Tim’s Square Foot Garden Blog

I heard this on the radio a few days ago and thought it was interesting. I guess I never thought about the history of broccoli before.

Sources:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broccolihttp://plantanswers.tamu.edu/publications/vegetabletravelers/broccoli.html

Broccoli is a cultivar of wild cabbage. Wild cabbage originated along the northern and western coasts of the Mediterranean, where it was apparently domesticated thousands of years ago. [...]

I thought I would post pictures of all of my garden plots. Shown from top to bottom above: Corn Plot, Potato Plot, Onions/Lettuce/Celery Plot, Bean/Pepper/Cucumber/Tomato Plot, Green Onion/Peas/Bean Plot, Cabbage/Broccoli/Brussel Sprout Plot, and a close-up of some of the celery seedlings. Overall, the garden is growing really well right now, but it is a [...]

My garden is now fully planted. I planted my green beans and pole lima beans about 2 weeks ago and most have sprouted. My peas do not seem to be growing that well. I will blame that on the goofy weather we have been having. For the most part, it has been warm/hot and dry. [...]

The weather here has finally turned warm. The lettuce is finally starting to grow now. I harvested the first bit of lettuce about one week ago. I harvested quite a bit of young tender greens 2 days ago. I forgot how good fresh garden lettuce tasted!! I started more lettuce seeds of Buttercrunch, Craquerelle du [...]