tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post122290543230508724..comments2024-03-16T05:00:31.114-04:00Comments on Budding and Blooming: Harvest Monday 4/16/12Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00193278804750154921noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-57006976261060933502012-04-17T18:53:13.289-04:002012-04-17T18:53:13.289-04:00For beets I sometimes try to lightly dig around th...For beets I sometimes try to lightly dig around the base to try and take a peak. Often you can see the top of the beet without digging. This time I harvested them because I needed to clean up the bed and get ready for spring crops. My beets never seem to get really big, so perhaps I don't leave them in the ground long enough. <br />I've also read about carrots being sweeter in the winter, but we've had such a warm spring (plenty of 80+ degree days) and mild winter that I don't they had any reason to convert starch to sugar. (I assume they do that to get energy stored as starch in the roots when it's too cold or not enough light or both to photosynthesize enough).<br />Enjoy your greens and I'm sure your strawberries will be so delicious when spring comes!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193278804750154921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-1010255554811326062012-04-17T18:45:39.410-04:002012-04-17T18:45:39.410-04:00I agree the carrots are too slow. These ones have...I agree the carrots are too slow. These ones have been in the ground since October! That is a really, really long time to wait.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193278804750154921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-10779108510221413632012-04-17T15:47:56.231-04:002012-04-17T15:47:56.231-04:00Wow, what a colorful harvest. I bet you really enj...Wow, what a colorful harvest. I bet you really enjoyed gathering around the table this week. We can't wait 'till our strawberries come in. They are flowering now.Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442310215979259623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-26167031522983662502012-04-17T15:27:31.668-04:002012-04-17T15:27:31.668-04:00I don't know about kids, but the colors make m...I don't know about kids, but the colors make me want to eat the carrots. I have always heard that the darker colored veggies, especially reds and oranges, have more anthocyanins so you can't go wrong with pretty colors and more antioxidants!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193278804750154921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-32067428909028608462012-04-17T15:25:00.976-04:002012-04-17T15:25:00.976-04:00I think spinach heard that they made the super foo...I think spinach heard that they made the super foods list and thinks that means superstar! Anyway, I've never made hills around my beets, but it might be something to try because my beets never seem to get very big.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193278804750154921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-30525739484416875402012-04-17T07:08:43.039-04:002012-04-17T07:08:43.039-04:00Yeah the spinach is really easy to overlook when y...Yeah the spinach is really easy to overlook when you have such beautiful carrots. Just stunning colors.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-82222469308766741412012-04-17T03:28:25.064-04:002012-04-17T03:28:25.064-04:00I really must try harder with carrots - I always g...I really must try harder with carrots - I always get too impatient and harvest them early and then get annoyed that they are really tiny.Liz - Suburban Tomatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967077073783256161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-20135018917417512472012-04-16T23:17:50.505-04:002012-04-16T23:17:50.505-04:00It all looks so delicious. We don't get strawb...It all looks so delicious. We don't get strawberries here for a bit, so I'll just stare longingly at your pictures. <br />A question if you don't mind, How do you know when beets are ready? I have lots of good foliage, but I'm not sure when to start pulling. I planted them in Oct/Nov so they should be ready soon.<br />Also, did the carrots seem sweeter than usual? I read somewhere that overwintering carrots turns some of the starch into sugar and makes them sweeter. I don't know if its true, but I'm going to try it in the late fall. <br />Right now all we are harvesting spinach, pac choi, green/red leaf lettuce and radishes, but springs slowly arriving and then the fun begins!ignorant gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09666406543531437194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-46012346784045746842012-04-16T22:20:32.675-04:002012-04-16T22:20:32.675-04:00Lovely colors of carrots! I think the Purple Drago...Lovely colors of carrots! I think the Purple Dragons are a little stronger tasting than some of the others, but mostly carrots taste like carrots. However all the different colors might entice some children to eat more veggies and I'm thinking the darker colored ones might have more of those.....mmmm lost the word anthrocyanins or something like that....it helps your immune system or something.Mary Hysonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-83808052491417116272012-04-16T20:20:52.641-04:002012-04-16T20:20:52.641-04:00Why is it that spinach just has to be the center o...Why is it that spinach just has to be the center of attention? (earmuffs-spinach) Those beets look amazing. Last year was my first year with decent success. Do you hill them as they grow?Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07835916593662798037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-63866746022293675572012-04-16T19:46:23.859-04:002012-04-16T19:46:23.859-04:00I grew the carrots from seed. They can take awhil...I grew the carrots from seed. They can take awhile to germinate and you have to make sure they don't dry out. I've never tried transplanting carrots, but I doubt they do well with root disturbance.<br /><br />I will let the spinach know they got fan mail ;)Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193278804750154921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-48770285691450111622012-04-16T19:02:11.732-04:002012-04-16T19:02:11.732-04:00Did you grow your carrots from seed? If so, did yo...Did you grow your carrots from seed? If so, did you plant straight into the ground or start out indoors? I'm just learning, and I want those carrots! Gorgeous harvest.<br /><br />And my aren't those spinach flirty?Patricia Burroughs aka Pookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13000770987295390045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-83820800285101624092012-04-16T15:58:35.893-04:002012-04-16T15:58:35.893-04:00Homegrown strawberries are so delicious! I acciden...Homegrown strawberries are so delicious! I accidently grew a couple one year. I'll try again soon. Your carrots look great as well.Sustainably Modernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14277690427872895102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261494849047025161.post-87882412943704524032012-04-16T15:48:32.211-04:002012-04-16T15:48:32.211-04:00Such pretty carrots!Such pretty carrots!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16158876102857017553noreply@blogger.com