2 March 2024
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The gardening year is beginning to ramp up. Last month, there were one or two things to get sown; in March there are all sorts of things that I need to get going. Many of those will be in pots … Continue reading
23 December 2023
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We were given a Mooli (AKA Daikon), a large oriental white radish, in the summer and subsequently went out and bought some seeds. None have come to anything like the same size but they are still happily growing away despite … Continue reading
5 June 2021
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Last night, we enjoyed having our first dinner guests since before everything first locked down last year. As an additional delight, we were able to offer a salad bowl as part of the first course that only consisted of the … Continue reading
9 June 2014
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Our radishes appear to be ready! This was the first harvest of Raphanus sativus ‘Dragon’ from the polytunnel; large but crisp and delicious rather than a fiery monster.
10 July 2011
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What is this? A healthy, mature radish. I have only ever thought of radishes as a crop grown for a small, edible, bulbous root but I left one of the plants in this bed to go to see. It just … Continue reading
27 May 2011
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Jane is modelling the ‘Sicily Giant’ radishes, one of the two varieties we are growing this year. We haven’t had such success with the other ones yet (‘Red Flesh’; a hardy variety so I suspect it might have been a … Continue reading
9 May 2011
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I have had my first disappointing harvest of the year: the radish ‘Red Flesh’ which I had planted in one of my raised beds seem to be bolting rather than forming decent roots. I have enough to create a small … Continue reading