At the end of the first week of May last year my post was similar. The weather might have been particularly warm earlier, but my planting schedule for the most part didn't change. Which means my harvests ramped up at close to the same time. Just past the beginning of May my harvest cycle changes. This is when the spring planted vegetables become ready to start picking. My harvests change from me searching for things from the garden to eat, to the garden needing to be picked and me trying to eat it all. I did have a little of that in the over wintered vegetables, but this is the start of the rush of the spring vegetables, which I'm hoping will continue throughout June. My style of planting is changing just a bit this year and I really hope I don't create a gap in production. I don't think I will, but we will see.
Choy sum and bok choy starting to bolt.
Romaine lettuce and Fun Jen that needed thinning
Last picking of the over wintered spinach
I was so excited about the first radishes that they never got weighed so aren't in the tally.
Komatsuna, lettuce, and radishes
First picking of the spring spinach
- Greens 10.98 lbs
- Radish 0.25 lbs
- Weekly total 11.23 lbs
- Yearly total 51.51 lbs
- Tally -$491.51
I'm so envious of your harvest, especially the beautiful radishes! Our first planting are still just sprouts...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful harvest of lettuce, radishes, and greens! Those radishes do look particularly nice :)
ReplyDeleteI can see why you were excited by your radishes - they look perfect. Mine are often really odd shapes - but not so yours - they are lovely.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous and bountiful harvest and it is only the beginning of May, I am sooooo impressed.
ReplyDeleteI should get my radish seeds into the ground today, completely forgot.
Love all those greens! And those radishes are really nice. What variety did you plant? I planted purple globes and cherry belle and only liked Cherry belle taste-wise.
ReplyDeleteI planted two types. The one picked was French Breakfast. But it is very different than the French Breakfast that I've planted in the past. These seeds make a shorter elongated radish. I also planted White Icicle. I love them both, but the white ones is a later radish and hasn't started to size up yet.
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DeleteHorray! I am so happy to be on the band wagon with Harvest Monday! Thanks for hosting, Daphne! Your radishes are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI have had no luck at all with radishes. Yours look great.
ReplyDeleteYour greens harvests are definitely way ahead of us yet. I think the warm spells you have enjoyed makes a big difference. Our greens are producing but not in large volumes.
ReplyDeleteThe Fun Jen looks great again. I could not find the seed for that in my usual seed sources... where do you buy your seed for that from?
Beautiful harvests this week!
I get it from Pinetree or Fedco. I think they both sell it.
DeleteThanks Daphne for the info!
DeleteI always admire your fen jun green. Its really too pretty to eat. So many harvest! You can feed so many people in your house.
ReplyDeleteYou had a great week!
ReplyDeletegorgeous greens & radishes!
ReplyDeleteIs the Fun Jen the light green stuff? What is that like? Can't wait to be able to harvest my Tatsoi! Nice looking radishes!
ReplyDeleteI find that Fun Jen is a great salad green, but I don't like it cooked. It doesn't hold up to cooking like most of the Asian greens do. Maybe it is just me. I like to have salads that are mixed greens as they are better for you, but I'm not a fan of the bitter greens. And I love the mustardy taste of Asian greens so it is a good mix for me.
DeleteHi Daphne, another new green Fun Jen i haven't heard of before, is it simular to pak choy? Those radishes look to good to eat!!
ReplyDeleteI used to call it my frilly boc choy. It's not really though. I like it better raw than cooked. It mushes a bit too much when cooked. I use it exclusively in salads. But salads of all types.
DeleteYour radishes are gorgeous...so red and perfectly shaped! Mine are never that pretty! Great harvests this week!
ReplyDeleteThey're so pretty. I saw Fun Jen at a nursery the other day and almost bought some.
ReplyDeleteRadishes look good, I need to put some more seeds out!!
ReplyDeleteYour greens and red are so gorgeous together. Don't you love this time of year?
ReplyDeleteWow, wow, wow!! I'm in awe of all your spring harvests!! I have nothing as spectacular :)
ReplyDeleteDaphne, Can you give some details on your spinach? What variety is it--not too savoyed? Do you plant in rows or broadcast? (If there's a blog post you discussed this you can just use that. Thanks, Susan
ReplyDeleteI plant in rows 6" apart and put seed about 1-2" apart and thin to 6" once they are established. Half the spinach is Tyee and half is Olympia.
DeleteThanks. I'm planting my fall/winter crop today. I usually broadcast but I'll try rows per your directions this year. history of poor germination but I think seed needs to be fresh.
DeleteWow thats a lot of greens! And lovely radishes. I keep forgetting to put in more radishes....really need to work out some sort of schedule around here!
ReplyDeleteI don't have any harvest lately but I do love looking at yours. You really had a great harvest!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Greens!
ReplyDeleteMust get that spinach in! Lovely harvests.
ReplyDeleteWould you post a link to pics of your garden? I'd love to see more about its size and layout. You have such amazing harvests!
ReplyDeleteMy wee harvest this week:
http://planetpooks.com/?p=4637
Look at my post on Sunday. As luck would have it I did a tour of the garden from above. It gives a really good idea of how things are laid out.
Deleteat long last, after reading all the post every week, I made my first harvest to show!!!
ReplyDeleteAnother lovely greens harvest. I keep forgetting to sow radish, I better do it soon, waiting for the strong winds to stop.
ReplyDeleteThose are some perfect radishes, absolutely beautiful. I never got serious about planting radishes until this year, and I'm starting to appreciate how good they are. Great to snack on with a sandwich.
ReplyDeleteWow that's a lot of greens! I attempted a spring planting of pac choi, but it started bolting when it was a few inches tall with only three leaves and I even planted them in the shade. I love your radishes too- they are so pretty and perfect!
ReplyDeleteI got a late start and except for Asian greens and lettuce I'm hot harvesting much yet. Can't wait until my radishes look like yours!
ReplyDeleteHi Daphne, You arrange your things so nicely for pictures! I enjoy reading the names and seeing pictures of all your greens. So many I have not tried yet!
ReplyDeleteYour greens are looking good as alaways, but those radishes are picture perfect! The fun jen look good, I'll have to some research on it.
ReplyDeleteThe radishes have a striking color! So beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYour harvest looks so healthy and delicious. I'm not a big fan of radishes, but I wouldn't mind sampling those!
ReplyDeletewow 42 blogs this week! So much fun seeing everyone's' stuff.
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