Savoy Cabbage
Sometimes I’ll notice a small element in my garden that stops me in my tracks. Like these water droplets clinging to the rumpled surface of my savoy cabbage. It’s details like this that makes gardening so addictive. You never know when you might run across a perfect spiderweb suspended between tomato cages or a hummingbird darting in and out of the pineapple sage.
When I planted this little cabbage in the corner of a raised bed it looked small and lonely, but as it grew it filled in the space beautifully. I hesitate to harvest the head now, not because I am unsure how I want to prepare it, but because it is one of my favorite stops on my daily garden tour. Silly, I know. But I’ll kind of miss it when it is gone.
July 26, 2010
This is exactly the sort of logic that makes my brain dance happily, as well. I totally get it.
July 26th, 2010 at 11:14 amOh, I so agree, I planted savoy cabbage this year too, those blue/green photos in the garden catalogues in the middle of winter totally sucked me in. It’s indeed beautiful and will definitely require a recipe that will make harvesting it worthwhile!
July 26th, 2010 at 11:45 amI can smell the cabbage burgers or Kraut Brocas right now! Yum!
July 26th, 2010 at 12:24 pmStunning! But I always have this problem with cabbage; what to make!
I need to pick up some savoy seeds to try planting for fall.
July 26th, 2010 at 8:12 pm.-= Jenny´s last blog ..Ripping out the heirloom tomatoes =-.
These are ideal cabbage leaves to stuff. Think dolmas.
July 26th, 2010 at 9:08 pm.-= Gardenmentor´s last blog ..How to Harvest and Store Basil =-.
I hate to be practical in the sight of all these delightful thoughts… but…. I have found if you leave a cabbage in the ground too long after it is ready it gets a little sharp. Frame the photo so you will remember the lovely feelings. The cabbage will keep about a week in the fridge before it looses it’s sweetness so you will have a little time to decide what to do with it.
July 27th, 2010 at 7:30 amIt is a very lovely sight. I still enjoy the photo of one of my cabbages… picked five years ago.
Not sure if my settings are somehow jacked up or if it is something wrong with the site, but the header is “x”‘d out for me. I’ve reloaded a few times and still the same thing. Just thought I’d let you know.
December 28th, 2010 at 3:16 pm