BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER

The Brassica family.

I think this is the fourth year of growing broccoli and cauliflower.

Each year comes with the same issues.

Cabbage white butterflies seem to like the Cauliflowers and the same kind of caterpillars as broccoli. I am not sure if it’s the caterpillar of the cabbage white butterflies but they are a beautiful bright shade of green.

Plus the damp with climate and high winds of late have done them no favors whatsoever.

At some point, I will have to look into this more and see if we can gain better results in growing these two different vegetables in the future.

I like Broccoli but out of the 2 of them I in fact wish we got a lot more cauliflower growing.

we seem to be very good at growing the outer green leaves but no cauliflower develops.

If it does develop well the weather affects it or I’ve also found the earwigs like them.

To my delight, I got a cauliflower from the garden this week.

I also learned something new about them!

which I will share with you because like me you may not be aware of this either.

My cauliflower looked nothing like the store brought ones.

The white was more of a pale yellow and also had areas of pretty light pink over it.

It is due to sunlight exposure and changes in sunlight.

Makes a pigment called anthocyanin which can be either pink, purple, or yellow.

The same pigment is found in red cabbage also.

I was more than happy with my pink/creamy white cauliflower.

I also made some broccoli soup.

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