General Gardening Vegetables

Grow Gourmet Radishes

Radishes are root vegetables.  Even if you hate radishes from the grocery store because they are too pungent, you have to try some “gourmet” radishes.   For the past 3 years, I’ve only been growing the French Breakfast radish from Botanical Interests and Burpee.  It grows in an elongated shape and can get up to 3″ long.  […]

General Gardening Outdoor Grow Room

Hardening Off and Getting the Planters Ready

Since we had a little bit of sunshine and warmth today, I got a few chores done outside.  First of all, I took the cool season plants (broccoli, cauliflower,  brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, pac choi, and Chinese cabbage) that I started indoors in the peat pots outdoors to the garden.  I put them under one of […]

General Gardening Outdoor Grow Room

Raised Vegetable Beds

   While our fenced in garden is 16 ft by 24 ft, we now have 3 beds that are 6 ft by 4 ft and one of each of the following:  11 ft x 2 1/2 ft,  8 ft x 4 ft and 7 ft by 4 ft.  When gardening, you need to be flexible. […]