Farm machinery and farm tractor in Southport, UK. 10th November, 2014. UK Weather. Early ripening of Brussel sprouts in Tarleton, Lancashire as David Jones, a local grower struggles to have a festive seasonal crop ripened at the correct time. The continuing mild weather with absence of frosts has brought this vegetable crop to maturity earlier than usual with pickers utilising a self-propelled JAMAFA sprout harvester machine and Massey Ferguson 5455 Dyna-4 Tractor. A cool-weather vegetable, Brussels sprouts usually require three months to mature.
There has always been a degree of confusion with first-time veg gardeners when it comes to cabbages, over which ones should be grown for when. Essentially there are four different types, identified by the time of year when they are harvested: spring, summer, autumn and winter (savoys). But because not a lot of actual growing can take place during the depths of winter, the sowing and planting times are not equally spaced throughout the year. Mid- to late summer is the time to sow spring cabbages. Our fathers and grandfathers would have identified these cabbages a mile off as traditionally they had pointed heads, but these days there are round-headed types as well, and increasingly they are being grown purely for spring greens – that is, we harvest them as immature leaves, before they have hearted up. There are some leafy varieties, such as ‘Wintergreen’, that are bred just for this purpose. Regardless of the shape and use of your spring cabbages, you cannot deny their value as a healthy vegetable. They are rich in beta carotene and vitamin C, and the outer leaves contain a high proportion of vitamin E.
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Location: Southport, Tarleton, Lancashire, UK
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