Well, I promised to show you my red cabbage.  Here it is.  See the leaves?  A lot like cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts.  And just like broccoli and cauliflower, the heads grow right up out of the center of the leaves.  

 

See those holes in the leaves?  Cabbage White butterflies lay their eggs on the underside of the leaves, and when the caterpillars hatch they eat holes in the leaves.  Fortunately once the heads form, they leave them alone, and just eat the larger leaves.  Don't care, we don't want those leaves, we want the cabbage heads.  

 

I do care that the same caterpillars get into the broccoli florets, and have to be picked out one by one.  Oh well, that's the price we pay for growing organically, we eat a few bugs along with our veggies.  ;).  We steam them first.

 

We enjoy eating these vegetables, and they are cheap enough to buy at Ingles;  but honestly, I think I just want to watch them grow.  It is a lot of work, but it is fascinating!!!  And we learn something new every day!!!

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!