I was out of town this weekend for work. When you see plants every day, their continual growth really doesn't register. Go away for a few days, and it's like, "Whoa." The picture above is from yesterday afternoon. I picked a bunch of greens - turnip, mustard, radish, and arugula...then sauteed onions in butter with leftover ham, added that pile of greens, vinegar, salt, pepper, and a little sugar...after an hour of simmering, the greens were tender and delicious.
Here's a shot of the other end of the garden. Lots of stuff coming in nicely. The big plant in the foreground is Chinese Cabbage that was started in the greenhouse. Its leaves are huge. I'm going to pick those leaves, and make some sort of delicious wraps.
Here is a shot from last Friday morning. The tomatoes are at the far end. More on them later this week. There are 12 seedbeds total, and I still have one that is not planted. One of my goals this week is to complete it, and get everything out of the greenhouse. While I was away, Angelia planted all of the impatiens around the yard, which was a huge help. There are still onions, basil, melons, eggplant, asparagus, and peppers to transplant.
When I got home Sunday, the sparkler radishes were fully mature and screaming to be harvested. I pulled about half of them, the biggest ones, and will pull the rest later this week. Almost all of them were nice and round, unsplit, and crisp. This guy was one of the more unique specimens. I instantly thought of The Princess Bride and 'the six-fingered man.'
These bad boys are also reaching maturity. Know what they are? Bonus points if you can identify 'em. Not sure what you can spend those bonus points on, but I'll think of something.
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