Cole Crops

First crops into the ground in spring are from the mustard Brassica family, also called
cruciferous vegetables or cole crops. I remember the word cruciferous by the 4 leaves of these plants resembling a cross from which the word comes from in Latin.

This family includes foods from the roots to seeds and oils.

Roots: turnips and rutabaga
Stems: kohlrabi
Leaves: cabbage and kale
Flowers: cauliflower, broccoli and brussel sprouts
Seeds: mustard seed
Oil: canola or rapeseed



4 leaves like a cross

These plants like lime (calcium), bone meal (phosphorus) and borax (boron) added to the soil.

planted 100 little broccoli and cabbage plants
what we don't eat or give away
the whitetails will love to nibble on

I'm thinking, feeding these cole crops, which contain lots of minerals, to the buck deer
may help their antlers grow larger.