Hi Kathy,
We used to grow broc, we always bought the plants at the nursery. We stopped growing it because we had to spray it alot because it got alot of green worms and I was afraid I would miss some and end up eating them!!! That is just my input. We love it so we just buy it at a farm market and I freeze it, and have never found any green worms!!!

Brocolli isn't too hard. It's late now to start from seed, so get plants from the nursery. Stick them in the ground 12-18" apart and mulch. You can start picking florettes as soon as you see them. Don't let them turn yellow (flower) because it won't taste good. It will bolt when it gets hot out, but you can keep it going for a little longer by keeping it picked and planting something taller in front to shade it.

I've never had big bug problems with it, if you are worried about little wormies you can soak the head in salt water before eating it. Our plants usally are grazed on by the kids, so they'd let me know, loudy, if they ever saw critters.

If you like eating brocolli, by all means stick a few plants in.