I'm glad you thought the other post was an entry, or I would have missed this challenge altogether. Isn't my title of the first one a hoot?! I had no idea that "disaster" was the prompt. It's a good thing there are plenty of disasters to write about.
Your broccoli was gone when you came back this time? Whenever I go away, even just overnight, I am very anxious about my garden and what I will find when I get back. I'm sorry you lost your broccoli. Will it come back?