The backyard is finally starting to look like a real backyard garden again. Out 16 4×8 raised garden boxes are really starting to fill in and it won’t be too long before they are overflowing with yummy vegetables to eat.
I still think the cabbage and radish bed looks the best.
Do you have any great radish recipes? Someone said they are good sauteed, like in a stir fry. We will have a bunch to harvest over the next 2 weeks and I need to find a few good recipes for them.
Radishes, onions and kohlrabi.
If you look closely you can see the kohlrabi bulbs starting to form at the soil line.
The square foot garden. We added 3 tomato plants to it a few days ago. Next on the list are beans and cucumbers.
Check out the bed of Swiss chard.
The chickens will be so excited!
I’m kind of surprised there are no signs of garlic scapes yet. I love using them in stir-fry dishes and it seems to me they should be popping up by now.
The year started off pretty mild but lately the weather has begun to really warm up for this time of year {I think so anyway}. Since we didn’t get any snow this past winter, I think the vegetables might be a little behind. Either that or I’m the one who is behind. I’m not sure which is which.
If there is one thing I have learned over the years about gardening is that it’s better to wait to until the weather warms up a bit to get all your seeds planted. Otherwise they just end up rotting in the ground because your’e to stinkin’ excited to start gardening and you plant them too early.
Thinning the beets is on the agenda this weekend.
Be still my heart. Tomato plants.
Here is the view from the garden gate. Pretty neat-o if you ask me.
If you find that I am posting less than normal this weekend, it’s because I plan on spending most of it getting caught up in the garden. My online boyfriend Ryan from Botanical Interests is coming to visit me in a few weeks when he’s up here for the Mother Earth News Fair and I want to get everything looking in tip top shape for his arrival.
Peace Out Girl Scouts, Have a great weekend!
~ Mavis
Madam Chow says
Lots of radish recipes over at epicurious.com.
Holly says
Radishes are great for pickling. You can also shred them using the grating attachment in the food processor and make awesome coleslaw with other ingredients like corn, cabbage, etc. I like using a vinaigrette instead of mayo – lighter and brightens up the radish flavor. Enjoy!
Heidi says
My mom said she put some radishes into her taco’s a couple days ago. Kinda strange but I think I might give it a try.
Your garden is certainly taking shape. It’s amazing what you can create from a tiny seed.
I stood looking at my garden this morning in amazement. It’s as if everything has exploded with new growth over the last week or so. We had to move our garden this year and decided it was time to build some raised beds. We will have 18 by the time we are done. Lots of hard work this year but the end results are sooooo worth it.
Brenda says
Heidi,
I’m not sure the reasoning, but the taco truck I frequent at lunchtime always includes radishes with whatever I order. It seems odd to me, but I eat them anyway. Maybe it’s just a garnish similar to a slice of pickle or parsley?
Tra says
I love radishes roasted. Either roasted by themselves or with rutabaga, potatoes, fennel, and other root vegetables. With summer here, I roast them in the grill rather than in the oven. I’ve been making something similar to this recipe from the Baltimore Sun for years. Love it!
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bs-fo-harvest-radish-recipe-20121005,0,6138560.story
Josh says
We like to pickle radishes, carrots, etc., and make vegetarian Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches. We usually add some cilantro and avocado along with the veggies. Here is the recipe for pickling we just used that was outstanding.
http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/vietnamese_daikon_and_carrot_pickles/#.UYHp60dwDEI.email
Susan says
I am trying this recipe tonight .
http://recipes.coles.com.au/recipes/225/pork-radish-rocket-salad/
Otherwise i pickle my surplus raddish and sprinkle through salads.
Red or white radishes peeled and chopped
2 cups white vinegar
2 cloves
10 black pepercorns
2 tabblespoons brown sugar
A slice of fresh ginger
3 cloves of garlic (sliced)
Bring all ingredients except radishes to the boil, then add radishes and return to the boil.
Transfer to jars. Store in the fridge for about a week.
carol says
Slice some good baguette. Spread a couple of pieces with softened butter. Thinly slice radishes and lay on one buttered piece. Lightly sprinkle with salt. Put on the other piece, butter side toward radishes–viola!–a traditional French snack for kids. A more adult version is to have the radishes on the side and dip them in salt and eat with buttered baguette. Very tasty!
Leann says
Looks so great! How many tomatoes in your 4×8 bed? Mine will be 4×8, and I think I read where you could place as many as 10 in one. I’m afraid they will be too crowded, but I have a LOT of tomato plants (I have a hard time with the “thinning” part of starting my own seedlings).
BTW, thanks for the tip about growing potatoes. We moved our garden this year, so we’re technically starting from scratch, and although I had hoped to try potatoes for the first time, with the move, thought I’d have to wait until next year. Then I read your blog, and a couple of days ago saw the plants poking through the top of the tower! I’m growing potatoes! 🙂
Leann
Mavis says
Hi Leann, we planted 11 tomato plants in each garden box. 🙂 Growing potatoes is a lot of fun.
🙂 I hope you get a big harvest.
Charles Sifers says
Looks like your tomatoes could use some epsom salts.
Kathy says
Radishes oh how I love a good radish. I remember planting at my parents house one year and having to harvest the radish. Half never made it inside. Pull, spit, wipe on shirt, insert in mouth. To me, when harvesting, nothing was better then a radish still warm from the earth. Weird, yes, but delightfully delicious!
Lindsey says
Lookin’ good! I love radishes plain, or with a bit of butter and sea salt, or this braised radish recipe from Molly Wizneberg
http://orangette.blogspot.com/2011/04/have-your-way.html
Mavis says
I am totally trying this! Thanks Lindsey.
Julie says
Hi Mavis – I just found your blog last night and have been thinking about it all day! I am so inspired by your gardening. I have a raised bed in our community garden but would love to aspire to your level of expertise.
Anyhoo – I love radishes …fermented. Have you tried fermented foods? They are teeming with probiotics and so good for the body. It’s really easy and fail proof. Here is one of my recipes for radishes: