I was a bit anxious to see the garden this morning having listened to a good soaking rain patter the roof all night. It was the first good rain since I had started this season from seeds. The plants responded as I had hoped.
This is the Belstar Hybrid shown two posts back, now 7" and turning coral in the center. I gave it to my neighbor and fellow gardener, just because.
This is a Veronica Broccoli. I knew I would have to grow this extremely exotic fractal freak-out (or freak-in, depending on how your spiral spins) version of broccoli when I saw it in Whole Foods for more than I would ever pay. Now I have fifteen such crowns in various stages of maturity.
As I type this, the aroma of this broccoli raab, chopped arugula and broccoli "rad" steaming on the stove is wafting through the RV. Time to make the cheese sauce.
4 comments:
Toddness!
Broccoli envy! I have never even heard of that "Veronica", but it is stunning. There is no turning back now.
How does it taste?
A
PS. it was a nice rain...we even had two deer in the garden this morning which is rare because the cliff re-routes them.
I'll have to eat only Veronica next time to differentiate the flavor, the steaming together may have blended it out. Poor me, just one delitious, nutritious meal … or was that delicious nutricious?
deja-vu!
soubry just sent me a couple of pics of this broccoli - very cool! what amazing creatures, plants are.
xxx
rdm
I too have grown Veronica - it is a very sweet tasting broccoli - delicious (and nutritious) in the stir-fry I've used it in.
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