Cauliflowers For The Taking

Thanks GLENDA-- I see that you know how to prepare cauli in a tasty way. It sounds tasty to me too.

Good luck next year, NETTY-- I hope that you have good success. Just keep them covered with a good net so eggs can't be laid.

I was so unhappy to hear that the brassica situation there on your lottie was SO bad. What a shame. I guess it's probably a hydration thing then, primarily. You could make tyhe ground 'right', but watering them regularly is another thing with no water supply there. Oh, what a shame.
Those cauli's were indeed very tasty. I froze some of them, in and ate the rest.

Thanks KAY--hee hee hee.... what a nice thing to say. I like eating them with butter too. In fact I eat them many different ways--and like them ALL! hahaha Very Happy

GROWINGPAINS--I haver never eaten caulif. pickled.
You are welcome for the tip. It is the result of improvising due to discolouration. chuckle...but it works for me.

DROOPY--A thick cheese and bacon sauce. mmmmmmmmm. I could go for that right now!
Yes these were quite large ones this year. I watered them by hand several times during the drought. I think that helped and also kept them from "shooting". I think that they were larger than your head...but once cooked, they're softish--so sure, you could eat a whole one. Wink

hahaha. Or die trying, eh?
About your butterfly larvae prob. All you have to do is cover the plants (with the proper type net) from the moment that you put them in the ground and that problem will be solved. Honest.

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G'daai Debbie-T,

Good to see you on here again after such a long while. Hope you are doing fine.

Thanks for the commenting on the looks of my cauli's. I had a good run this year.

When you look around the Community Garden there in Busselton, I am curious to know what you see--I mean how it looks and what they grow...and of course the characters that are there.
It might be nice if you took some pictures and wrote a little posting on here showing and telling about it. I, for one, would be tremendously interested to see and read that!

As for the climate here--it changes...every year--new challenges. Gone are the days of orderly seasons that were more or less predictable.
I am also a bit surprized these days--surprized at how well I do, and surprized at how poorly I do with some things that ought to have been simple. Ach, but that's part of the charm of gardening, innit.
I think that I am able to grow, harvest and process the veg and fruit because the types are chosen are selected because they do well here. There are many sorts of many veg and fruit types, so I have to use the computer to to research plant types that are compatable with the growing seasons here.
Each year, I try- out new plants (veg AND flower) to see if they will "fit into my scheme" and our climatic situation here. I think that this variety and constant changing os the ground rules are two aspects of gardening that make it so attractive to me.

With spring right around the corner for you there, I hope that you will be writing about things there in your half of the world on here more frequently.

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