I’m hoping the rain will hold off until this afternoon so Lucy the puggle dog and I can finish cleaning up the raspberry patch. Clipping dead canes and pulling weeds takes a surprising long time when you have a dog helping you out. But I suppose I wouldn’t have it any other way. 🙂
Have your raspberry plants started to leaf out yet? Our are looking really healthy this year. 
The garlic I planted last fall is doing really well too. Just a few weeds here and there but nothing I can’t keep up with. 
Beets! I planted beets seeds about a month ago and they finally decided to make their appearance. I planted 4 kinds of beets this year and let me tell you Bob, I can’t wait to harvest them this summer. 
I can however wait for the Brussel sprouts. 😉
While Lucy checked looked for hidden treasures I thinned the radish seedlings.
I suppose I could replant them somewhere else in the garden if I wanted to, but with only 10 garden boxes this year I’m already running low on space so I just tossed them onto the compost heap.
Now, if we could just get the weather to warm up {and stay warm} I could really get some work done. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to for heirloom tomatoes and fresh basil.
Ahhh summer… we need you.
~Mavis
tc says
Mavis, why not eat those radish seedlings, they make a nice addition to a salad or as decoration for hot dishes, appetizers and wonderful nutriotion.
Mavis Butterfield says
I could, couldn’t I? Why didn’t I think of that?
tc says
Probably because you are busy teaching us other things and here in CA, they are the big thing as are pea shoots and other spouting seeds.
Your readers are here to share with you as you do with us. Also the chickens go nuts for them too, at least mine do.
Cecily says
Yep, those radish seedlings are awesome in a salad. You can also use beet, carrot, lettuce, broccoli, Brussels sprout, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, bean and pea seedlings as well.
Mindy says
I have never planted garlic but want to (especially after watching a food documentary of garlic coming from china along with other things…) I remembered you planted in the fall but I saw some for sale the other day so then I started wondering. Also wanting to know when you planted your leeks? Was that Fall also or do I plant in Spring?
Mavis Butterfield says
Leeks are early spring. 🙂
Heidi says
Mavis, I love your idea of using tomato cages for Brussel Sprouts. I planted them last year for the first time and they fell over when they got bigger. Thanks for the tip!
Mavis Butterfield says
You bet I think the cages really help! 🙂
tc says
I have been getting the bottom of celery stalks in my bins from the local market, I put them in the chicken pen and later notice that the chickens wouldn’t eat them but the center was getting green and growing. I planted a couple in the my raised beds, lo and behold they are growing – free starts what could be better. try buying organic celery, chop the bottom off and plant it, I was shocked but it works, I get so many I have no planted 10 of them given some to neighbors so will see what happens with everyone. Try it I think you will be surprised at the results.
I also get potato’s in the box, chickens hate them unless I cook them up and mash them (then they love them-who wouldn’t). I plant some of the raw potato’s and yes, I get more potato’s, isn’t nature wonderful. The rest I cook up and we eat, or dehydrate, give to neighbors etc so everyone is happy. This week I got 5lbs of beets, 4 heads of lettuce, 3lb of potato’s, 5 celery bottoms, about a 1lb of celery stalks, 1lb of brussel sprouts, 6lb of oranges (I juiced these before they got too soft). 4lb of green beans which got made into green been casserole tonight, which will feed the two of us for two meals, 2 neighbors and a tenant. 3lb of turnip and parsnip, 4 red cabbage and 3 green cabbage, 2lb of mushrooms (they got dehydrated), 12 bunches of parsley and 4 of dill (all dehydrated and much given to neighbors too. 4lb of tomato’s all made into soups and given away. I think I am doing very well, I have only bought fruit and a little corn on the cob in the last month – such a savings.(oh and any excess goes to my local charity, the members buy the produce with a donation to the club, the money goes to help needy families in the area. I love to cook and I love to feed others, helping the community and neighbors feels so good especially when I reduce waste.
I am not too proud to take the left overs which are thrown away just because they are not perfect. The chickens get so much good stuff they don’t miss what I take for others.