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The Kholrabi bolted. The tops are edible as well as the cabbage like interior of the bottom globes. I’ll be harvesting soon. They sure look good. This is a close-up of the green pea tendril grabbing the string trellis. Here is a view of the carrots, peas, onions, turnips, kholrabi, and strawberries. This weekend I was able to transplant nine tomatoes. The first five came from the local garden center. - Pomodoro (I picked this up at the local garden center, Hyam’s. It was described as a European variety, ribbed, and indeterminent. I do not recall if it is open pollinated or a hybrid. I hope hybrid. - Tomosa [...] This photo shows a mature broccoli plant in full side shoot production mode. This particular variety is an open pollinated type called Broccoli De Cicco. The main heads are (were) small and harvested in January and February. These plants were direct sown last fall in September. The side shoots are harvested about twice a week, [...] I really enjoy being able to get lunch from the garden. The first photo shows what I was able to gather, and the second one after steaming the broccoli and adding half a microwaved potato. This weekend revealed more lady bug residents on the arugula. I have highlighted one of the ladybugs below because she is partially hidden. It was hard to get a photo of all three together as they were on the move. The whole plant is shown below. It over-wintered and is the size of a small [...] This morning it was time to clear some space for the tomatoes. I have about 4 or 5 large blooming arugula plants. I pulled 4 of them up and was about to yank out the last one when I saw a new resident had moved in. So, the arugula stays for now. I also found [...] “Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.” ~Douglas William Jerrold
The Broccolli actually produced twice this week due to all the rain. They are side shoots, but plentiful and they taste great. We harvested our first kohlrabi. The bunching onions [...] |
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