Broccoli Farm to Fork – in February?

It’s always fun to harvest food from your own garden and enjoy it with meals at home. In this post I’m sharing a scrumptious broccoli cheese soup, but first let’s go back to the “farm” part of this discussion.

In northern California (and even at our home in the foothills east of Sacramento) we grow a variety of winter vegetables. I’ve had success with broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and leafy greens such as lettuce, kale, spinach, bok choy, sugar snap peas and snow peas. Some root crops do well too, such as carrots, beets, and radishes.

But Its-About-Flowers is a flower site – what does this have to do with flowers? I won’t try to cover the relationships between vegetables and flowers. But if you have a passion for flowers, you likely have a passion for growing things, and who doesn’t like to grow something they can eat?

Normally we plant winter vegetables in the Fall. I planted very late this year, and my excuse is covered in an earlier blog about my knees! Here’s what my broccoli plant looks like on Presidents weekend. I should be able to harvest by April. Depending on winter weather, and a Fall planting, I normally would be harvesting by now.

I found this great recipe for broccoli cheese soup. So great, my husband insisted it go into the tried-and-true recipes!

I won’t try to re-write the recipe here. Credit for the recipe and inviting picture goes to Averie Cooks. You can check broccoli cheese soup recipe here.

If you have a great recipe that started in your garden, please share it in comments bellow.