Garden update - red chard, tomatoes, and TURNIPS galore!

in #gardening8 years ago (edited)

Hi everyone! I've been gone for a while and the spring/summer gardening season is winding down, but before I tear up part of the ground and reorganize things in preparation for my fall garden, I thought I would post a little update!

Our location and climate seem to be perfect for growing hardy herbs and pretty much all root vegetables. Once it got hot enough outside, the tomatoes and peppers (hot and sweet) started taking off too. Here are the tomatoes:
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They're shortish plants, but they're producing a lot of fruit, which is what matters to me. And here are pepper plants (habanero, as someone correctly guessed in a reply to a previous post):
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The lettuce situation is horrible though! Maybe it's because by the time I had the fence and other defenses of the garden set up, it was already too hot outside for the lettuce that had been nibbled on by rabbits to grow back. I don't know, but I got almost no lettuce. :(

I'm going to try again in the fall. Lettuce doesn't even germinate when it's too hot, right?

The swiss chard turned out especially well. I just harvested this, and there's about twice this amount, or more, still waiting in the ground:
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And look at these TURNIPS! The vegetable we got the most of was the one I have very little idea what to do with!
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Turnips, turnips, turnips...

They're huge! Maybe I should become a turnip farmer and try to make a living selling turnips for $.80 at the grocery store for the rest of my life. (Are they even worth that much? LOL.)

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So I wasn't sure what to do with these bitter roots at first, but I did find some good baked recipes and we threw together a vegan stew one night, which was really good:
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This contained turnips, chard, kale, potatoes, celery, leeks, and onion, and we let it slowly cook all day. I love vegetable and broth soups with spices like salt and pepper, garlic, turmeric, and cayenne pepper. Adding lentils and tomatoes 30 min. or so before serving made it more hearty and filling.

-@summersolstice

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those are some big turnips :D
just boil them, the small ones you can cook with butter in a pan

I have one crazy idea,
boil them with rice I did it once (ask not why please)
my rice tasted shitty, but the turnips were flavor enhanced
I don't know if it was a fling, I haven't tried it again

asknotplease - That's good Tips you give out
summer solstice - You have Green Thumbs mate
Good Job

Upvote for All
bullionstackers

I freaked out by your reply
I've been pruning tomatoes
green thumbs indeed

nice turnips!

i live in the center of the city and i have planted onion and coriander for eat :D.

In my city this is very expensive

I love coriander and onion :-)

I always dreamed of having a garden at home, @summersolstice

It's fun and relaxing. You should start one!

Your a pro at gardening ツ

Thanks! Not yet but I hope to be. There are much better gardens on Steemit now :-)

Thanks for sharing. I have recently fallen in love with a good BLT sandwich. Toasted bread. Fresh tomatoes, and Duke's mayo.
mmm mmmm

Keep STEEMIN!

That sounds SO refreshing :)

This is how #cornwins was started! 4 cups of sweet corn grown right in TN. It's becoming a challenge now. Try the #cornwins challenge!

That is the agreement my wife and I have as well. Nice garden. We finally started getting tomatoes a few days ago. We are hoping they come fast this weekend so we can make salsa.

Lol. There's nothing like fresh, homemade salsa with some chips and guacamole!

Where is this place??? You have make my mouth so watery now.... Yummy

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