It was a great day for pictures on the farm this past Friday.
Cilantro
Wow, the cilantro is growing strong. I’ve picked a number of bunches of cilantro today. Too bad the tomatoes aren’t ready to go as they would make great salsa. The cilantro smells so good. This is slow bolt cilantro. Cilantro bolts or goes to seed and becomes bitter very quickly. Slow bolt cilantro is suppose to go to seed much slower. You can see from the first photos a slight difference in some of the cilantro. This is the cilantro slowly starting to bolt.
Radish
The radishes are huge today. I’ve pulled a number of radishes out of the ground today. Also for the first time in 5 years, we have a critter in the garden. Based upon what was eaten and the location (and also what I normally see in the garden), I’m guessing I have rabbits. I’ll keep an eye on it and hopefully the rabbits will eat only a reasonable amount. They are hungry after all.
Peppers
The peppers are starting to grow. They’ve been about 3 inches tall for the past few weeks and they’ve added about two inches in the past few days. We are a long way to actually eating a pepper, but they are looking good.
Rocky Top Lettuce
The rocky top is going strong. I took a small batch of baby lettuces out today and they tasted wonderful. The rocky top is delicate when it is in the baby stage, but in another couple of weeks we’ll have a strong batch of lettuce. At this point they are growing very tightly together and require almost no care, which is a treat.
Peas
Check out the peas — we’ve got pods. I’m so excited. I’ve never grown peas before so I was surprised to notice the snaps growing on the vine. There are about 4 pea pods per plant — a little less than I expected. I was able to pull a pod and took a picture of the inside. I think they need a week or two more but so far they taste great. I also took a picture of the pea blossoms.
Garlic
The garlic is growing perfectly. It was planted in the fall and is about 3 to 5 feet tall today. There are a variety of theories on growing garlic, one of which is to cut the tops of the garlics — called the scapes — to allow for the bulbs to focus on growing. I’ve cut the scapes and I haven’t cut the scapes and have found no difference. Anyway, I cut some scapes — enough for me to throw in a stirfry. I have some pretty good pictures of the scapes. It looks to be a great garlic season.
Beans
The greasy grit beans are going strong. This is also my first year growing beans so we’ll have to see how they grow.
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