I can't believe it's been almost a week since I've posted anything. Truth be told, I was sick as a dog for the past few days and could do nothing but watch the grass grow. One of the things I dislike about traveling is that you become exposed to new germs and bugs from other parts of the country the moment you step onto the plane. It's times like these that make me extra paranoid about touching ANYTHING in the "public" space, which may prove rather difficult when you have to utilize public transportation every day.
Anyway, the garden is really starting to produce an abundant amount of greens. Our fridge is now stocked with kale, bok choy, tatsoi and spinach. The conditions have been ideal for growing Asian greens and we now have enough to eat for a least the next few weeks and hopefully until the snow peas come in.
I'm starting to harvest my lettuces as well. I have to remember to sow my heat tolerant varieties this week.
Finally, I picked a huge bowl of spinach the other day. This will provide for several meals at least. We've been lucky that the slugs and field mice have caused little to no damage to our spring greens this spring. Still no signs of the little green worms (knock on wood).
I'm growing a variety of spinach called "Regiment". The leaves are fairly large, semi-smooth and have a good flavor. As an added bonus, this variety is extremely hardy and rather quick to mature. I would highly recommend it.
Beautiful harvest! Yum! Although I love summer veggies, spring has a special place in my heart! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful harvest. It really has been great weather for greens this spring. A little too cold at the beginning of spring, but now that is helping the greens out.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you are feeling better. Those greens look delicious!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful! My "Olympia Spinach" proved very hardy as well and grew all winter, we'll see how long it will do in the heat though.
ReplyDeleteWow. Your asian greens look perfect!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful harvest (as usual!) Thomas! The spinach and asian greens look just about perfect. We are also having a good crop of greens this spring. I need to harvest a bunch of the pac choi and chinese cabbages as they are getting really big.
ReplyDeleteHope you are feeling much better.
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ReplyDelete...sorry to hear you were under the weather but hey, your plants are thriving. Thanks for the spinach variety name.
I don't know, Thomas. They are all perfect. I think I read your blog to torture myself. I bet even your germs are perfect :-)
ReplyDeleteLovely greens, they're a feast for the eye! Hope you're feeling much better.
ReplyDeleteHow do you keep them from being eaten up by pests? Something ate every single bok choi or tatsoi etc that I planted, but I cant find the pest.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, they look amazing. Whenever I plant greens in our garden, the bugs attack the leaves. How do you prevent that?
ReplyDeleteI also just bought some regiment - so I'm very happy to get a look at the 'finished product'!! :) Thanks for sharing this.. I better get the seed in the ground asap! :)
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