As a kid, I always thought Japanese beetles were kind of pretty, like small jewels. That was then. This is now. Now, there they were, uncountable clusters of them. I swear, on quiet afternoons I can hear them chewing.
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As a kid, I always thought Japanese beetles were kind of pretty, like small jewels. That was then. This is now. Now, there they were, uncountable clusters of them. I swear, on quiet afternoons I can hear them chewing.
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Holy Bolting
by Laura Mathews · June 20, 2009
Yes, it is an annual. Annual vegetable. I’ve never had the pleasure to see broccoli bolt to this extreme. This monster plant was started in the greenhouse during the winter and planted in a container very close to maturity. I harvested one good head from it and several nice side shoots. A cluster, close [...]