Tag Archives: pak choi

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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Beans, Cabbage, Eggplant, Tomatoes, Blackberries, and Peppers

Posted on Saturday 02 August 2014 by brianbreczinski

It’s August now, so we’re entering the peak vegetable harvest time.  Today, we picked beans, pak choi cabbage, eggplant, tomatoes, and blackberries. The beans are from all three varieties of pole beans:  ‘Kentucky blue,’ ’emerite,’ and ‘rattlesnake.’  There are 3 lb. … Continue reading →

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Cabbage Patch “Weeds” & Pollinators

Posted on Sunday 20 July 2014 by brianbreczinski

We have been harvesting and eating cabbage for over a month.  We still have several cabbages growing in the first garden bed.  The cauliflower plants haven’t started making heads yet, but the kale is growing well.  We’ll eat kale in the fall; … Continue reading →

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Transplanting Kale, Cabbages, & Cauliflower

Posted on Monday 12 May 2014 by brianbreczinski

Yesterday afternoon, I transplanted my kale, Asian cabbage, and cauliflower seedlings into garden bed number one, in the same way as I transplanted cabbages last year.  I had planted them on April 8th and moved them to the cold frame on May … Continue reading →

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Planting, Finally!

Posted on Tuesday 08 April 2014 by brianbreczinski

Off to a very late start compared to last year.  In fact, I had already planted peas outside by this time last year.  Although the snow is gone, the rain has left the garden too soggy to work the soil, and … 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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Cabbage Seedlings

Posted on Wednesday 21 August 2013 by brianbreczinski

The cabbage family seeds that we planted on Friday, August 16th are coming up.  This is brisk green pak choi in the photo, but the purple pak choi, cherry belle radishes, starbor kale, and snow queen cauliflower are all sprouting … Continue reading →

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Planting 12: Kale, Cauliflower, Radish, Pak Choi, Lettuce

Posted on Friday 16 August 2013 by brianbreczinski

Continuing the fall planting theme, tonight my daughter helped me plant more cool weather crops.  I hope that the weather will stay warm long enough for these to grow, but that it’ll be cool enough that they will grow well. … Continue reading →

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Cabbage, Radish, & Lettuce

Posted on Monday 17 June 2013 by brianbreczinski

Although it has been cooler recently, the hot weather that we experienced earlier apparently prompted some of the cabbage family plants to produce flowers.  We first noticed this problem a few weeks ago.  Now, the pak choi cabbages have flower … Continue reading →

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