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Continue reading →: Three Fall Radishes
Our fall radishes continue to grow. They are getting to be almost big enough to harvest – especially if you don’t particularly care about getting them as big as possible. This ‘Mantanghong’ radish is sizing up nicely, although not quite as big as it could be. I pulled two for…
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Continue reading →: Thinking About Fruit
We are thinking about putting in a fruit display garden/orchard here at the Extension Office. It’s not a sure thing whether or not we’re going to do it. We are just in the exploration and pre-planning stages. One of the most important factors is determining if the spot we have…
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Continue reading →: Radicchio
Radicchio is a vegetable that is both rather common and very uncommon all at the same time. We’re used to seeing the red and white thick leaves in our salad mixes and occasionally whole heads in the produce section. Growing radicchio is something else all together. It’s not very common…
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay
I’m not sure if I’m supposed to be happy or sad that the forecast for the next several days is in the mid-80s. Part of me finds that absolutely ridiculous for mid-October, while the other part of me is happy to have a few more warm days to push our…
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Continue reading →: Other Notes from the Summer
We’ve already covered the vine crops, the tomatoes, and the peppers, so I’m just going to fill in my comments on some of the other things we grew this year. Yard Long Beans – Both varieties of the Chinese Long Beans were very vigorous and productive. They were producing long…