I'm mostly planting the pole beans for the teepee cover...heh heh...not necessarily to eat. You know of any really tall pole beans? I swear, this thing is like 10-12 feet tall. I'll post pictures tomorrow.
I'm inspired! Gonna get out the Road Grill and grill some burgers! All we have in the house is hamburger right now, but we have plenty of garden-fresh onion and lettuce to go with it and I'm having sauteed summer squash this evening too! (I'd deep-fry it in a batter, but Steve is back on induction, meaning no grain products, and I don't have the heart to do that to him. So I'll just saute it...I like it just fine that way too.)
Oh, the turnips are gone. I gave some to the neighbor over the fence and I harvested all the rest and cleaned them. Don't know what I'll do with them yet. Maybe cook 'em with another one of them ham hocks.
I can't believe this garden, though. I was telling a local garden guru named
Darrell Merrell about my turnips and he said "You planted turnips in the spring?" I said "No, I planted them in January!" He was astounded!
12 feet tall?! You'll need a ladder to pick 'em!
Hmmm....I think we used to grow Kentucky Wonders when we did pole beans. We switched to bush varieties of string and butterbeans. I like the flat Italian green beans and they have a bush variety, so I plant that.
I just planted yellow squash and zucchini yesterday. It's been a rather cold spring and everything I've put out (except the turnips and collards) have just sat there. I finally got some lettuce to sprout!
The collards are yummy and I'm going to see how long I can grow them until the cabbage looper wins. The turnip greens are nice and big. I think they might be too tough to eat so I'm waiting on the turnips. I'll plant a fall crop and see how long into the winter I can have fresh greens. Back home I could have fresh turnip and collard greens through most of the winter....before the deer ate 'em all up.
