February 2015

The heavy winds last month seemed to have slowed the growth of the veggies. Or perhaps it was just the time of year? But some taller crops surely didn't look so good after the winds. The pole beans, tomatoes, eggplants and such all have had a down turn. But lower growing veggies look good.

Below are the last of the rat tail radishes. Everybody is pretty tired of trying them. They were a nice novelty. Good fresh in salad or for dipping, ok added to stir fry. I bet a good use would be as pickles. But we grew far too many plants. In the future we will limit it to 6 plants. 

The daikons are something that grow real well. Below is a Korean type. They got quite large and still stayed good quality. We liked these quite a bit because we could leave them in the ground longer without them becoming pithy. Thus the harvest could be extended. 

Below is the last of the rat tails we are harvesting for the time being. 

These pallet boxes are proving to be excellent compost makers. As we can find more free pallets, we are making more boxes. 

The compost soil we get out of each box looks and smells quite nice......

The celery we planted us starting to grow up. We have been harvesting individual stems for cooking. 

Another herb tht we harvest individual stems as needed is the chocolate mint. It is a nice flavoring. 

Our cilantro is going to seed. We are planning to use done of the seed for replanting. The rest will go for seasoning.