I lost my sprout seedlings due to my nice neighbour turning my watering system off when I was on holiday earlier in the year. He kept hearing water running and was worried I had a leak, it was the automatic watering system and he was not to know. Anyway when we got back most of my seedlings had withered away, so I chucked them and started again. Surprise, surprise they picked up on the compost heap so I planted the originals and I have some good Brussel sprouts coming on. The seeds I replaced also came up but a bit late really to put in, but I did and now I have these lovey little brussels with no sprouts but the little round leaves are bug free and perfect. Waste not want not, I picked a bunch and we cooked them up. Excellent taste and texture, I remember now back in the early 50's that sprouts were used leaves and all, I suppose people got used to doing it during the war when anything edible was used. This is not a thing I usually do nowadays as there are plenty of alternatives for greens during the winter. Does anybody else eat sprout leaves?