I’ve had radishes on the mind lately. I’m pretty sure I even dreamt about them last night, so I had to have some for breakfast this morning, even though they’re far from my usual breakfast fare.
So to go along with radishes, a list of garden- and vegetable-related items of interest (to me):
– The Minneapolis Farmers Market opens next weekend! Local asparagus! Bedding plants! Radishes! Cinnamon buns the size of your face! I can hardly contain myself.
– Likewise, my local garden center also opens next weekend. It’s called Malmborg’s, but I always call it Mombi’s (like the baddie in Return to Oz) — surprisingly, googling ‘Mombi’s garden center’ doesn’t come up with many useful results.
– The weather was amazing today. I went outside in shorts and a t-shirt and dug up the extra sod to expand my veggie plot. After all the hard work was done, I planted two rows of French Breakfast radishes and some purple spring onions. I am assured that they can be sown directly this long before the last frost. Oh, boy.
– Last week, the city garbage service started picking up bags of yard waste. I’d had last autumn’s leaf bags sitting out by the garage all winter, since I wasn’t sure who would pick them up/where I could bring them, so I eagerly threw them out at the end of my driveway last night. I woke up around 3:00AM this morning, and while I was trying to fall back asleep, my eyes suddenly popped open as I remembered that the bags would be magically gone when I woke up in the morning. It felt exactly like Christmas morning. Except in reverse. And with rotting leaves.
– I love the internet; there’s a blog community for everything! Including gardening, of course. Two of my favourites are Calendula & Concrete and Fast Grow the Weeds.
People are BBQing outside! I have dirt under my fingernails! It’s really and truly, finally spring!
Have you seen folia? It’s ravelry for gardeners.
http://www.myfolia.com/
Those radishes sure are photogenic!
The thought of fresh radishes, still a ways away for me. A few weeks yet before we can enjoy them. For breakfast, why not!
…when I was young, we could hardly wait for Radish Sandwiches…on homemade bread!! and of course lots of real butter….
Have you though of hanging onto the bags of leaves? If they aren’t evergreens they break down over a year. You end up with great soil conditioner or you can mix them with compost or use as a mulch. You just need to puncture some holes in the plastic. I’m in the UK but I would think it would work as well in your more extreme climate….just a thought – depends on how much space you have to store them and how many leaves of course.
I was also tagged by Sue Hepworth. I have a blog, Day to Day Radishes see URL. and your radishes look great.