It was just 6 weeks ago that we planted the green ice lettuce, carrots, cucumber, italian kale, and yellow onion sets. These guys are very tightly packed together in our suburban garden. The lettuce has been producing and been eaten for at least 3 weeks. The carrots were very slow to emerge. The cucumber has been slow, but soon we will have a trellis and hopefully dozens of cukes. The kale is new for us, we'll have to figure out how to eat it. The onions are behind the kale. We are glad to have this much growth in just 6 weeks.Sunday, April 19, 2009
5 Veggies 6 Weeks Later
It was just 6 weeks ago that we planted the green ice lettuce, carrots, cucumber, italian kale, and yellow onion sets. These guys are very tightly packed together in our suburban garden. The lettuce has been producing and been eaten for at least 3 weeks. The carrots were very slow to emerge. The cucumber has been slow, but soon we will have a trellis and hopefully dozens of cukes. The kale is new for us, we'll have to figure out how to eat it. The onions are behind the kale. We are glad to have this much growth in just 6 weeks.
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Looks good. I am growing (or should I say attempting to grow) a garden in pots. They are emerging and we are eating the herbs, the others green beans and cucumbers are starting to come up, but are a little slow. Good luck on your garden
ReplyDeleteGood job on all the vegetables. We also grow kale and our favorite way to eat it is raw. Kale is delicious diced up and added to cole slaw with cabbage, carrots and whatever else you might enjoy. It is also great cut up fine and added to any salad, even as the main ingredient.
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Cynthia- Let me know how the green beans in containers work out. I want to do those this year too.
ReplyDeleteMr. H- Thanks. We'll try the kale in our next salad. It's almost ready to pick. I assume if I pick the outer leaves that it will grow new leaves kind of like leaf lettuce. Is that right?
Yes, kale, swiss chard, mustard, and spinach all act like cut and come again lettuces. The only difference is that they are more cold hardy, slower to bolt, and more nutrient dense...whats not to like.:)
ReplyDeleteYou are so lucky to have all that fresh citrus available.
Mike