worth, where I want my place my plants, and fill the holes with a mixture of compost, leaf mold, a handful of lime ( clay is VERY acid, even acid loving plants benefit from the calcium and a little lime), a handful of 13-13-13 fertilizer, GOOD quality bagged potting soil or garden soil. Mix it up well like in a wheelbarrow. I fill the hole and put in a pinch of bone meal and epsom salt, and plant my plants in that and break up the removed topsoil as best I can. Then after watering VERY WELL, I place soggy damp thick layers of newspaper all around and between the plants and cover with layers of mulch "lasanga Style"
AS I mentioned before, I have these winter beds located under deciduous trees that will shade them from hot sun in Sept and Oct (sometimes we have hotter weather in Oct than we do in Aug!) and once again in the Spring when the days start to get hot, but the nights are still a wee bit cool. They will receive good sun after the leaves fall on through fall and all through winter. They need a good mulch and regular water, but don't require any protection, actually a hard freeze improves the flavor, I have always heard. They will grow with snow on the ground!
They are heavy feeders, so that is why I cheat a little and use the Triple 13 fertilizer in the dirt I fill the holes in, but if you don't want to do that, you can add some bagged cow manure or any type manure you have access to...wouldn't advise using horse manure unless it has been WELL-COMPOSTED and AGED. Even then you run the risk of all kinds of nasty weeds.
I like to transplant mine in a fertile sign during the wane of the moon, before Sept 21 if possible. Usually there are heavy rains sometime around the autumn equinox that will help water them in nicely after transplant.
That Red Georgia clay is really nice to have at the bottom of your beds where the roots go to, as clay hold water very well and help the established plants thrive once their roots get down to it. But as you know, it doesn't drain well, and many plants can't stand heavy soils without good drainage.
Good Guess!
I did not realize that clay is mostly acid...hmm. No wonder my strawberries and potatoes do so well. I do not have to water in Pittsburgh, PA bc like Seattle, WA it rains all the time here. We have trouble with rust bc it rains so often. Silly me I'm growing a hollyhock that i transplanted near the trash bc I vowed to get rid of it. In Pittsburgh a nursery is experimenting with crumbled newspaper and testing it as a substitute for peatmoss. I paper my lawn and then drop coffee grounds on top. I go every night at close and collect the coffee grounds. They sometimes put bananas in it! I have landscape fabric on our front lawn and did this at the end of last fall. I REALLY like it! It grew great potatoes which also love sl acid soil. I went out and labeled (7) roses this morning. The pollinators are really trying to get that last bit of nectar in from my Swamp Milkweed, dandelions, and other plants.
The thumbnail is so cute :D
Glad you liked the thumbnail thanks for watching regards Cliff.
I like your garden too much grandpa so much and fresh vegetables
what did you do for a living before you did this you seem to be highly organized and what you're doing but planting your garden out or a system that you've been building on to for quite some time but you like what you do that's important and people who grow things are good people growing something you plant the seed somewhere means you care about the land when you closest to the land closest to our creator what do you put it in there for
Hi Nicholas, I have worked in horticulture for 50 years. I was a head gardener on a private estate, then ran my own plant nursery till I retired. Now I grow for pleasure and pass on my knowledge I have collected over the years. Have a good week and thanks for watching regards Cliff.
ARE YOU SELLING YOUR CROP OR JUST FOR CONSUMPTION?
Hi Myrna, we jut grow for us , but give to family and friends it soon goes. Have a good week regards Cliff.
Mm
Thanks Muriel have a good week regards Cliff.
This is the weirdest plant...
Hi Murry3Art, they might look a bit odd, but are a nice winter vegetable boiled or roasted. Take care regards Cliff.