Sunday, May 2, 2010

Weekly Harvest

radish harvest
Unfortunately nothing too exciting this week...The radishes are sizing up a few every day. Already we'd harvested about 0.5 lb of these crunchy nuggets. They are tasting great this time of year - perfectly crisp and mild without the slightest hint of bitterness, which is just how it like them. I also harvested all of my remaining mizuna (0.82 lbs). They'd started to bolt but still taste perfectly fine.

I had a very busy weekend digging in the garden. My Jersey Supreme asparagus crowns had arrived from Nourse farms on Thursday (25 large crowns total) and I was able to get them into the ground on Saturday. I also received my Jaclyn raspberry canes, an everbearing variety that I'm very excited to grow. Unfortunately I won't be able to plant them until next weekend so at the moment they are resting in a bucket, the roots covered with some potting soil.

That's all I got. Hopefully you all had a lovely weekend too! Now it's back to "work" work.

15 comments:

  1. Lovely harvest. My radishes still need to grow some more.

    I am also thinking of buying asparagus crowns, as seeds did not germinate yet...

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  2. Glad to hear your radishes are ready and great to eat!
    I am hoping to have some fresh basil from the windowsill garden in the next couple of weeks. Those outside did not sprout, so time to seed again.

    Susan
    http://susan-chicdaisy.blogspot.com/

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  3. The radishes look great! I think I am going to pull my remaining Mizuna as well, they sure didn't seem to like our 90+ degree temps the past weekend, but I will definitely grow them again this fall, they were delicious!

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  4. those radishes are just gorgeous!

    i did the first cutting of asparagus while up at our place in vermont this weekend. everything is so early this spring! weird, right?

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  5. Those radishes look picture perfect! We ate some fresh harvest asparagus for dinner last night. Having a patch is a pleasure so your invested time to plant up the 25 crowns will reward you well in about two year's time.

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  6. Awesome you officially have an asparagus bed!!

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  7. Looking forward to the raspberries.

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  8. Even if it is small the radish harvest looks good. I can't wait for mine to start, but I put them in a bit late. Soon.

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  9. Lovely radishes! I like the light and shadows in the photo, they make them look so appetizing.

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  10. Those asparagus crowns should pay off big time in the years to come. It's such a great crop, and easy to grow! I really like those Jersey varieties, hope they do well for you.

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  11. Those are the prettiest little radishes...actually big ones. And I know it's the next post down, but Jonathan is too cute! Does he eat those?

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  12. The radishes look wonderful, so colorful. Do you eat the greens also? I hear that they are good in salads or cooked. I don't grow radishes very often, I tend to not eat them.

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  13. I'd say it's a lovely and therefore interesting harvest.

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  14. If you like anchovies, a very lemony vinaigrette with 3 or 4 of them, mashed finely, is delicious with quartered radishes (yours are gorgeous). I first had this at Frankies Spuntino in Brooklyn.

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  15. Nice radish, I haven't start them yet, I usually grow them along with the beans, don't know why, I just do it that way.

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