The coolest Cauliflower EVER!

This amazing cauliflower was procured at our local Farmer’s Market. The Ochibos insisted on getting it since it matched so perfectly to the purple Ochibo. You can see him walking amongst the purple cauliflower trees. It was delicious, being a bit stronger in taste than the white cauliflower and it turned a lovely shade of lavender when it was steamed.
It comes from the family that contains wild mustard (like broccoli, brussel sprouts and romanesco), Brassicaceae. I know it is too late this year, but get them for next year’s garden!
Cauliflower is totally loaded with vitamin C…. who knew?

Moss!

How freaking cool is the field of genetics? Some scientists in Zurich have figured out how to insert mammalian genes in… moss. Really, moss! What does this mean for us? Well, now we can get the moss to grow our mammalian proteins for us. Therapeutic proteins (such as insulin) that until now have been very expensive to culture due to the fact that they could only previously be made mostly by mammalian cells.

Lizards!

You know how you see little cool lizards out basking in the sun? For about forever, we figured it was solely because they were trying to warm up. Well, it turns out that they are also getting themselves a vitamin D boost. Smart little pups!