A Great Day at the Garden (11/17/08)

Yesterday, I rode to the garden on the new bike. My goal was to peek underneath the leaves of the plant I thought was an arugula, but that I now suspected was a Daikon radish.

And, sure enough, there was the white root that confirmed it as a Daikon!

The other plants are coming along. Bob gave me some radish and spinach seed. This is the radish. Or spinach! We'll apply the Daikon test as soon as they get big enough to look at the roots. Or, someone will help me identify the leaves as spinach or radish.

And, here's the other sprout from Bob's seeds. It's either radish or spinach.

The collard greens Sh'mal planted are thriving. I took some tender leaves home for tonight's salad. Important meal: 12th wedding anniversary!

Here's the Meyer Lemon I planted in April, 7 months later.

This is a shot of the Meyer lemon tree I took April 18th. Click on the photo to see some other historic shots of the garden. You might want to open a new tab in your browser by right clicking, if you can, to keep your train of thought.

Here's the garlic chives Sh'mal planted. I am still not sure whether it's best to clip the leaves or pul the roots. Comments?

This is bok choy Mary gave me, thriving underneath the huge collard greens.

And this is the mesclun mix greens that Mary also gave me. (Or, the bok choy is the mesclun and vice versa!)

Just as Sh'mal said, you can't kill Lambsquarter! I pulled most of it because it was taking over the garden. Here's some re-growth of this hardy plant.

And, these are my peppers, cleverly disguised as broccoli. (The name tag next to the plant says broccoli if you look closely)

So, there you go! It was a great day at the garden.