Gardening – Plan For A First Quick Harvest
When I’m crafting my garden plans, I always include radishes as part of the first/Spring plan.
Radish is one of the easiest, quickest, cold-friendly vegetables to grow. Both the root and the leaves can be eaten.
Eating from the garden early and sharing that bounty is a huge reward. It keeps me excited and motivated.
And it keeps everyone around me on board with the gardening. They (and I!) see results right away. They benefit from these results.
And it’s fun to pull up radishes, uncovering how big (or small – remember the leaves are edible so small is okay too) they are!
Other fast growing crops are leafy greens like spinach and lettuce, snow peas (all of the snow pea plant is edible also – the greens are delicious), and bok choy.
Consider planting a fast-to-harvest, cool-temperature-tolerant crop first.
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In-Ground Storage
(This is a stock photo of beets. Mine are often misshapen. – grins – They still taste great, however.)
One of the many things I love about vegetable gardening is…
The garden can serve as in-ground storage.
I can pick lettuce as I need it. I don’t need to place it in the fridge.
I don’t have to worry about herbs going bad because I can harvest them the same day I use them.
Root vegetables like radishes, carrots, beets, turnips, onions can often be left in the ground for months until we need them. No refrigeration or freezing is necessary!
The garden is truly an extension of the kitchen. And that makes me happy.
(smiles)
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Fast To Harvest
(This is a stock photo. Our radishes don’t look this pretty. But they taste delicious!)
The quickest harvest we have in the Sax household is always the radish. The type we grow doesn’t care about the cold. (grins) As long as the soil is semi-thawed, they are good to go.
And we allow some to self-seed, which means they are usually the first vegetable plants to emerge. They even beat the dandelions!
So the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I are munching on radishes now.
(smiles)
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Growing Carrots Vs Being A Lazy Gardener
I love fresh carrots. But I am also a VERY lazy gardener.
I prefer to let nature water the plants. And Spring tends to be very damp in my corner of the universe.
I planted carrots seeds in a container, watered it and placed it outdoors.
Then I forgot about it.
And it didn’t rain for almost a week.
The soil dried out. Which is a disaster for carrot germination. Carrot seeds, to germinate, should be kept moist at all times.
(forehead slap)
Thankfully, one of my Awesome Sisters gave me an extra pack of carrot seeds. So I’m resowing the carrots and putting a note in my calendar every day to water them.
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