What's Growing

I'm really pleased with how everything is coming along in the garden. Rather than take pictures, I shot a little video showing everything, except the shallot bulbs that haven't broken the surface yet. Everything is from seed except the Sun Gold which was a tiny little starter plant months ago and is producing more now than it did during summer. I think next year I will plant the tomatoes later in the season. I've been diligent about thinning and weeding and created nice fertile soil before sowing. The plants seem to appreciate it.

The Beginning of New Crops

Well, I had another disappointing summer crop and am looking forward to a more successful fall venture. Most everything I recently sowed has started coming up and many rows will need to be thinned soon as you can see by the pics below.

This is a "rainbow" mix of 4 different carrots. 

Bright Lights Chard

Collard Greens

April Garden

I'm pleased with how everything's coming along in the garden and went out and took some pictures to share.

I'm very happy with my broccoli this year. Last year I barely got any florets and then it all bolted. This year is very different. Three of my plants have had small florets that I've been cutting off and using raw in salads because they are small and about to bolt. I thought the other three plants were not going to produce then two of them starting growing really big, like the one below. It's about softball size and there is another slightly smaller one. Hoping they will get nice and big but watching closely to harvest when needed.

Big broccoli, yay!

I have been harvesting lots of lettuce for lunch sandwiches and we have been having some nice big dinner salads. The red sails have been producing for a while and the green leafs behind them have just gotten big enough to start harvesting. The darker green in back are the castelfranco radicchio plants. 

Lettuces and greens

Here is a close up of one of the castelfranco radicchio plants. I had never had it before and is is really good. The younger leaves have a velvety texture and are great in salads and sandwiches. The older leaves are getting a little tougher and bitter, as radicchio does, so I will probably be cooking some up soon.

Castelfranco radicchio

We have been eating a lot of beet greens, chard and kale but the collard greens are coming along nicely. 

Collard greens

Speaking of beets, these are the last of the three sowings and varieties, except for a couple rogue ones that came up by the kale. I've been good about thinning so hoping to get nice big beets from them.

Detroit Red beets

 Snap peas have started blooming. Can't wait, they were so tasty last year!

Snap pea blossoms

Besides all the above, there is chard and kale ready to eat, tomatoes and eggplants growing, and pepper and bean seeds germinating. 

Just a basic update

Haven't posted in while. Garden was a bit depressing during the winter months but I'm pretty happy with how everything's coming along right now.

Currently growing:
Beets (3 varieties-Ruby Queen, Detroit Red, and Bull's Blood)
Green onions
Collard greens
Parsnips
Pak Choi
Broccoli
Mizuna
Lettuces (Red Sail and a mix of other seedlings too small to differentiate yet)
Sugar Peas
Bright Lights chard
Lacinato kale

Broccoli plants are much healthier than last year's. 

Ruby Queen beets & green onions

Mizuna, the bulk of my recent salads.