#spring vegetables

[themethereoncewas]

Zondag 14 juni 2026... de droge oregano gemalen en in een bokaal. Andijvie geoogst en verwerkt... "24 kroppen". Een deel look geoogst, want die begon roest te vertonen door de vele regen.

[sikfankitchen]

Spring is in the air

[grlpanicked]

peas, tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, cucumbers + chives

trying to build a tiny community garden in the abandoned planters in the complex before I move this summer

my potato plants need to be repotted, they grow so fast

I grew all of these from seed or scraps! I’ve never had this many plants before! very happy

[dishesmadeeasy]

[mayadawn]

~Spring Chicken Pot Pie~

Recipe by: 'Coley Cooks'

[mayadawn]

~Spring Vegetable Risotto with Asparagus, Peas, Radishes and Leeks~

Recipe by: 'Coley Cooks'

[ediblegardenspointloma]

In My San Diego Garden and Kitchen

Last week we had the first of the small crop of Green Globe artichokes. We replaced the plant and it took some time to come to size. Next year’s harvest will be more robust.

A dinner last week included artichoke, Yukon Gem potatoes and fresh lime, all from the garden.

A neighbor is especially fond of beet greens but not beets. With the beets I made an assemblage of brown rice, black beans, cooked cubed beets with additions of varied textures and flavors. The extra cooked beets were used for pickled beets.

With some of the kumquats from my son’s tree, I made candied kumquats in a reduced simple syrup. I freeze small jars and use it to top waffles and fresh fruit.

Spring Green Minestrone used an assortment of green garden vegetables. The steamy bowl was topped with toasted panko crumbs and lemon zest.

Sunday’s church entry bouquet remembered Memorial Day.

Check the What I’m Planting Now page as I prepare for the warm season garden. Then head to Harvest Monday, hosted by Dave at Happy Acres blog and see what garden bloggers around the world harvested last week.

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[jensownzoo]

Garden update (zone 7a) while going around uncovering and watering things this morning.

The fava beans continue to do well. I removed the row cover last week and nothing has been bothering them. I was noticing a number of ants climbing all over them and some possible chew damage (yes from the ants directly), so before I took the cover off I sprinkled some ant bait granules at the base of each plant. They were gone along with the ants at the time of removal, so problem solved, at least temporarily. Since last year ants killed my eggplants by chewing into the stems to access the sap, it was important to head this off.

The bok choy (right) are definitely ready for harvest. I'll work them into my meals this week. The Chinese cabbage (left) is getting close...you can see the florets just starting to form here:

Two of the broccoli plants next to the bok choy are pretty stunted, probably from being shaded out. Hoping that they bounce back after harvesting the bok choy. These are plants that I started indoors and transplanted out. For comparison, here's the groups I sowed directly into earthboxes in the cold frame:

They're about 2 weeks behind in terms of harvest and took twice as long to germinate. In addition, here are the ones that I thinned from this earthbox and planted in a separate earthbox:

They're even further behind both because of the transplant shock as well as the reduced sunlight. They only get a half a day's sun and are kept covered in insulation blanket, both to keep digging critters out as well as the cabbage moths. No slug problem in either of the earthboxes though. The distribution of sizes/maturity will serve to spread out the harvest very nicely too.

There has been a definite difference in the two beds containing my beets and carrots too. In this first bed I planted Scarlet Nantes carrots (Ferry Morse) and Detroit Dark Red beets (Botanical Interests):

And in this second bed I planted Chantenay carrots and Detroit Dark Red (Morse strain) beets, both from Ferry Morse:

The difference in germination is pretty pronounced. The beds are contiguous (so same soil) and the seeds are the same age (2023) and they've received the same care. It's just very interesting to see the reaction of different varieties in the garden. It's what makes seed-saving so rewarding...you are basically selecting for the strains that do the best in your exact microenvironment and care techniques.

Switching topics, the bulbing fennel I transplanted last week is not only still alive, but one of them has started to push through the protective grate. Maybe I'll actually get bulbs this year instead of just seed. I did learn this year that the Italian type of bulbing fennel doesn't do as well as the other bulbing type in my climate, so something to keep in mind if this fails.

Bonus spring wild flowers:

My neighbor's ground violets look like a carpet of purple and green, so pretty.

Bonus spring flower:

Holy moly the iris has already started to bloom! These were free, picked up two autumns ago from a box on a front stoop. These didn't bloom last year...another from the same box did but it was a purple-edge white, so this was a welcome surprise.