Thursday, June 3, 2010

From Garden to Table - Radishes

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It is June in the south, and we have had our typical daily thunderstorms. The garden (and the grass, and the weeds) love the rain, so everything is looking pretty lush.

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The radishes had started to grow out of control! I couldn't let the greens go to waste, and did a little research to confirm that people do indeed eat radish greens.

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This was a much more successful radish harvest than our first attempt a month or so ago. They look plump and healthy.

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This is the radish greens as well as some of the mustard greens that needed to be thinned down. They are extra dirty because I had to run out between rain storms, and I had to wash them three times to get all the dirt off!

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Our dog Bailey also loves greens. I thought his favorite was kale but the pieces I discarded or dropped he enjoyed as a tasty treat. It is all I can do to keep his paws out of the lettuce and greens bed, so who knows what will happen when the tomatoes start ripening.

We enjoyed eating these greens too! To read about the radish feast, please click here. Radishes aren't just for salad!

2 comments:

  1. I have spent time worrying about veggies in the rain for what seemed like too long but they seem to love it. So glad you posted about Bailey's love of veggies. My Rudy is the same but my family thinks this is unusual. BTW, those lush weeds are the reason I love my SFG. Used to take too long to separate the veg from the yuck in a ground grown garden.

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  2. As always, it's great to see the garden! Hope you've come up with a solution for your peas!

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