I thought you might like to see my cauliflower.  

 

In the store it comes wrapped in plastic; in the garden it is wrapped in leaves.  Big, beautiful, bluish leaves.  

 

Cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts are all Brassica oleracea.  Funny:  same genus, same species, very different expressions.  Anyway, they take up a lot of garden space, so we only plant a few of each.  This year we planted 6 broccoli, 6 cauliflower, 6 green cabbage, and 6 red cabbage.  We've already eaten all the broccoli, and 3 of the green cabbages.  Mr. Rabbit ate 2 of the cauliflowers, but we still have 4 of them, and the red cabbage is just now big enough to harvest.  Can't wait to use it in our salads.

 

Interestingly, in order to keep the cauliflower heads white, you have to "blanch" them. That means you pull the leaves up around the head, and tie them to keep the sun from burning the heads.  It looks funny right now, but worth it in the end.

 

I'll post a picture of the red cabbage soon.  It's beautiful too.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!