First harvest: radishes
I was away from home for the last few days, performing at a barn-raiser and spending time with family in Cobourg. I got a chance to see my cousin Elizabeth's gardens on my grandma's acreage. It was bliss to be out in the country again. The sights, smells, and sounds (and especially lack of sounds) of the countryside are unequaled here in the city. The notion of escaping smogville became doubly attractive for me. If every inch of unused land in Toronto were to be gardened intensively, however, I think I could find summertime breathing to be infinitely more enjoyable.
I came back from my weekend in the country to a tiny patch of now overcrowded radishes, and it finally looked time to celebrate my first harvest:
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I picked the biggest ones and ended up with 450 g of radishes (about 2 bunches). I'm banking on the rest of the radishes to increase in size after this thinning.
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Labels: biointensive, harvest, radishes, smog
posted by FarmerPauly @ 4:02 PM
3 Comments:
They look lovely, Paul! Congratulations on your first radish harvest. :)
They look amazing. So very red. And a nice shape. I dont even like radishes, but I'd eat these for sure.
This is one my favourite ways of eating radishes (something my mom always used to make): open-face radish sandwich.
- rye bread
- mayonnaise
- radishes
- salt
Get slice of rye bread. Spread mayonnaise over it. Slice radishes about 1/4-inch thick and arrange over the slice of bread. Sprinkle with salt. Yum.
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