Monday, April 9, 2012

Harvest Monday............04/09/2012

There were a lot of overwintered greens harvested again this past week.

17oz. of Fresh Spinach. 
I guess I can no longer complain about having difficulties growing spinach.

7 oz. of beautiful Vates Collards. 
Some of these cold frame grown collards are starting to bolt & flower. I did plant out another variety a few weeks ago. So, we will have plenty of collards for awhile.

6.5 oz. of  overwintered Kale....

and my first ever Asparagus Harvest!!! Boy these little babies were a delight!!
I moved the asparagus beds a couple of days ago and had to pick these spears. I sure hope they survive the move.!

I'll be at the plots all day today.....so, I will catch up on your Harvest Monday posts this evening or first thing tomorrow morning.

Total Weighed Harvest: 2 lbs. 3.5 oz.

Asparagus:
   Jersey Supreme - 1.5 oz
   Purple Passion - 1.5 oz
Collards Vates - 7 oz.
Kale:
   Lacinato - 3.5 oz
   Squire - 3 oz.
Lettuce - 2 oz.

 Hop on over to Daphne's Dandelions, our host of Harvest Monday to see what's going on in Veggie Gardens around the globe!!

39 comments:

  1. Robin,
    Good morning! Love the pictures of your harvest.
    The veggies look extremely healthy.
    Do you have any suggestions on growing Bok Choy? I picked up three plants, they look very healthy and have flowers blooming already. Would appreciate any info you would like to share.
    Thanks, Sandy

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    1. Thanks Sandy, Bok Choy likes cooler weather. It should not be flowering. That means it's about done and may bolt. I would snip out the flower and see if they continue to grow. They must have been exposed to some extreme temperature fluctuations. I have found that the Pak Choi (there are so many varieties and spellings) that I grow will do that when the temperatures fluctuate from cold to hot. Baby Choi always grows much better for me and gets huge!! Hope that I was helpful.

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    2. Thanks Robin,
      I have snipped off the flowers and watered them. I will let you know how they turn out.

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  2. Good luck with your asparagus move. It sounds like a real chore. But asparagus is so worth it.

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    1. I sure hope it makes it Daphne. The little bit we had was so so good!

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  3. Congrats on the asparagus - and the spinach. Looks like you got the hang of it now!

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    1. We shall see if I have any success with my spring spinach. That was my ticked off and throw a bunch of seeds in the bed last fall planting!!

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  4. Way to go on asparagus and spinach! Mine are only now waking up so first harvest on them will be next weekend. :)

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    1. Thanks Jenny, I hope that you have a nice harvest come this weekend!

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  5. That is a great spring harvest! Love the pile of spinach (yum!) and the asparagus is always a real treat. Keeping my fingers crossed your asparagus bed made the move without any set backs.

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    1. Laura, I'm going to cross my fingers and toes with the asparagus transplanting!

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  6. Your asparagus looks wonderful!

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  7. I am very jealous of your asparagus! I love asparagus but no one else in the family likes it so they won't let me grow it:(

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    1. I bet they would like it if they ate it fresh from the garden. There were a lot of veggies that "The Italian" didn't like until he tasted my home grown real veggies!

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  8. We've started picking greens too but I don't know how long they are likely to last!

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    1. Hopefully you'll get some good harvests in before it gets too warm! Greens are good!

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    1. Thanks MrsP, I see you have been one busy lady!

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  10. Yummy greens! Spinach looks great! I guess your difficulities have passed!! =0)

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    1. Holly, We shall see how I do with the Spring Spinach!

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  11. Will the purple passion asparagus turn green after cooking?

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    1. Yes, the purple asparagus turns a dark green when cooked.

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  12. Look at those asparagus and spinach, wow....
    I didn't have any luck with spinach last fall-winter, I think it was the variety of seeds I used, it seems only Bloomsdale performs well in our area, I'm going back to the old standby.

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    1. I didn't have any luck with any variety last spring. Hopefully I will do better this spring.

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  13. I was thinking of not bothering with spinach this year but now looking at yours I want to eat some, hmmmm perhaps I will have to make room.

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    1. Fresh spinach is just so so good. I think you should try to put a little in here and there.

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  14. asparagus oh joy! I've had a few spears from older plants and they are so yummy. I also planted some Purple Passion this year but they are barely peeking above ground and of course are very small. Lovely greens, too!

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    1. Thanks Mary, This was my first ever asparagus harvest. Hopefully the plants will survive the move.

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  15. Love the asparagus! I keep thinking I should try to grow it but just don't have enough room ... I definitely have "plot" envy! I checked on a similar program here ... I can sign up to be on the waiting list for a 4x4' plot ... *sigh*

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    1. I would say that a 4 x 4 is a bed not a plot!

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  16. Good luck moving your asparagus! I tried to move ours...and it all died =(

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    1. Oh Dorothy, I will be so disappointed if it doesn't make it.

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  17. Lovely harvest!! I had a difficult time with spinach last year. Spring bolted before producing much and fall was eaten by deer. Hopefully this year will be different. I hope your asparagus survives the transplant. They too look yummy!

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    1. Thanks Rachel, Hopefully you will have a good spinach year. We were so disappointed last year with none.

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  18. Great harvest, Robin!
    My spinach have also grown well and I and my wife are gonna harvest them in a few day. I think my spinach are different from yours judging from the shape of their leaves. The leaves of your spinach look a little rumply.

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    1. There are so many different varieties of spinach. I will have to see what yours looks like when you harvest it. Make sure you post it!

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