Radishes are one of my least favorite things in the world.
I harvested my tomatoes last week though.
I harvested my tomatoes last week though.
Garlic Harvest
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Real nice! Are those lady slippers?Pulled up half the radish planted April 21. Going to pull the rest up after th weekend. Plant new radish next weekend
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I get growing your own tomatoes but garlic and/or onions? I can get huge bags of perfect specimens Sam's/Costco for very cheap.
Happy day! I harvested my garlic and I couldn't be happier with them! The variety is "Lorz Italian" ... a softneck artichoke variety. Grows well in the south, and the taste is pretty hot for a softneck.
I bought the seed bulbs from Keene Garlic.
Last year, I planted a different variety and they suffered from the dreaded witches broom disorder. The garlic was still edible but instead of smooth bulbs surrounded by paper skins, the cloves separated and the bulbs looked like George Washington's wooden teeth! 😲
Not this year! These bulbs are beautiful. Some are on the small side, but that's heavily dependent on how big the clove was to begin with.
Does anyone else on HROT grow garlic?
(BTW, that bulb in the upper right corner is an onion, not garlic. Most of my onions aren't quite ready to harvest yet, but that one bolted so we'll eat that one right away.)
Different varieties have different flavor profiles. If you're happy with the generic grocery store varieties, then more power to you. But if you want something more, you have to grow your own.
By the way... grocery stores are more interested in varieties that have a long shelf life vs. great flavor.
Meh. Rabbits like them.
If they fill up on radishes maybe they'll leave your other groceries alone.
Beets have to be a top 3 cutest crop. Pulled half of mine up today. Going to give the smaller ones a week or so to catch up and pull the rest later.
What a bunch of cutes.
I like Meyer lemons a lot but we’ll never see them in a store bc their rinds aren’t thick enough to ship them.
For the radish haters, ever tried a radish and butter sandwich? Slice them really thin, generous butter on your favorite bread, and add a little salt. Can add some herbs or greens depending on your taste. Delicious. It's a big thing in my family, but we're all kind of weird. It is a real thing though: https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2015/05/12/radish-sandwiches-with-butter-and-salt
I grow a variety of avocado called "Brogdon" which tastes very similar to Haas.
But unlike Haas it has a very thin skin and a very short shelf life so it's only suited for backyard growers.
Awesome for me, though....
Ha no, I come from a proud heritage of dirt poor "shanty Irish," as my grandma used to say. Probably why they had to eat radish sandwiches. Give it a try Trad, it's like pure summer in every bite!
