Broccoli

• Set up structure for the broccoli cloth. Sew cover to fit over new frame. Sew with tissue paper between layers to prevent breaking needle. Sew with long, basting stitches. Cut to fit the frame, with openings (overlapping on corners) on ends and one long side.
• Put bottomless milk jug over the seedlings for protection from wind until they are established. (Drill holes along bottom two inches to allow drainage, cut down the side to easily remove once plants are established.) Use tomato cages to support the mature plants. Put additional stake (or two) though the tomato cages for extra support. Or if Broccoli is curved from the start, use two 4' stakes and flexible garden tape to stake the plant. From Diane Mumm 

• Make more space for broccoli, expanding top and bottom of beds. Leave just enough space to get the wheelbarrow in. Four plants gave a good amount of broccoli, but six or eight plants would be better. Plants could be planted a little closer together and subsequent planting could be put in the same bed. 
• Use pine straw mulch.  
• Fertilize broccoli three weeks after transplanting seedlings into the garden. Use a low-nitrogen fertilizer, such as a 5-10-10 formula. Use fish emulsion to fertilize broccoli.
• Direct sow second crop of broccoli in July.