Harvested quite a bit from the new raised bed today.
I pulled out all the beets, some were big enough to keep, some I just threw to the chickens. I'm pretty sure it was the hot weather in April that stunted them. All my beet and chard leaves looked scorched. The beets were able to put out new leaves, but not much in the way of roots.
Carrots are coming along OK. Seems like they need a little more time.
I harvested all the kohlrabi. Some bulbed up, some didn't. Not sure if that was the early hot weather, too much nitrogen or if they were spaced too closely.
We sauteed some cubed kohlrabi with walla walla onion and cream....very tasty!
I packed some shredded kohlrabi leaves into a couple quart mason jars with about a teaspoon of salt per quart. I'm waiting for it to develop its own juice overnight, then I'll top off with water and put a lid on it. Hope to get some kohlrabi kraut! I'll have a report in a month or so.
Harvested all the walla walla onions. I'm letting them dry on our porch. I waited a bit too long...some of the necks were bent over and starting to rot at the top of the onion bulb. All the bulbs look OK though.
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