tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post3032729044621957274..comments2024-03-17T05:30:42.919-04:00Comments on The Gardening Me: Harvest Monday - June 15, 2015Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-2178112476685855422015-06-24T09:43:09.329-04:002015-06-24T09:43:09.329-04:00The purple and white ones have a much sharper tast...The purple and white ones have a much sharper taste than the salad ones I grew - it was quite a surprise when I tasted how sweet they were with no sharpness at all! Radishes can be quite spicy and I know a lot of people that aren't exactly fond of them; my kids often wish we had a dog lounging under the table to pass their less than favourite foods too ;)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-60516947027642048812015-06-22T13:34:32.730-04:002015-06-22T13:34:32.730-04:00I don't think I've ever eaten a turnip. Th...I don't think I've ever eaten a turnip. The ones at the stores here are purple and white. But what a wonderful harvest! I agree with your daughter since I don't like radishes, either. But my grandmothers dog was nuts for them so I always gave her mine. :o)Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-14422092077807943572015-06-16T13:08:26.947-04:002015-06-16T13:08:26.947-04:00Not unless you count cropping! And the lighting i...Not unless you count cropping! And the lighting in my kitchen is horrible, so that really is a compliment ;)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-89842819545853889392015-06-16T11:52:38.794-04:002015-06-16T11:52:38.794-04:00The roots look so good on the inside--you sure you...The roots look so good on the inside--you sure you didn't photoshop them :). I wish my radishes were still going.Eight Gate Farm NHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877942009419912353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-32885370367363295902015-06-16T09:59:10.913-04:002015-06-16T09:59:10.913-04:00Isn't that the truth - and I always chuckle wh...Isn't that the truth - and I always chuckle when it comes to radishes. So easy that they are one of the first seeds children are given to grow yet I struggled with them for 2 years! Our weather has stayed relatively mild and wet lately, so I've sown another round - we'll see if I have similar results this time round. Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-88977640146471160832015-06-16T09:54:06.205-04:002015-06-16T09:54:06.205-04:00Hopefully you'll have fresh berries on your pl...Hopefully you'll have fresh berries on your plate soon!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-7297436930098619752015-06-16T09:53:39.438-04:002015-06-16T09:53:39.438-04:00Thank you Beth! With a shady garden you must be a...Thank you Beth! With a shady garden you must be able to grow fantastic salad greens all summer long. I sowed my lettuce about a month late this year & am now craving all of the lovely salad greens I see in everyone else's garden!<br /><br />I think the next best thing to growing your own veg is being part of a farm share (we call them CSA's - Community Supported Agriculture). Beautifully fresh, local food and quite the variety as well. The weather around here appears to be turning & hopefully it's the same on your end - Have a great week!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-16797348112123217142015-06-16T07:59:52.521-04:002015-06-16T07:59:52.521-04:00Your harvest report is so typical of all our effor...Your harvest report is so typical of all our efforts - some good results (excellent turnips!), and some disappointments. Radishes are surprisingly difficult to get right. I find that they don't do well when the weather gets hot and the soil drys out.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-40873133305126190122015-06-16T04:49:38.206-04:002015-06-16T04:49:38.206-04:00We've just netted out strawberries in anticipa...We've just netted out strawberries in anticipationSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-62413033464963805702015-06-15T22:23:30.806-04:002015-06-15T22:23:30.806-04:00Yum! Your produce is so perfectly shaped. I think ...Yum! Your produce is so perfectly shaped. I think I might have told you that my garden is quite shady, so I only grow a few veggies. But we have a vegetable share from a local farmer, and white salad turnips, kohlrabi, strawberries, radishes, and spinach were among the crops they delivered this week! So, it appears our parts of the world are on roughly the same schedule currently. Enjoy your fresh, organic produce!Beth at PlantPostingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473637655960119672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-87760374857576565382015-06-15T22:20:04.758-04:002015-06-15T22:20:04.758-04:00You really MUST try them - as I said to Jenny, may...You really MUST try them - as I said to Jenny, maybe you can find someone that grows summer turnips or find them in a farmers market. I guarantee you will love them so much you will go searching for some seeds to sow!<br /><br />I do like the Tyee variety - I had considered Bloomsdale, but the leaves seemed a bit too savoyed & I usually like the smoother varieties more (although Tyee is a bit more savoyed than the other varieties I grew). Hope you get those first strawberries very soon!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-35545773555934078152015-06-15T22:12:52.386-04:002015-06-15T22:12:52.386-04:00I can't wait to try them - hopefully I'll ...I can't wait to try them - hopefully I'll enjoy them more than the Vienna variety.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-66403701539243149782015-06-15T22:12:18.939-04:002015-06-15T22:12:18.939-04:00It's good to know that I'm not the only on...It's good to know that I'm not the only one that had a turnip revelation. Sometimes I feel as if everyone knows this stuff but me! The garden is really growing by leaps and bounds now (well, most of it, anyhow). I've had to extend the covering on the garlic bed using 4' rebar - which is a first. This is the first year where I've had to protect alliums from onion maggots and all my garlic was trying to break free of the netting.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-41826323936444097602015-06-15T21:53:49.296-04:002015-06-15T21:53:49.296-04:00Vienna is the only one I've grown (& eaten...Vienna is the only one I've grown (& eaten) so far & maybe that's why I'm not that impressed with kohlrabi overall. I'm looking forward to trying the Kolibri - from what you are saying, chances are good that I'll have better results with that one.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-85622003646559544792015-06-15T21:50:36.245-04:002015-06-15T21:50:36.245-04:00They really are like a different vegetable, aren&#...They really are like a different vegetable, aren't they? I guess that's why I was so surprised! Can't wait to read your Kolibri post - I'm sure I will learn a LOT, as usual ;)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-13241129550507087862015-06-15T21:47:54.382-04:002015-06-15T21:47:54.382-04:00These don't have any smell at all, really - th...These don't have any smell at all, really - they are so mild! Maybe someone you know grows them and you can test them out just to see.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-36395589292746783072015-06-15T20:16:06.073-04:002015-06-15T20:16:06.073-04:00Oh and I forgot to mention the spinach - I'm g...Oh and I forgot to mention the spinach - I'm growing Bloomsdale this year but already wish I'd grown Tyee as I did the past couple of years. Better texture and flavour in my opinion.Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354350096358468967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-6602871453601655622015-06-15T20:13:43.875-04:002015-06-15T20:13:43.875-04:00I hated turnips growing up ... but you make these ...I hated turnips growing up ... but you make these "salad turnips" sound awfully tasty! Might try them some time (but not in a rush). Everyone seems to be harvesting kohlrabi lately and I've just got a bunch of leaves - think I might have a problem so I'll take a closer look in the next day or two. If you've got your strawbs now, mine must be coming in a week or so ... yay!Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354350096358468967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-43884140034638444802015-06-15T19:18:12.671-04:002015-06-15T19:18:12.671-04:00Great harvest, I grow kolibri and love them, the p...Great harvest, I grow kolibri and love them, the purple skin is so pretty. norma changhttp://gardentowok.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-59253161922518030862015-06-15T18:00:13.823-04:002015-06-15T18:00:13.823-04:00Those salad turnips are a revelation if all you...Those salad turnips are a revelation if all you've ever had are storage turnips. I grew my first ones last year and I had the same reaction as your husband - sweet! I notice that the vegetables grow like mad at this time of the year here, it must be crazy mad at your latitude.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07812702328134261533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-30564454167438194682015-06-15T16:51:22.979-04:002015-06-15T16:51:22.979-04:00Your description makes me want to try those turnip...Your description makes me want to try those turnips next year. I never grow the Vienna kohlrabi. A few years ago I grew White Vienna alongside Grand Duke, an F1 hybrid. The Grand Duke was consistently more than a week earlier, larger and better quality and flavor. Same with Kolibri, which except for the striking color is the same quality.gardenvariety-hoosierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823437033502199023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-30477522953674625692015-06-15T15:10:48.569-04:002015-06-15T15:10:48.569-04:00I love the salad turnips too. Some of mine get big...I love the salad turnips too. Some of mine get big like that, Hakurei is one that comes to mind. It's almost like a different vegetable compared to the purple top one. And the greens are milder and more tender too! I'm a big fan of the Kolibri too. I'm working on a spotlight post on them.Dave @ HappyAcreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441364543023807886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-5775203993575916182015-06-15T14:29:34.241-04:002015-06-15T14:29:34.241-04:00Very nice harvest! I love the taste of turnips but...Very nice harvest! I love the taste of turnips but hate smell :( so i don't bother growing them. Jenny Rottingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559432369642740389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-80127021461359767182015-06-15T14:13:43.247-04:002015-06-15T14:13:43.247-04:00I really didn't do that much reading up on har...I really didn't do that much reading up on harvesting turnips - had I done so, I likely would have made an effort to get them out of the ground sooner. I guess sometimes it pays to not really know what you are doing ;)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884216770926932676.post-33107516961680927782015-06-15T14:08:49.943-04:002015-06-15T14:08:49.943-04:00Thanks Phuong! This is my third year trying to ge...Thanks Phuong! This is my third year trying to get some good White Icicle radish roots so I really do feel like just giving up. But maybe a fall attempt will be worth it...just to see if there is any difference.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949946977793864054noreply@blogger.com