Tag Archives: daikon

Container Vegetables Part 3

Posted on Tuesday 23 June 2020 by brianbreczinski

After some disappointing results growing vegetables in containers the past couple of years (as usual, it worked much better when I first tried it), I wasn’t going to do any container gardening this year.  Thanks in part to the Covid-19 … Continue reading →

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Root Crops & Herbs: Preparing for Winter

Posted on Tuesday 19 November 2019 by brianbreczinski

With temperatures predicted to fall well below freezing, on November 8th (Friday), I decided to harvest my remaining root crops.  I pulled the beets and the last turnip and used my garden fork to dig up the carrots and daikon … Continue reading →

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Daikon

Posted on Friday 05 July 2019 by brianbreczinski

I planted two varieties of daikon on April 8th, ‘April cross’, some of which we harvested today, and ‘minowase’, which soon began to produce flowers and seeds rather than the roots that we want. The main part of the larger … Continue reading →

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Shades of Green

Posted on Friday 17 June 2016 by brianbreczinski

The cabbage family plants in garden bed number three (Chinese (napa) cabbage, pak choi, radish, kale, turnip, and assorted greens) come in many different shades of green, plus the purple of one variety of pak choi and the red of … Continue reading →

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Cabbage Greens & Roots Seedlings & Failures

Posted on Wednesday 14 May 2014 by brianbreczinski

Of the nine different kinds of seeds that I planted in garden bed number one on April 24th, three seem to be complete no-shows and a fourth is questionable.  While the other vegetables are growing in good numbers (see photos … Continue reading →

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Planting Cabbage Greens & Roots

Posted on Thursday 24 April 2014 by brianbreczinski

Tonight, I planted several cabbage greens and some cabbage family root crops in garden bed number one.  Since I had already dug the bed, I only had to rake it smooth and make a rim around the outside, then add … Continue reading →

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Carrots, Daikon, & Marjoram

Posted on Saturday 14 December 2013 by brianbreczinski

We continued to harvest root crops into late fall; these were picked on December 4th.  The carrots and daikon don’t grow as long in my heavy, clay soil as they would if they grew in loam or sandy soil.  They … Continue reading →

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Fall Garden Update

Posted on Monday 30 September 2013 by brianbreczinski

Last night (September 29th), I watered garden bed number four, which was dry.  The other garden beds have a little moisture but will probably need water in a couple of days. At the end of July, I began planting more … Continue reading →

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Radishes are up!

Posted on Tuesday 06 August 2013 by brianbreczinski

Both the cherry belle radishes (in the photo) and the minowase daikon that we planted last week have sprouted.  The second plant from the left even has its first true leaves.

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Planting for Fall

Posted on Wednesday 31 July 2013 by brianbreczinski

Timing can be tricky when you’re planting fall crops.  Too late, and you’ll never harvest anything; too early, and summer’s heat may be too much for cool-weather crops. Tonight, I prepared raised bed number four.  I pulled various cabbage family … Continue reading →

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