broccoli

[mellowtigger]

I've had one broccoli plant slowly blooming for months. Another one, though, kept its crown intact until about last week. Now suddenly the whole thing is exploding in blooms. Once again, it's very pretty for something that's supposed to just be "food".

Why aren't more of our flower gardens (and yards in general) filled with edible things? I've been reading "Weed 'Em and Reap" recently, and it makes me glad that I've already been experimenting with such things. (It also makes me a little sad that I have no land on which to experiment on a larger scale, but that's a different issue.  I want 10 acres and lots of rainfall.)



*stomach grumble*  Now I'm hungry.

Comments

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

Check out "edible landscaping".

[bearbarry.livejournal.com]

We owe a great deal to the lowly, wild mustard plant. It's the ancestor to all the cruciform veggies. I have grown pineapples here in Florida. They only bloom and set a fruit every two years though.

[mellowtigger]

I think I'll be experiment with more of these next year. Looking up your reference, though, I did find that they can interfere with iodine metabolism, causing goiter. Cool. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruciferous_vegetables

or prevent cancer

[bearbarry.livejournal.com]

They also are well known for the anti-cancer chemicals that they produce. You take the good with the bad.