Its not easy harvesting cauliflower. Its more like a slow and tedious all-day game of Hide and Seek that requires extra measures of patience and persistence. The Chef's Garden grower Jose Gomezs five-man crew walks in single file between the long rows, carefully separating tall leaves to peer inside, hoping for a lucky glimpse of purple cauliflower, or orange, white, bright green or mulberry.Every broad-leafed, thigh-high cauliflower plant yields a single head. As in one. Single. Head. The plants are roughly 98 percent leaf and stem, and only 2 percent vegetable. Our field team is harvesting cauliflower when the heads are still very young, tender and small about the size of a billiard ball. At that size, theyre still deeply nestled in the center of their protective parent plants, swaddled snugly inside their tight wrappings of leaves.Visit us online at www.chefs-garden.com to learn more about our seven extraordinary varieties of cauliflower. Call us to place your order today 1-800-289-4644.
