Broccoli - Before, During & After

[jomoncon]

All winter, my little RIRs have been enjoying extra leaves from my garden's broccoli, cauliflower & cabbage. Now that the winter garden in almost over, I've been pulling entire broccoli plants for them to enjoy. Here's the saga of one broccoli plant:

Broccoli Before: About 2' tall & 2' across. One nice big, heavy plant with lots of leaves and a few broccoli florets left on.

Broccoli During: During the dining that is. I hung it about a foot off the ground. Give the little darlings some exercise.

Broccoli After:Not a whole lot left after a couple of hours. Only tough stems & roots.

I have about 3 more plants left to give them. I think there's an extra head of cabbage in the garden also. They certainly enjoy every single one.

 

[FiveHens]

What lucky girls! And you must get a good haul from your garden!

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Ha ha! That is awesome.

 

[obaan1]

My birds are jealous. Your girls have something green. All we have is a lot of white ice and snow.

 

[GardenWeasel]

I take it one step farther and chop the tough stuff and boil it a while. I am cheap and hate to waste anything. There is virtually very little left after. My girls love their greens.

 

[Rockerchic]

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I recently started sprouting wheat for my girls. It makes a great supplement for them and can be grown to the "grass stage" for a fresh green treat.Wheat berries are about $11/50 pounds here.Close to a life time supply.

 

[jomoncon]

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What a great idea!! That's the the girls will have for breakfast.

 

[cochicks]

Great pictures! How fun! I can't wait until its warms up and I can start planting greens for my girls.

 

[NYREDS]

Posting pictures of produce from a "winter garden" where people from NY can see them is just evil.

 

[TigerLilly]

I bet those yolks are nice & orange!