Cauliflower Conundrum

Remember my cauliflower dilemma?  The one where Paul and I witnessed a mouse cheerfully nibbling all my tender plants, in broad daylight?  Unashamedly!?  Well, I’m not the only one suffering it seems – the UK is currently experiencing a cauli-shortage after the extreme heat in June and then the heavy rainfall afterwards killed off much of this year's crops!  Cauliflower prices have soared and some farmers have suffered financial losses after the destruction of their crops; usually suppliers pay up-to 60p per head, but they are now having to pay between £1.50 - £2.00, and of course that means that they will be very expensive for the consumer.  The shortages were described as "very concerning" by a spokesman for the Brassica Growers Association.
Don’t you just love that there is a Brassica Growers Association?  Do you think they have a regular magazine?

Cauliflowers are mainly grown in Lincolnshire as well as Cambridgeshire, Kent, Evesham [in Worcestershire - about 12 miles from us], and Cornwall.  They are currently being imported from Holland so prices will be high.  Therefore, I’d forget the trend for cauliflower ‘rice’ and pizza crusts for the time-being!