Brassica: March 2007 Archives

Growing vegetables can be fun for many reasons, of course, but one of my favorite parts is getting a seed or a volunteer and not knowing exactly what the finished product is going to be like. Last fall I planted a number of cauliflower and broccoli seeds into an old recycling container filled with a mixture of soil out of my garden space, compost, and potting mix.

Portland has pretty mild winters, so you can grow many things through the winter and harvest them in spring, as long as you plant far enough in advance. Throughout the winter, i kept an eye on my two final candidates, one sprouting broccoli, and one Purple Cape cauliflower, but they showed only little activity until the daylight started increasing in February. And now, come to find out, the Purple Cape cauliflower begins to resemble broccoli soon after the head has set. Looks like I'm a bit late in harvesting this one, but i think it will still taste just fine.