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Posted by Miriam on 2009-05-08 03:56:17 +0000

Crop Report

Emerging now: Radishes, corn, parsley, mint, garlic (or shallots...can't remember which), tomatoes, eggplant (Ichiban), beets, chard, watermelon, and I think spaghetti squash (could also be cucumber, zucchini or pumpkin). To come: More tomatoes, green beans, soy beans, peas, sugar snap peas, basil, more radishes, more beets, more chard and marigolds. Probably a few other things I can't remember, too. This weekend...microgreens treats!
Posted by pchippy on 2009-05-08 17:11:34 +0000
Way to go, Miriam! Last night we ate a nice mess of home-grown second-year collards (in their second year they flower, becoming more like broccoli raab) with home-grown chives and a boughten onion. Several of last year's carrots wintered over successfully too, under the 6" of straw mulch I laid down. Their foliage is getting green and lush. I wonder what the roots are like. Potatoes are coming up, and garlic is doing well. Self-seeded dill and cilantro are only a couple of inches high so far.
Posted by MF DU on 2009-05-08 18:22:33 +0000
Driving through Hyperspace ain't like dusting crops boy.
Posted by Miriam on 2009-05-10 00:55:57 +0000
Yum! My handyman (who's never charged me for work) called last night to request that I keep him in veggies as payment. Let's hope the crops hold out with all this rain. Actually have a pretty vibrant mushroom bloom on the bed from last year, but they don't seem to be disturbing the lettuce sprouts. There are a LOT of radishes, and they are mighty spicy. Thinned some last night and ate them with mint and beet sprouts last night. They added some kick to my burrito for sure. Bought a huge bag of peat moss to use as mulch as soon as the rest of the sprouts get moving; should keep everything happy and healthy all summer...and will mix in well this fall. Will likely mix in some sand then, too...to try and loosen up the clay that makes up my backyard. I think I've identified either pumpkin or spaghetti squash starting to sprout, too. Every day is something new. Definitely exciting! Happy gardening and good eating!
Posted by ConorClockwise on 2009-05-10 01:42:05 +0000
Radishes aplenty, with nice eatable leaves and soon actual radishes. Carrots have sprouted, about 1" tall. Peas about 2"-3" Lettuce about 1"-2", with more oak leaf than past years. Brocolli rabe just breaking the surface. No sign of potatoes from the 6 mounds. Apple trees were hardily flowering, and I have high hopes for the Red Rome, but the Macoun might not bare fruit again...
Posted by dyedon8 on 2009-05-10 02:45:42 +0000
4x8 garden box built and planted today. Three kinds of tomatoes, squash, zucchini, beans, arugula, lettuce. Reports to follow.
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