Don't let the title scare you...we will have plenty of yummy radishes available this summer (if the farm kids don't eat them all first). The thing about kids who participate in growing their own food is...they love to eat it. My son, who claims to dislike just about anything spicy, will munch radishes with a bit of a kick. All. Day. Long. The same goes for peas (of course), lettuce, spinach, green onions, carrots and most other garden produce. The kids love eating food straight from the garden.
That's why we were not surprised when Mason and Bella were thrilled to eat the first radishes from the green house.
And why we should not have been surprised when we walked in a little later to find most of the french breakfast radishes gone!
We convinced them to leave the rest to get a little bigger before they ate them. This was only a small patch in the greenhouse for our early season salads, so they can eat as many as they want. We will have to keep a close eye on our radishes in the field though.
There should be plenty of radishes for you to enjoy this summer. Because radishes show up each week of the growing season, we try to keep them interesting by planting lots of varieties. Slender french breakfast radishes with a little bite, mild and colorful easter egg radishes, spicy asian varieites, classic round reds, black spanish radishes with white insides, large radishes that look like watermelons, and plenty of daikons...hopefully we won't get bored with this easy garden vegetable!
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