Welcome to the riches of winter sowing and why so many of our friends and coworkers end up thinking we are a little nuts. We can't bring ourselves to let any of the seedlings be thinned out and die in the beginning. So we pot them all up and after planting what we need, end up giving them to EVERYONE. The second (or sometimes it takes until the third year), you learn about "plop and run" or brownie style in which you leave the seedlings in place in the original container, thinning a little as you can. Then you just cut the container into brownie size pieces and plop them into the ground to take root and let the remaining seedlings fight it out for survival.

I fully intended to cut them into 1" squares, but when I pulled them from the pot they separated so nicely I ended up potting them up as singles and in much smaller bunches. I did put 3-4 clumps per pot, but I still have *tons*. The problem is I could actually use them all, so I'm loathe to get rid of any. But my 1/4 acre garden suddenly seems quite small...

Now there's a good idea. Thanks Martha! It may be broccoli but that's no reason it can't go in the herbaceous border this year. :)

And here I was mystified why my husband called me the "Crazy Plant Lady" ... at least I know I'm in good company! :P

Ah, that's why I love it here. What other people see as an obsession, everyone here considers perfectly normal ;)

Do you flash freeze your broccoli?

This is my first real garden - I've never really grown anything beyond herbs and avocados. So I have no idea how to freeze broccoli I'll worry about that in the fall if anything survives. :)