Interesting about growing cabbage. We used to when we had an acre plus garden. Now that we have a few raised beds we grow in, and being heavily pepper oriented, we have found buying them from the farm store sellers at the local farm markets we save the space, and actually these Farmers aren't getting paid much for their product, so cost per head isn't far from what we found ours to be growing our own. Quality is just as good. Cabbage is one of those crops you can look at and get a good idea if it's good or bad.