The Garden News

[osprey_archer]

I have started my garden! By which I mean that I’ve planted two rows of seeds, one of spinach and the other of radish. It may turn out to have been too early for the radishes but I bought a jumbo pack of seeds so if this first batch doesn’t grow it doesn’t matter much. Which is fortunate, because it is supposed to snow eight to ten inches on Saturday and I feel that this might stress the seeds.

But if they do grow, radishes are basically instantaneous in garden terms, so I could be eating the first ones this time next month! Apparently one eats radishes by slathering them with butter and sprinkling on salt which honestly sounds like the best way to eat any vegetable.

...I’m actually not sure I like radishes, but then I haven’t tried them since the last time I grew radishes, when I was approximately ten and loathed all vegetables. Perhaps they will suit my taste buds better now.

The packet says the seeds will take five days to show visible sprouts. I planted them on Sunday so it’s too early to expect anything, but I have nonetheless been checking hopefully every morning.

My other garden plans this year: tomatoes, of course (cherry tomatoes, because I like them better than full-size & I think they’re more reliable, too), and four herbs: basil, sage, rosemary, and thyme. Some year I’ll probably add parsley to complete the song, but I never use parsley so I can’t quite bring myself to do it.

Comments

[ivy]

Hooray for gardening! (And I think radishes are delicious; I like them best raw but will also eat them cooked and with salt.)

[osprey_archer]

I have doubts about cooked vegetables in general, but if the radishes are abundant I may give it a try just to see. Perhaps roasting? Generally I'm a big fan of roasting things. Hard things get soft and sweet and soft things get harder and... not always sweet, but more flavorful.

[kore]

I like radishes a lot! Baked/roasted, but sliced very thin in salads is also nice.

[littlerhymes]

This all sounds extremely exciting and spring-y!

I'm pretty sure I was radish neutral as a child but have now matured into a radish enthusiast LOL.

[asakiyume]

I've found a great ability to acquire a taste for things I manage to grow, even if they wouldn't be my absolute favorite otherwise. Radishes have (IMO) a great texture fresh from the garden, really crunchy and juicy, and they are so pretty, too. Sometimes they can have a really sharp bite to them, but not always.

And they really are stalwart growers! I'm sure you'll get good results.

[osprey_archer]

I never really liked tomatoes until one of my friends started growing cherry tomatoes, which were so good fresh from her garden that they converted me - so hopefully the radishes will win me over too. Provided that the blanket of snow currently drifting down from the sky doesn't kill them dead. But if anything can survive it, surely radishes can!

[osprey_archer]

If I have some extras I'll have to try them roasted. I've never met a vegetable (well, a hard vegetable; lettuce or something like that is quite a different story) that didn't respond well to roasting.

[osprey_archer]

It's clearly time for me to give radishes another chance. I learned to like potatoes this year. RADISHES COULD BE NEXT.