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Having a couple of stray turnips in the spud grower (don't ask) which have really vigorous growth on them and are starting to bolt - I would presume that I can eat the tops? It's only like eating sprouting broccoli, isn't it? 
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I'm sure I've read somewhere about eating turnip tops.... Can't remember where, but definitely read it!
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You can deffo eat turnip tops but I've never tried the seed heads!
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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I grow turnips over winter to use the tops as 'spring greens' - you get more than one picking from them
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That's tea sorted then!Comment
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There's even a type of turnip grown for its flowering shoots. It's called broccoli raab - faster growing than regular broccoli, and spicier in flavour. I haven't had much luck growing it so far (probably because protecting my little raised beds from insects is a bit fiddly owing to the bird netting that's there to keep the chickens out) - if my attempts at broccoli this year don't work out, I might try it on the lottie.Comment
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