First Harvest
I made my first big harvest from the potager this weekend. The radishes were bolting, so I added them, along with cilantro from my garden, to the Asian Coleslaw I prepared for a picnic. I was so proud to bring a dish containing things I had grown myself! Despite a degree in botany, it still seems like magic to me that I can tuck a seed in the ground and, voilá, a few weeks later I have food.The radishes weren’t entirely successful. A number of them didn’t develop bulbs at all. There didn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to those that developed and those that didn’t. For instance, I found this enormous radish next to some with nothing more than a red root.
For the record, I DID wash it before eating. (It was actually added to the salad.) And, despite its large size, it was sweet and juicy. Mmmm….proud, magic radishes.
posted by Kasmira at 21.5.07
6 Comments:
That's a great picture. Your expression is priceless. Talk about large - the radish is gigantic, especially since it is only late May.
There is something special about adding produce that one has grown to dishes.
I'm glad you washed the radish before it eating it.
A degree in botany, interesting. And do you do anything with that degree in "real life" other than garden?
wow, I can't believe you're harvesting already, we haven't even transplanted to the ground here in the rain state.
Brit - I WISH it were raining here. I'm having to do so much watering already!
Carol - I haven't done much with the Botany degree. Worked for the Nat'l Bio Svc and the Forest Service. Tried to teach, but no one wanted me.
Great pics-nothing like the satisfaction of harvesting (and eating) your own home grown produce. I also experienced the same thing this month-radishes with roots and some with none. I hope you didn't toss the radish tops-as they make great sautéed greens and also radish and potatoes soup.
LOL, that radish pic would be a good profile picture for the summer!
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