Honey, I’m home!
Look what I picked up on the way home from work!
A freshly picked cauliflower is a thing of beauty and gastronomic delight. They really do taste different fresh. Cauliflower cheese tonight…
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When you say, ‘picked up on the way home’ – I take it you mean it is one of your own – from the allotment? Or are you trying to dupe us?
April 20th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
No, it’s one of mine, from the allotment. Honest!!
April 20th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
a fine specimen..is it one of the ones u were watering in the cauli video?
April 21st, 2009 at 4:01 am
Hi Rampant Weasel
No, those were my autumn caulis last year. This is an over-wintering variety, Walcheren Winter, which I sowed in August and planted out in September last year. It’s come a little earlier than usual – winter caulis normally head in May.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:44 am
I am very impressed with this! I have never had any success growing caulis but am going to try again this year.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Never give up, Liz! It’s a battle, but a worthwhile one. The sense of achievement when you grow a cauliflower is hard to beat. Many other crops give me more pleasure for their food value, but cauliflowers top the charts for sheer pride and satisfaction every time.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Oh wow! I am envious. Our caulis are disastrous: the summer ones are always full of caterpillars and the overwintered ones always blow. That is a complete beauty – what’s the secret?
April 21st, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Allotment blogger: Wish I knew. Lots of water, lots of manure, lots of netting. Works most of the time. But not all… Goddammit.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:20 pm
How was it? I’m salivating at the thought!
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:46 am
Fantastic, Matron! Unfortunately, I picked two more at the plot last night and now I’m swamped. Cauliflower with everything!!
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:05 am
Oh wow, it is BEAUTIFUL!
April 23rd, 2009 at 3:40 am
Magnificent!
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Too kind, too kind…
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:17 pm
My god – it’s huge! (And the cauli is pretty impressive too…)
April 27th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
what a fine specimen of a cauli! Cauli envy – not many places people would admit to that…! off to watch your vid in 1940’s silence. need a sound card!
April 27th, 2009 at 5:52 pm