Tag Archives: fun jen pai tsai

Greens

Posted on Friday 29 May 2020 by brianbreczinski

Our various greens have been growing well and now are providing us with fresh leaves every day.  It was hot and dry when I took these photos, and some plants were starting to droop, so I watered them a little … 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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Cabbages, Greens, & Radishes

Posted on Thursday 05 June 2014 by brianbreczinski

We continue to harvest the plants in garden bed number one.  Last night, we pulled more radishes; these are from the first planting on April 24th, but the radishes that I planted on May 11th are growing well and should … 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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Peas are blooming! (and chard and mustard greens)

Posted on Wednesday 29 May 2013 by brianbreczinski

The super sugar snap peas are blooming, which means we will be harvesting pea pods soon. Unfortunately, some other plants are producing flower buds too — plants that I don’t want to see blooming because we eat the leaves or … Continue reading →

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Thinning Cabbages and Weeding

Posted on Sunday 26 May 2013 by brianbreczinski

When I transplanted the pak choi and asian cabbages, all but one of the peat pots had two plants growing in them.  They’ve grown too large to coexist, so today I removed the smaller cabbage of each pair.  I’ve just … Continue reading →

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Daikon and mustard greens are up.

Posted on Monday 22 April 2013 by brianbreczinski

The daikon (asian radish), giant red mustard, komatsuna,  fun jen pai tsai, and mizuna that were planted on April 10th are coming up.  Behind them, you can see the asian cabbage and pak choi seedlings that were transplanted on April … Continue reading →

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Planting 06: Radish, Mustard Greens, & Turnips

Posted on Wednesday 10 April 2013 by brianbreczinski

I prepared raised bed number four on Monday (April 8th) in the usual way:  digging with the garden fork; raking it out flat and banking the sides; and adding first manure, then two pounds of 5-10-10 fertilizer (this bed is … Continue reading →

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