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September 03, 2006
Thinking of Autumn
With frost only a couple of weeks off, we've been exploring the possibilities of autumn crops. We settled on daikon-- Japanese radishes-- which make very nice pickles. We've also planted a few more onions. We could probably have planted more cabbage, but didn't get around to starting the seedlings in time.
The green mesh enclosing the daikon is coated harware cloth (left over from our chicken brooder boxes). All the seeds I planted under the mesh sprouted. All the seeds I planted outside the mesh didn't. I was so impressed with the results, I made a second mesh box to set over a second set of daikon seeds. One morning I came outside to find a small bird trapped inside the mesh. How he got there I don't know-- but as one of my friends observed, at least we know he was well fed!
Speaking of pickles, last week I went to the post office and there were bags and bags of cucumbers from someone's garden. (Bet that doesn't happen in the city!) I brought home a bag and made dill pickle spears. They taste great! My own cucumber plants got eaten by rodents this year, but now I'm all the more inspired to try cukes again next year.
Posted by DJSueellen at September 3, 2006 01:20 PM
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