tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post1675106475379715600..comments2023-11-17T12:32:11.301-05:00Comments on Daphne's Dandelions: Asian GreensDaphne Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-82883479608400241182008-08-01T09:31:00.000-04:002008-08-01T09:31:00.000-04:00I don't think there is a day that goes by without ...I don't think there is a day that goes by without salad. I love it so much. Right now it is the best. I grow everything in it except the red peppers. I'm going to be sad in a week when I'm out of lettuce. I have plenty of other greens that go into the salad (tatsoi, Fun Jen, mizuna), but I love lettuce as a base. I may have to break down and by lettuce at my farmers market.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-59420485263871935142008-07-31T16:14:00.000-04:002008-07-31T16:14:00.000-04:00Oh, wow you have a busy bee with all your new crop...Oh, wow you have a busy bee with all your new crops. I hope they are successful for you and are delicious! you make me crave salad. lots of salad.DP Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13729511776841579464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-3500474296942886172008-07-31T14:54:00.000-04:002008-07-31T14:54:00.000-04:00Perennial Gardener: yup I do get a little crazy ov...Perennial Gardener: yup I do get a little crazy over my garden. I like your word though. I'm not crazy, just passionate.<BR/><BR/>shibaguyz: I planted the following varieties of Asian greens:<BR/>Asian Green Lettuce (never germinated)<BR/>Brisk Green Pac Choi (mini choi, very mustardy in the summer heat)<BR/>Chinese Cabbage Rubicon (yummy but way too big for me)<BR/>Fun Jen (love it, frilly boc choi, sort of, bad for cooking, great raw)<BR/>Purple Mizuna (wonderful)<BR/>Red Giant India Mustard (likes to wilt and die on me for no reason)<BR/>Tatsoi (nice, but not a great producer given the space since it grows flat and not upright)<BR/><BR/>I got them either from Johnny's or Pinetree.<BR/><BR/>And of course you love the Purple Mizuna. It is purple. Aren't half the plants in your garden purple? I think that is how you pick plants. You ask is it purple. If the answer is yes you grow it. I have to confess that is how I picked the mizuna. I had a choice of green or purple. Of course the purple! No agonizing over what it tasted like. Who cares, its purple.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-39388420865075372002008-07-31T13:12:00.000-04:002008-07-31T13:12:00.000-04:00Our Chinese cabbage was actually one of the first ...Our Chinese cabbage was actually one of the first things we harvested this year. It was a strange variety that you harvest like spinach so we had quite a bit of it and used it in a lot of stir fry. YUMMY!<BR/><BR/>Like you, we will be planting more of it later. Ours will have to go under cloches even later in the year so we'll keep an eye on your progress and see what works best and what doesn't.<BR/><BR/>What varieties are you planting? LOVE the Mizuna, by the way. Might have to add that to a spring planter next year... note to self...Shibaguyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682269444278312127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-58427310500109647022008-07-31T12:58:00.000-04:002008-07-31T12:58:00.000-04:00LOL Daphne, you kill me with "Pay no attention to ...LOL Daphne, you kill me with "Pay no attention to the wild look in my eye." I love your passion for you veggie garden. And that mizuna plant has fantastic color, what a treat to add that to a salad!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com