Like really rough, half of it didn’t come up! While my garlic crop was sparse, what I did harvest was pretty darn impressive. Overcrowding may lead to smaller sweet potatoes, but I won’t find out for a while because this is a longer season crop. I may have overcrowded the pots a little. This is my first time growing sweet potatoes too, so I’m hoping for large tubers. I fertilized them with bone meal, and I am doing weekly waterings with banana peel fertilizer. And then they were half eaten by rabbits. They didn’t look great when they arrived in the mail, but they sprung back to life. My sweet potatoes also got off to a rough start. He also does not like the rectangle (iPhone). Tuna Fish Joe was NOT impressed with my beets. Chioggia looks very pretty, although much whiter than photos I’ve seen. I planted two varieties: Early Wonder is really dark red. His verdict: The beets tasted like carrots roasted in maple syrup!!! I’m WINNING! Mwahahaha. I roasted the beets with carrots in maple syrup and was a bit nervous of my husband’s reaction. I had only eaten pickled beets before, but since I just harvested a handful, I decided to roast them instead. These beets didn’t smell too bad though, maybe because they were still young. My husband despises the smell of beets because they are earthy. Oh, and those stems are edible too! I chop them up and soften with onions, then wilt the leaves. So I was able to harvest a handful of beet greens to sauté with bacon grease, onions, and apple cider vinegar. The beets in my raised garden bed were not bothered by these gross bugs. The good news is that they only affected the leaves on the first batch of beets I planted in containers. I had a run in with beet leaf miners for the first time. I harvested beets! And just look at my lovely bouquet :) I’m a first time beet gardener, and I was a bit worried my plants were doomed. There's always something new to learn when gardening. I planted new varieties plus beets and sweet potatoes for the first time. ![]() My garden is off to a great start this year. 2019 Garden: Beets, Garlic, & a Surprise Crop 02.
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