This vegetable, the Cauliflower Romanesco is a cross between a cauliflower and broccoli. It’s hypnotic lime green spirals that make up the cauliflower’s head are mesmerising. It is certainly a thing of beauty.

I have loved seeing this vegetable grow from a plug plant, no bigger than the palm of my hand since August. The leaves and there are a lot of them, have grown larger and larger but nothing has been growing through the middle until now in January.

I had these in an 80cm high cage which was covered in enviromesh in August to keep the caterpillars away. Then removed the netting in November after the cabbage white butterflies disappeared and the leaves have kept growing beyond the height of the cage. They are monsters.

It has been very wet this winter with the frost, ice and rain and a few of these the tops have perished because the water has got inside the florets. But the one in the picture is still being nurtured and leaves have been folded over it to protect it from harm and hopefully I’ll be eating one or two soon with our roast dinner.

The Growing Winter Vegetables in Summer Series

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Start Here

• Vegetables to Sow & Plant for Autumn & Winter
• Seeds to Sow in July and August for a Autumn and Winter Harvest
• Growing Vegetables from Plants after the Summer season for a Winter Harvest

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Sow & Plant in July to December

• Vegetable Seeds to Sow in July
• Vegetables to Sow in August & Reminder to Pre-Order Your Onions & Garlic
• Vegetables to Sow & Plant in September
• Vegetables to Sow & Plant in October
• November – Planting Vegetables & Fruit Trees
• Plant Shallots with me in November
• Growing Garlic with Onions & Leeks
• Planting Elephant Garlic, have you tried it? (Plant Nov to Dec)
• My Essential Guide to Growing Autumn & Spring – Onions from Sets – My Free Ebook
• Things to Grow in December

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All About Frost

• Winter is Coming! All About Frost and Growing Vegetables in the Autumn/Winter.

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Winter Veg Updates

• Late Summer – August sowings Update for Autumn & Winter vegetables – planting out in raised beds.
• We have Autumn Cauliflowers! in January 
• Musselburgh Leek Harvest in February

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Challenge Brassica

A project to grow Brassicas (cabbage, cauliflower, kale and Brussels sprouts) throughout the autumn and winter.

• 📕Part 1 – The Brassica Challenge
• 📗 Part 2 – Soil Replenishment & The No Dig Method
• 📘 Part 3 – Planting & Spacings for Kale, Brussels Sprouts & Cauliflower
• 📙 Part 4 – Exploring Netting, Hoops, Cages for all Budgets to Cover Brassica Plants
• Part 5 – Challenge Brassica – One Month Plantings Update
• Part 6 – Kale Harvests and Cauliflower – 2.5 Months Update