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I Growed It!

Lookie here, something is ready in my garden!

from my garden

The radishes are among the only things that seem to be thriving. They’re pretty much coming out of the ground on their own so I pulled this one up just to see what was going on under there. Pretty, and tasty. I mean, WOW tasty. If you think radishes are peppery when you buy them at the store, this is pepper x 100 (almost too much, but not if I mix it in with a salad or something).

The others are probably about ready to be picked too, but I’m leaving for TNNA on Friday. So I’m wondering, should I pick them and refrigerate them, or let them stay in the ground for a few more days? They really do look like they want to be out of there…

Just to update you on the rest of my garden, here’s what’s still growing:

3 scarlet runner bean plants–seem to be shooting up, finally (4th plant eaten by a snail or squirrel. sigh)

3 bush bean plants (4th plant, see above)

2 cucumber plants, still looking pretty tiny

1 tomato plant, looking awesome (other plant looked dreadful and I gave up)

Basil- 4 plants, one of which looks decent

Marigolds

Strawberries (had to re-pot)

There’s other stuff mixed in that’s looking less than great, and the crab grass has started coming up through the sides. But hey, it’s the first planting, and I’m proud of it. I am probably supposed to start thinking about what to plant next at this point, but I’m not there yet.

June 9th, 2010 | Category: Gardening (Loosely), Show and Tell | 10 comments
  • If your radishes are too peppery, you could try giving them more water. That usually gives a milder taste. Unfortunately all my radishes were contaminated with white little worms. I have good hopes for my Chinese radishes though.

    Thank you Kristen for the recipe for radish leaves! I'm trying that next year.
  • Kristen
    Radishes will keep well refrigerated for a week, maybe more. Pick them when they're small (they'll be more tender and taste better). Remove the greens before storing them, as they'll remove moisture and nutrients. You can eat the greens too if you like.
  • lindamade
    how do you prep the greens? I might try that with the next batch, although with this batch i don't think they'll last till next week w/greens attached ...
  • Kristen
    You should remove the leaves once they're picked. You can store them separately for 2-3 days or just discard. You can eat them simply, for example stir fried with onion and tossed with some pasta, or added to soup.
  • I love your radish. i have not a little garden of my own for many years but I too found my radish plants were the most robust of all my little plants, and would sprout up without much assistance or bother from me. It's too bad that my little dog had a penchant for radishes, he would carefully dig at the soil to check if they were big enough and then gobble them up when they were ready. So cute that I never minded...
    I can't wait to hear about TNNA,
    Nadia xx
  • lindamade
    awww, it would be hard to be mad a such a determined little doggie! thanks for sharing your story.
    hopefully i'll have lots to report from TNNA....
  • Sarahsavon2003
    peas are about the only thing that is thriving in my garden. My 4 year old loves to eat them right off the vine, so I planted about a 4x3 bed of plants. We have been picking a few pods at a time since last week. Today we harvested about 10 pods--3 of them were actually fully grown ( he likes them small too). I am hoping he will let more fully mature. Next year is going to be my year for other veggies.

    I have blueberry bushes and a pot of strawberries. Another pot of strawberries seems to have died over the winter...
  • lindamade
    Aww. I'd rather have a 4 year old eating my peas than a squirrel, though :)
    Question for you--what am I supposed to do with the strawberry plant when it's not strawberry season? Just let it stay in it's pot and hope for the best?
  • Kristen
    My sister has strawberries, though they're planted in the ground. She just cared for them like any other plant, and they survived the winter okay. Now she's harvesting way more strawberries than she got from them last year. I assume you can just keep yours in its pot, maybe prune it back a little, and hopefully get some more from it in years to come. I thought about doing a potted strawberry, but I just have tomatoes and peppers instead. My pots are actually all doing better than the ones I planted in our community garden.
  • Sarahsavon2003
    I have no clue...that is what I did. It looks like one survived, and one didn't.I let the 4 year old scare the bunnies away ( if I catch them).
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