The things I seeded in the winter garden bed are coming up nicely. I thinned the radishes and it’s time to thin the turnips. I’m pretty excited about seeing new life this late in the season! I caught this pair of mourning doves hanging out there one morning, probably finding a few of my seeds.
Posts Tagged ‘radish’
25 May
Rebel Radish
Don’t you just love it when the root veggies come out of the ground looking funky? I’ve never had a double-decker before. Well…huh…it made me laugh!
24 Jun
Saving Radish Seeds
Here is an update to my previous post about saving radish seeds. I let the radish growth die naturally and dry outside to a nice tan color. I picked off the stems with the seed pods and had what you see above. Just like a pea or a bean, each dry pod contains a few [...]
25 May
Radishes are me-firsters!
So this is how it’s going to be, isn’t it? Every year, the radishes jump up and shout after a few warm days and some rain…”Ooh, ooh! Pick me first! I’m ready! Over here!” 2009′s First Radishes
3 May
Saving Seeds from Radishes
Did you know that radishes will grow over 4 feet tall? I planted a pot of radish seeds in the greenhouse this December. The seeds took a month or perhaps even 6 weeks to germinate in the cold temperatures. While they were growing, I was actually able to eat 4 or 5 small ones, pulled [...]
16 Jun
Garden changing weekend ramble
The lettuces are done. They never made a head…it just got too warm for them and now they are bitter and milky inside. I pulled all of them out. We did eat 5 or 6 salads from the garden. The last bed of radishes did not form bulbs…headless! All carrots are coming along slowly, very [...]
21 May
Radish harvest, green tomatoes, baby broccoli
I harvested these radishes tonight…the first time I’ve done enough “picking” in one night this year to use the word “harvest.” Interesting how they can vary so much in size. These were picked from a 2 square foot patch that I planted together with carrots. I left almost as many radishes in the ground as [...]
8 May
Worms do it
I went out last night after dark with a flashlight into a slowly drizzling rain to see how the garden was feeling. Broccoli, cauliflower and lettuces looking OK. Radishes, carrots, cabbage looking OK. But why do I keep seeing weird rapid movements out of the corner of my eye? I shone my flashlight around to [...]
28 Apr
First vegetable of the season
Yes, this radish is still a baby, but I couldn’t resist trying a few so early. They did just fine with cold weather, even got snowed on a few times…once while still tiny seedlings. Produced 2 to 3 weeks slower than stated on the packet, but still did very well! The greens taste just like [...]
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