Planted ‘em too close together to start with. Thinned too late, all went to seed. Here endeth the lesson.
Seeing as how they were plain old red grocery-store radishes, we thought we’d do something a bit more exotic, and in their place today I planted daikon radish and helios radish seed instead. Daikon is a Japanese staple, that shredded white stuff you see as garnish on your sushi plate. Very tasty. The helios should be a bit sweeter than your average radish, and sweet/hot is my very favorite flavor.
Hey, remember those two tomatoes I planted in the garden boxes (as opposed to inside the enclosure in pots)?
And his friend:
Let’s have a round of applause for these procrastinating bastards, shall we?
A note about the deliciously delightful cucumbers I touted so enthusiastically yesterday…y’might have to sun protect them in the afternoons down here in the Ass-Hot part of the world. Just so’s you know.
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on May 15th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Oh, I feel so much better now! We have tomatoes the size of yours, so maybe all is not lost for our garden.
We’ve started buying veggies that we don’t grow from a local organic farm, and last week we tried some French breakfast radishes. They were so cute! And yummy. Nice and zesty on our salad. This week I’m getting a chicken from these folks – free range, no drugs, etc, etc. And from less than 50 miles away.
I wish I could have chickens. The Husband says that it’s illegal in the city limits. Oh, and the dogs would kill them.
on May 15th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Those were started first week of May, so I’m not that worried about them. When you go out every single day (sometimes multiple times a day), it just looks like things are growing sooo sloooowly. Except the corn, of course, it’s CRAZY.
You can live vicariously through A, she’s got chickens.
on May 15th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Oh yes: I saw her chickens the other day when I wandered there from your links. I loves them.
RE: yesterday’s comments: I found my first 2 grey hairs the week of my birthday this year. *ducking*
on May 15th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Shutup.
Bought a flexible bukkit today.
on May 15th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
That’s what my tomatoes have looked like for a month. I’m almost ready to yank them out and put in starts from the nursery which are 3 times as big just so I don’t get depressed every time I go in that part of the yard.
on May 15th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
If it makes you feel any better, Second Slowest Tomato evidently heard us talking and put on another pair of leaves today. That’s right, don’t MAKE me come out there.
on May 17th, 2008 at 11:45 am
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