There is a reason so many vegetables are in the same family. My husband tells me cruciferious is being replaced by brassicae, but evoking crosses makes sense, especially when looking at young sprouts:
(Tapping any image will take you to the Baker Creek page with images of the mature veggie…)
I will add that the current garlic bed will become a brassicae bed in midsummer, for the less heat-tolerant varieties for a fall harvest (broccolis, cabbages and cauliflowers)…
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